Winter Breakout Workshops - 2024

 You may register for any workshops using this registration form.

Monday, January 8

Session 1: "Our Faculty are…”: Amplifying Faculty Voice to Debunk Myths & Explore Identities
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Recording
Presenters: Terrian Garvis and Marquél Jeffries 
TBD

Session 2: Using the TILT Checklist to Evaluate Online Coursework
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Recording
Presenter: Jed Locquiao
Session Goals: (a) To review best/principles for deep enduring online learning; (b) review TILT checklist and how it supports deep enduring online learning;(c) and to scrutinize and align coursework under TILT framework.Session Outline:Review of best principles/practices for deep enduring online learning (5 min)Identification, description, and fit of TILT framework to deep enduring learning. (5 min)Model assignment explanation (5 min)Group practice and discussion (20)Note: Ideally, participants should have an online assignment in mind before they join in. Perhaps to have their syllabus/assignment descriptions and rubric on hand the day of the presentation.

Session 3: Penfield Library of the Future (Universal design)
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenter: Sarah Weisman
What does your dream library look like? What do you think is essential in a modern academic library? What inspiration libraries have you seen? Join in an interactive discussion about envisioning the Penfield Library of the future.

Session 4: Cultivating a Culture of Access
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenters: Sean Moriarty and Rebecca Mushtare
A culture of access is vital to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus where all campus community members feel like they belong. In this session we’ll introduce tactics you can use, no matter your role on campus, to cultivate a culture of access. 

Session 5: Motivational Levers:  Getting Students Moving
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Recording
Presenter:  Dean Croyle
There are many ways to motivate students to learn and engage with class material such as through our pedagogy, interactions in and out of class, etc. Are you using all of the levers in your toolkit? This session will include a review and discussion regarding some of the more powerful methods that we can use to motivate students.

Session 6: Introducing Access: The Quest Toward Inclusion course
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Recording
Presenters: Michele Thornton, Rebecca Mushtare, Emily Bovier, Anna Croyle, Kate DeForest, Casey Raymond, Carrie Mocyk
We will introduce the new accessibility materials that have been created in Brightspace. The team will demonstrate the materials and discuss options for how people and groups can learn from and engage with the materials.

Session 7: Managing Student Distress
Time: 2:00 - 3:20
Recording
Presenter: Lynn Braun
This session will discuss the difference between disruptive and distressed students and how to respond to them, as well as what campus resources to access for additional help. Strategies and skills will be highlighted to assist attendees in knowing how to respond to student distress in caring, but boundaried ways.

Tuesday, January 9 

Session 8: Update on the SUNY Oswego Print Initiative
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Recording
Presenters: Karen Hurd, Steven Denbleyker, Nicole Decker
In January 2021, SUNY announced a project to reduce printing and printers on all sixty-four SUNY campuses.  They released official policies and procedures describing the expectations of printing to help with savings, security, sustainability, and standardization.  From that, the SUNY Oswego Print Initiative was born.  In this workshop, members of the project team will review the overall project, talk about the progress that has been made over the last couple of years, review the print design recently approved by SUNY for our campus, describe how printing will change on campus, and give an update on a pilot project being done with the School of Business in Rich Hall.  

Session 9: Cooperative Learning: Group Work That Works
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Recording failure
Presenter: Dean Croyle
Just a few organizational principles can help you create small group learning experiences in class in which every student meaningfully participates and groups outperform individual students in learning.  This session will focus on principles for “formal cooperative learning” in which groups are used for learning activities that last from one hour to a full semester in length. 

Session 10: Improving student metacognition
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenter: John Kane
A growing body of research indicates that improving student metacognition can increase student learning. In this session, a variety of instructional approaches will be discussed that can be used to help students improve their metacognitive ability. Among the strategies discussed are: reflective journals/blogs, the metacognitive cafe online discussion forum, asking students to rate their confidence in their responses to polls using iClicker or Norton's InQuizitive (and similar tools). 

Session 11: Accessibility Fellows Panel
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenters: Casey Raymond, Evelyn Clark Benavides, Yiru Wang, Krystal  Kennel, and Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan
The session will focus on the experiences of the faculty accessibility fellows. Attendees will learn more about the program, including the benefits and requirements.

Session 12: [Fix title later – Maybe “What’s up with procrastination?”]
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Recording
Presenter: Dean Croyle
Struggling with your students’ procrastination?  Struggling with your own procrastination?  Let’s take a look together at what the literature says to help us better understand procrastination and take concrete steps to manage it. 

