Presenter: Rusty Brown, Education Media Specialist, Teaching Commons
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Description: Simple design principles can be effective when creating graphic media assets. The presentation will cover:
• Basic introduction to tools and templates available with Canva
• Basic formatting principles
• Designing with the grid
• University branding

Please register through Libcal

Workshop will be recorded

Facilitator(s): Dr. Lisa O’Neill; Shantala Singh; Adam O. Thomas, Teaching Commons

Description: The EdMedia Protege (EMP) program is designed to support faculty members who are interested in being better media creators, enhance their learners' experiences with effective resources, and distribute media in ways that work for both faculty and learner. The program includes training in the use and creation of open resources as participants are required to creative commons their program creations.  This workshop will first consider the use of media for learning and teaching, will share methods to support the creation and sharing of media within educational environments, and will share elements from the program that are available for use and remixing.

Day: Thursday, March 10th, 2022

Time: 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

 This Session will be recorded

Facilitators: Dr. Lisa O’Neill, Teaching Commons; Dr. Angela van Barneveld, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University

Description: The workshop, across three phases, will help participants to create a 3-part checklist of ‘open by design’ elements that can be applied to any course development. Part 1 will look at design considerations, Part 2 will discuss prototyping processes, and Part 3 will outline steps to refining the course in partnership with learner participants. 

The workshop will wrap up with a walk-through of an open course that follows the model presented today. The course is open-licensed and can be integrated within any institution/organization wishing to support their people to create quality tech-enabled learning experiences!

Who can/will participate? Anyone who is interested in creating massively open courses that support online learning experiences. 

What will a participant need to be part of this? General experience and knowledge of learning management systems, awareness of technology tool benefits and drawbacks, general knowledge about how formal learning is structured, and what motivates people to learn.

What will be the outcomes of the activity? A 3-part checklist, created by participants, of ‘open by design’ elements, that can be applied to any course development.

Day:  Wednesday, March 9th, 2022

Time: 9:00 am to 11:00am

 This session will be promoted on the Open Education Week website. 

This session will be recorded. 

Facilitator(s): Kelly Brennan, Instructional Designer, Teaching Commons

Description: Faculty and teaching staff will learn how to create, share, and reuse a variety of interactive learning content for formative assessment. Participants will be provided with the tools to create and reuse H5P via the eCampusOntario H5P studio and with instructions on embedding H5P activities into their myCourselink/D2L courses. Content types such as drag and drop tasks, interactive videos, flashcards, and timelines (to name a few) will be presented. Visit the Teaching Commons website for more information about H5P.

Day: Thursday, March 10, 2022

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

This Session will be recorded

The deadline to register for the EdMedia Protege Program is February 2nd.   

Dates: February 8th to March 31st 2022 (see linked page for schedule)

Description: The EdMedia Protege (EMP) program is an 8 week facilitated mentorship for faculty and staff interested in becoming better media creators. Program details and application instructions are provided here:  https://www.lakeheadu.ca/teaching-commons/pedagogy-toolkit/resourcing-learning-with-content-media/educational-media-protege-program

 If you have 3 hours a week to invest in improving your media creator skillset apply early as seats in each cohort are limited.

Presenters: Safia Bagha, Career Services Project Officer, Student Success Centre & Kristen Bohonis, Career Zone Coordinator, Student Success Centre 

Description: Supporting Students With Career Conversations- This workshop is aimed at fostering a collaborative environment between the Student Success Centre and faculty to better support Lakehead students with their career advising needs. You will learn about what career supports are available to students, as well as resources and guidance to support career advising conversations within your role.

Please register through Libcal

The zoom link will be sent via email the day before the workshop.

Presenter: Becky George, Success Specialist, Hypothesis

Date: February 2, 2022 1:00-2:00 pm

Description: In this workshop, the Hypothesis team will lead participants in a discussion about various discussion protocols and active learning strategies that can help make social annotation more engaging and fun. Participants will come away from this session with a variety of ways to creatively use social annotation in their courses.