All Towson faculty and staff members can attend one or more online workshops listed below for free. Normally, these workshops cost up to $270 each. These workshops from the Online Learning Consortium run either asynchronously for several days to one week, or in a synchronous format.
Register
To register, contact Audrey Cutler (x4-5082 or acutler@towson.edu).
| Designing Gamified Learning Environments
February 22 – 28, 2016 Game environments encourage collaboration, inquiry-based learning, repetition, practice and control. In this workshop, you will use theories and principles from game design to develop learning environments that motivate and engage students in a creative way. By understanding elements of game design theory, you will begin to adopt and incorporate these elements which promote engagement into your online and blended courses. You will explore elements such as role playing, point systems, competition and collaboration.
Learning Objectives · Discuss the parallels between game design theory and successful learning environments · Design a learning activity which incorporates elements of game design |
Workshop Sampler
Full workshop schedule and details: http://goo.gl/tpY86a
February 8 – 14
- Fundamentals: Engaging Learners in Online Discussions
- Strategies to Improve Retention
February 22 – 28
- Creating Effective Presentations
- Designing Gamified Learning Environments
March 7 – 13
- New to Online: Essentials Part 1, Getting Started
- Creating Infographics for Learning
- Fundamentals: Giving Effective Feedback
March 9 – 11
- Creating Rubrics
- Exploring Open Educational Resources
Expectations for OLC Workshops: Most OLC workshops are asynchronous, and facilitated. You don’t need to be at your computer at a specific time, but there are deadlines throughout the week for various assignments. OLC staff describes workshop expectations this way, “For all of our workshops, we suggest that participants devote at least one hour each day to read materials, post to the forums, and complete graded assignments…To receive an Award of Completion, participants must complete the graded assignments by the due date set.” Some OLC workshops are offered synchronously. Read the descriptions to determine the workshop format.
The Office of Academic Innovation sponsors Towson’s membership to the Online Learning Consortium.
