Instructional Technology Consulting
The Learning Technology Center offers instructional technology consulting for all faculty and staff at UW-Whitewater. We regularly conduct individual and departmental consultations regarding the use of:
- Blogs for students to reflect on their learning;
- Canvas for students to access your content and activities anytime, any place;
- Classroom Technology to make the most of your face-to-face time and space;
- Clickers and PollEverywhere to engage students with questions during class;
- Google Apps for Education to enable group collaboration;
- GooseChase to create engaging Scavenger Hunt activities for your students;
- LinkedIn Learning for your course content;
- Media Recording and managing media for your courses;
- Respondus for secure online exams;
- Turnitin to check for plagiarism;
- Webex Meetings to hold online course meetings in real-time;
- Webex Teams to communicate with students and enable collaboration between groups in your course using any device (e.g., laptop, tablet, smartphone); and
- Wikis for collaborative online course activities.
Online/Blended Teaching Support
Teaching online involves more than just transferring your in-class documents from print to digital form and loading them into Canvas. While technology plays a major role in facilitating an online or blended course, the ultimate success depends on the interaction of the student with the content, their instructor, and their peers. Designing online or blended courses involves a strategic rethinking of course design -- and not just a replacement of seat time or digitalization of content. Teaching online involves a thoughtful approach to utilizing appropriate technology and communication tools.
Commonly addressed areas:
- Enabling student success in an online or blended environment
- Designing interactive learning activities
- Aligning content to pedagogical goals
- Creating effective online assignments
- Discussing strategies to provide consistent feedback to students that also saves you time
- Developing course media including video
- Increasing course accessibility to learners ·
- Using Canvas and other digital tools effectively
- Ensuring course quality
For more information or if you would like to schedule a consulation please contact the Learning Technology Center.