Session 13: OSCQR?  What's that?
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Recording
Presenter: Theresa Gilliard Cook
OSCQR, the Open SUNY Course Quality Rubric, was developed through the collaboration of campuses in the SUNY system.  The Instructional Design team at SUNY Oswego has adapted two customized versions of the rubric.  One that is used by the team for full course reviews for asynchronous online, hybrid, hyflex, and synchronous online courses.  A second, shorter version to assist faculty in determining if their asynchronous online, hybrid, hyflex, or synchronous online course aligns with best practices.  Faculty teaching in any modality may find this session helpful. 

Session 14: 5 Principles Overview
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Recording
Presenters: Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan and Yiru Wang
As much of our lives continue to move online and into virtual environments, understanding digital accessibility is more critical than ever. During this challenge, you’ll receive step-by-step guidance on how making minor changes to your digital documents can have a big impact on accessibility.

Session 15: Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation Training - day 1
Time: 1:00 - 4:00
Not recorded
Presenters: Pete Willner and Anneke McEvoy
The Triandiflou Institute and SUNY Oswego, together with the El Hindi Center for Dialogue and Action at Interfaith Works, have launched the Oswego Dialogue Project to offer dialogue opportunities, dialogue facilitation training, and a learning community of dialogue practitioners to inform inclusive pedagogy and create brave spaces for dialogue across differences and on divisive topics, developing empathy and building a sense of belonging for all. We will offer Dialogue Facilitation Training across four, consecutive, three-hour sessions on January 9, 10, 11, and 12. 

Session 16: Advancing Assessments for Prior Learning
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Recording
Presenters:  Jill Pippin, Sarah Wehrle
SUNY Oswego provides options for students' prior learning to be assessed for credit or placement purposes. Vision 4040 identifies the aim to serve more adults to complete degrees and/or attain skills via microcredentials. Credit for prior learning is an essential element to attract this population. At the same time, the SUNY Board of Trustees have recently approved a more robust policy on credit for prior learning that requires additional components and updates to policies and procedures at our institution. This session will review what is already happening as well as plans to update and expand the PLA and CPL options that our students have and how it will be made more transparent to students, faculty, staff and advisors. 

Session 17:  Hypothesis
Time: 3:00 - 3:50
Recording
Presenter: Maggie Schmuhl and John Kane
Hypothesis is a social web annotation tool in which individuals can annotate and tag content that exists on the web or within Brightspace. This tool can be used in place of online discussion forums, to collect and tag research materials, to provide peer feedback on written work, and much more. In this hands-on workshop,  participants in this session will examine how Hypothesis might be used in your classes.

Wednesday, January 10

Session 18: Grading for Growth: Toward more humane, authentic, and trustworthy ways to evaluate student work
Time: 9:00 - 10:00
Recording
Speakers: Robert Talbert (primary presenter) and David Clark (joining for the Q&A) 
The authors of Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education, Robert Talbert and David Clark will join us in this keynote presentation during our workshop series. This will also serve as a kick-off event for our spring semester Oswego/Plattsburgh Zoom book club. 

Description: Grading as we know it is significantly broken. The traditional approach involving one-and-done assessment, points, partial credit, and averaging is demotivating for students, demoralizing for faculty, time-consuming, disconnected from science, and of questionable statistical validity. But it is not unchangeable, and in fact there is no better time than now to explore alternatives that prioritize student growth and align better with how humans learn. In this talk, we'll explore the history and issues of traditional grading, propose a framework for "alternative" grading practices, and see how to implement alternative grading without massive requirements of time or energy.

Robert Talbert is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University. Robert has experimented with and advocated for innovation in teaching and learning throughout his 25-year career in higher education. Primarily a classroom instructor, he also holds the position of Senior Faculty Fellow for Learning Futures through the GVSU President's Office, in which he works to connect faculty with innovation research opportunities. He is the author of _Flipped Learning: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty_ (Stylus Publications, 2017) and the co-author (with his GVSU colleague Dr. David Clark) of _Grading For Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices That Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education._ He writes on higher education and leadership at rtalbert.org and on alternative grading practices at gradingforgrowth.com.

Robert lives in western Michigan with his wife, teenage children, and three cats. He aspires to spend more time playing bass guitar, reading books on the beach, and riding bicycles than being at a computer.

Session 19: Inclusive Teaching: Alternative grading approaches
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenter: John Kane
Traditional grading systems create incentives that encourage students to focus on maximizing their grades rather than their learning and advantages students from wealthier communities and school districts. In this session, a variety of alternative grading systems will be discussed that are designed to provide all students with more equitable opportunities to be successful in our classes. Among the topics discussed will be: mastery learning, contract grading, specifications grading, labor-based grading, and ungrading.

Session 20: Accessibility and Brightspace
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenter: Michele Thornton
As much of our lives continue to move online and into virtual environments, understanding digital accessibility is more critical than ever. During this session, you’ll receive step-by-step guidance on how making minor changes to your digital documents can have a big impact on accessibility.

