Designing Digital Activities for Student Engagement ONLINE

Beschreibung

Digital learning is now an established part of many courses at the University of Basel. Since the Covid-19 pandemic we share many positive experiences of learning and teaching online. We are also developing staff and student digital literacies through our Basel Digital Literacy Framework. However, we know it can be difficult to engage students online, both in synchronous and asynchronous settings, and to support the learning of complex ideas and challenging issues.

This course builds on the skills you already have to promote active learning online, and to help students develop critical thinking and sound academic skills. It covers
• how students learn in synchronous and asynchronous digital settings,
• activities in large and small groups,
• dealing with students’ diverse motivations and learning preferences,
• supporting students’ critical thinking and academic skills through the use of digital tools.

The course will encourage discussion and sharing of ideas with colleagues. You will reflect on your own teaching practice and experiences. To pass the course you will produce a new learning activity or session for your students, and a reflective piece in any shareable medium (digital text, video, audio, infographic, animation).

The course will take place online, using our learning platform ADAM and the videoconferencing software Zoom. It will feature two live, online, synchronous meetings with two weeks of online activities between the meetings. The focus will be on discussing and developing pedagogy, not on learning new tools, but you will be encouraged to try new tools if they are relevant to your teaching practice.

Kursinformationen

Datum
  • Montag, 11. November 2024,
    09:00 Uhr bis 12:00 Uhr
  • Montag, 25. November 2024,
    10:00 Uhr bis 12:00 Uhr
  • Anmeldebeginn
    07.08.2024, 09:00 Uhr
    Anmeldeschluss
    14.10.2024, 12:00 Uhr
    Kosten
    This course is free of charge and for doctoral candidates and postdocs of the University of Basel only (max. 8 participants).
    Kursleitung
    Helen Beetham
    Dozierende
    Helen Beetham
    Dr. Jean Terrier
    Anrechenbar
    Modul 'Digital Literacies for Teaching' (eEducation) / Zertifikate Hochschuldidaktik (9h)
    Veranstaltet durch

    Bildungstechnologien
    kurse-bbit@unibas.ch
    Bildungstechnologien Homepage

    in Zusammenarbeit mit

    Graduate Center
    Transferable Skills
    grace@unibas.ch
    GRACE Homepage

    Kursinhalte

    Participants will:
    - Explore how students learn online, including diverse preferences and motivations.
    - Discuss positive and negative effects of online learning, from your own experience and context.
    - Try out a range of learning activities suitable for groups of different sizes.
    - Design a learning activity or session, based on what you have learned, and reflect on why it is suitable for your students.

    Adressatinnen und Adressaten

    All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

    Voraussetzungen

    none

    Leistungsspektrum / Workload

    Monday, November 11, 9:00 am to 12:00 am: 3h virtual classroom
    Two weeks of asynchronous learning of around 4h (incl. peer-review)
    Monday, November 25, 10:00 am to 12:00 am: 2h virtual classroom

    Besonderheiten

    Once registration is open, applications will be collected for 24 hours and course places allocated by lot. All registrations received after the initial 24h period will be put on a waiting list and assigned on a first come, first served basis.

    Course places/places on the waiting list will be confirmed by e-mail. Course registrations can only be canceled before the registration period ends (send an e-mail to grace@unibas.ch). Full course attendance is mandatory. Participants who fail to attend a course without prior notification or withdraw after the registration deadline are subject to a fee of CHF 30. In addition, participants who cancel their course registration at a later point in time, are absent without an excuse or do not attend the entire course will, for reasons of fairness, not be considered for course registration in the following semester and will be removed from other courses offered in the same semester. Please find the detailed regulations on the Transferable Skills Homepage.

    Ort

    Online

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