THE OFFICE OF TEACHING & LEARNING Julanna Gilbert

OTL An Introduction Established nearly 15 years ago (CTL) Merged with Office of Educational Technology Serves the entire university to promote a culture around excellence in teaching Eleven staff members and 3 part-time graduate students with expertise in Best teaching practices in f-2-f, hybrid, online environments Student/faculty surveys How to create, use & integrate technology tools into teaching Teaching consultations, student focus groups, resources Leadership for university teaching initiatives Workshops Development of innovative web-based systems that support teaching & learning

OTL An Introduction Established nearly 15 years ago (CTL) Merged with Office of Educational Technology Serves the entire university to promote a culture around excellence in teaching Eleven staff members and 3 part-time graduate students with expertise in Best teaching practices in f-2-f, hybrid, online environments Student/faculty surveys How to create, use & integrate technology tools into teaching Teaching consultations, student focus groups, resources Leadership for university teaching initiatives Workshops Development of innovative web-based systems that support teaching & learning

Walk the walk

Recent University Initiatives Learning Management System Discussion Group Teaching online initiative (began in 2009) Development of high quality online courses Require faculty members to take a workshop Provide stipends Quality Matters rubric for course review process Renew DU (just getting started) A Catalyst for Learning: Hybrid Courses Across the Curriculum Built on NSM hybrid course initiative ( ) Work with 15 faculty members from several departments to develop hybrid courses Interdisciplinary Center for Data Analysis and Information Visualization Collaboration between OTL, UTS, several departments & the library

Recent University Initiatives Learning Management System Discussion Group Teaching online initiative (began in 2009) Development of high quality online courses Require faculty members to take a workshop Provide stipends Quality Matters rubric for course review process Renew DU (just getting started) A Catalyst for Learning: Hybrid Courses Across the Curriculum Built on NSM hybrid course initiative ( ) Work with 15 faculty members from several departments to develop hybrid courses Interdisciplinary Center for Data Analysis and Information Visualization Collaboration between OTL, UTS, several departments & the library

Types of Workshops Workshops about issues and topics related to teaching and learning How Learning Works, Teaching International Students, Teaching for Transfer, etc. How-to workshops about educational web-based software/technologies Blackboard, AdobeConnect, CamtasiaRelay, Smart Pens, Clickers, Smartphones, Tablets Targeted intensive workshops Teaching Online Workshop, Teaching Hybrid Workshop, New Faculty Workshop, Adjunct Faculty Workshop More than 300 faculty members participate in more than 30 workshops yearly

New Faculty Workshop 5-week online workshop available before fall term Introduces new faculty to DU resources & the latest best practice in higher education pedagogy and educational technology. Last year 64 new faculty members completed the workshop (75%), and 94% of those agreed that the workshop would help them be more effective in their teaching at DU. Blackboard.du.edu 2012 POD Innovation Award

Teaching Online Workshop Prepares faculty members to teach an online course Nearly 200 faculty members have completed workshop Blackboard Catalyst Award for Outstanding Faculty Support Programs Blackboard.du.edu

Other workshops & support Workshops for all of the systems we support Blackboard learning management system AdobeConnect web conferencing CamtasiaRelay lecture capture DU CourseMedia DU VideoManager DU Assess-It! & on and on How to videos and quick guides available on the OTL website (

Innovative web-based systems The result of collaborations with DU faculty members and academic units to provide enhanced educational tools that are not available commercially or open source.

Assess-It! Facilitates academic program assessment Created in collaboration with the Director of Assessment Faculty develops learning outcomes for program Faculty determines how proficiency will be demonstrated by students in program (course assignments, tests, oral responses, etc.) Assessment protocol added to system (including rubrics) Students prompted to complete assessment (upload the specified assignment, complete a test, etc) Results available/downloadable as spreadsheet for evaluation/analysis Used by 72 programs, contains 83 rubrics and 229 tests, surveys, performance reviews

DU VideoManager Examples Special speakers/events GSSW – improving interviewing skills Oral communication classes Features Uploading Searching Privacy control Time-integrated commenting Web-based video storage and delivery system for DU-created videos Usage after 1 year 2843 videos (889 public, 294 private, 1660 Classroom Group Videos) 911 Students 113 Faculty members 272 Staff members

DU CourseMedia Response to the demise of the slide projector in 2000 User friendly way to find & deliver media for teaching & learning Adherence to fair use principles & respect for intellectual property Students log in - may only see materials while course is offered Videos are streamed Contains 63,000 images, 6,000 videos, 2800 audio files (+ metadata) Now used by faculty & students across the university Average usage by term 300 courses & faculty members 2000 students

DU Portfolio Personal Portfolios Professional look & feel Show case accomplishments Include text, images, documents, links Privacy levels for items Community Portfolios Used by committees, student groups, and faculty groups Distribute information Web-based application that provides electronic portfolios for students, faculty, staff, alumni and groups. Active personal portfolios : 1095 Active community portfolios : active DU participants 1600 active guests 25,800 content objects added within the last year

Other systems DU Volunteer ECTD (Electronic Capstones, Theses, and Dissertations) GSSW Internship Database Lamont Audio Archive

Recent survey of student technology usage Partnered with Educause to conduct survey Asked about hardware, software, communication, social media, etc. 560 DU undergraduate students completed survey Some interesting early results

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