Session 21: Adding supportive structure to courses in Brightspace
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Recording
Presenter: John Kane
A large and growing body of research demonstrates that providing more structure in classes improves learning outcomes for all students while also reducing achievement gaps. Participants in this hands-on workshop will learn how to add checklists, organize support resources compactly using accordion files, use intelligent agents to send timely reminders to students of approaching due dates, and to automatically remind students of support resources available in the course when they experience difficulties on assessments.

Session 22: Faculty Career Champions Panel
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Recording
Panel: Jacqueline Wallace, Gary Morris, Kristin Gublo, Barry Friedman, Krystal Kennel, Maureen Melville
When college graduates actively engage in career management throughout their college experience, they become equipped with the necessary knowledge, skills, and resources to self-manage their careers. Integrating career readiness competencies into the curriculum also helps students become engaged in classroom activities and content that is relevant to their future careers. Integration also ensures equitable access to career management resources for all SUNY Oswego students. Join us for an engaging panel of faculty career champions to learn about ways they have embedded career resources and career readiness competencies into the curriculum.

Check out the following article to learn more about student career readiness:
Hua, D. M., Davison, C. B. Gondi, V. K. (December 2022). Enhancing Student Career Readiness. Information Systems Education Journal (ISEDJ), 27-33.

Session 23: Structured Content
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Recording
Presenter: Evelyn Clark Benavides
This session will present ways to structure your documents to improve accessibility. Headings and styles, two features built into Google Docs and Microsoft Word that are easy to use, help you to organize documents, make them more readable, and much more accessible.

Session 24: Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation Training - day 2
Time: 1:00 - 4:00
Not recorded
Presenters: Pete Willner and Anneke McEvoy
The Triandiflou Institute and SUNY Oswego, together with the El Hindi Center for Dialogue and Action at Interfaith Works, have launched the Oswego Dialogue Project to offer dialogue opportunities, dialogue facilitation training, and a learning community of dialogue practitioners to inform inclusive pedagogy and create brave spaces for dialogue across differences and on divisive topics, developing empathy and building a sense of belonging for all. We will offer Dialogue Facilitation Training across four consecutive three-hour sessions on January 9, 10, 11, and 12. 

Session 25: Ungrading
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Recording
Presenter: Maggie Schmuhl
Under traditional grading systems, students often focus their efforts on maximizing their grades rather than their learning. An ungrading approach is designed to shift students' focus from grades to learning. Instructors provide students with regular feedback throughout the semester and students regularly reflect on their learning. Midterm and course grades are determined through discussions between students and the instructor. In this workshop, Maggie reflects on her experience using an ungrading approach.

Session 26: Controlling Your Chaos I: What’s in it for me? 
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Recording
Presenters: Carrie Mocyk, Theresa Gillard-Cook, Doug Hemphill
Controlling Your Chaos: Innovation and IDeas for Your Online Course. A four-session series.
Session 1: Many training opportunities focus on the needs of the student, but what about you, the faculty member? In this session we will explore what you can gain by taking the time to invest in your online courses before the start of a semester. We will reflect on the last few years and then take a moment to visualize what’s in your control to make your courses function more smoothly. Easy to implement IDeas will be provided. 

Participation in all four sessions is encouraged, but not required. Many of the topics we will address, as well as the materials we provide, can be beneficial for teaching in any modality. 

Session 27: Redshelf Inclusive Access
Time: 3:00 - 3:50
Recording
Presenters: Kurt Schwerman, RedShelf, Director of Customer Success, Dan Laird, Academic Project Manager and Media Specialist, CTS
RedShelf will be presenting on Inclusive Access (IA), a course materials delivery method that has existed on campus since fall of 2017. Inclusive Access is a course materials delivery method that gives students day one access in Brightspace/D2L, on the first day of class, at the lowest possible price. Since the inception of Inclusive Access at SUNY Oswego, there have been over 76,000 students enrolled who have combined to save over $2 million in course material fees. Come to the meeting to learn more about the benefits of IA, see how it works, and ask your questions.

Thursday, January 11

Session 28: What is a Lightboard, and how can it enhance your courses?
Time: 9:00 - 9:20
Recording
Presenter: Jason Hy
The Division of Extended Learning received a TIP grant and purchased a Lightboard.   A Lightboard allows instructors with little technical knowledge to create amazing, "more human" online video resources that are closer to the "real" classroom experience, but with added advantages.  Lightboard tutorials provide a more "personal" window into learning for students.  The Lightboard will allow instructors to create equations, illustrations, and visualizations as they present their content, work with their drawings in a natural way, face the camera, and capture good quality video without any post-production editing.  Stop by this session to learn more about this exciting teaching tool we now have on our campus!! 

Session 29: Campus Technology Services: TDX Service Catalog
Time: 9:30 - 9:50
Recording
Presenter: Charles Beedy 
Join me for an informative breakout session as we guide you through the SUNY Oswego TDX Service Catalog. Learn how to maximize the benefits of this user-friendly platform, empowering you to efficiently access and request services across campus. Discover tips and tricks for navigating the catalog, submitting service requests, and tracking their progress. Whether you're a faculty member or staff this tutorial will help you make the most of SUNY Oswego's service offerings, improving your overall campus experience. 

Session 30: Combat Burnout with Help from Penfield Library
Time: 10:00 - 10:20
Recording
Presenter:  Sarah Weisman
Penfield Library offers many resources to help combat student and faculty/staff burnout: mental health and wellness collection; yarn crafting for students and employees; puzzles; leisure reading collection; kits to check out; study carrels; displays and programs; and more.

Session 31: Image Description and Alt Text 
Time: 10:00 - 10:20
Recording Slides
Presenter: Anna Croyle
Learn how to make images, pictures, figures, and other non-text elements usable by assistive technology.

Session 32: Multifactor Authentication & Methods
Time: 10:30 - 10:50
Recording
Presenter: Matt Brooks
A review of MFA (Multifactor Authentication) and what it is,  how SUNY Oswego uses this process, and best uses of Authenticators for ease of use.

Session 33: Google Storage: Ways to Organize and Clean Up Your Drives
Time: 11:00 - 11:20
Recording
Presenter: Matt Brooks
A look at Google Storage with SUNY Oswego:  Ways to store your data, how to organize, and tips for cleaning up and archiving.

Session 34: Microcredentials: Let’s work together! 
Time: 11:30 - 11:50
Recording
Presenters:  Karen Archibee, Lisa Brancato, Robin Duger
We would love to update our campus colleagues on our Microcredential advancements, as well as share our requests for ideas! 

Session 35: Accessing the Institutional Data You Need
Time: 1:00 - 1:20
Recording
Presenter: Anna Croyle
Get a tour of the Institutional Research interactive dashboards designed to connect you with the data you need -- from program enrollment, to retention rates, to course registration, and more.

Session 36: Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation Training - day 3
Time: 1:00 - 4:00
No recording is available
Presenters: Pete Willner and Anneke McEvoy
The Triandiflou Institute and SUNY Oswego, together with the El Hindi Center for Dialogue and Action at Interfaith Works, have launched the Oswego Dialogue Project to offer dialogue opportunities, dialogue facilitation training, and a learning community of dialogue practitioners to inform inclusive pedagogy and create brave spaces for dialogue across differences and on divisive topics, developing empathy and building a sense of belonging for all. We will offer Dialogue Facilitation Training across four consecutive three-hour sessions on January 9, 10, 11, and 12. 

Session 37: Using QR codes in class and professional presentations
Time: 1:30 - 1:50
Recording (redone due to tech issues)
Presenter: John Kane
QR codes can be embedded in presentations to share resources (such as google docs, folders, or website) or to solicit feedback from students or conference attendees. In this hands-on session, participants will learn how to generate a QR code in Chrome that links to a web resource (such as a google form, doc, folder, sheet, or slideshow), and embed the QR code in a slide presentation. Examples of several use cases will be presented during the session.

Session 38: Using dual monitors in classroom and/or Zoom meetings
Time: 2:00 - 2:20
Recording
Presenter: John Kane
If you have two monitors in your classroom, office, or home, you can present, poll, and share resources much more efficiently. In this session, strategies for using a second display effectively will be discussed. This is particularly relevant for those using iClicker Cloud in their classes or those who need to monitor remote chat while also presenting in person.

Session 39: Unessay Assignments
Time: 2:30 - 2:50
Recording
Presenter: Maggie Schmuhl
Taking a leaf out of Jessamyn Neuhaus’ book, this session discusses the implementation of the Unessay in a seminar style course, in lieu of a traditional paper and oral presentation. In an unessay, students select a topic that is of interest to them, related to course content, and communicate the synthesis of that research in any way they choose. In this breakout session, we’ll discuss some of the successes and challenges in the assignment, lessons learned, and share some of the students’ work.

Friday, January 12

Session 40: Strategic Planning Update
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Recording - Slides
Presenters:  Liz Schmitt, Mary Toale, Provost Furlong
An update on the Strategic Planning Process along with a timeline for the semester ahead. 

Session 41: Controlling Your Chaos II: Information Overload 
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Recording
Presenters:  Carrie Mocyk, Theresa Gilliard-Cook, and Doug Hemphill
Session 2: In this session we will talk about the different ways to communicate with all of your students whether in your course or with other communication methods. We will also discuss the benefits of improving course structure and the clarity of written materials in your course in a way that should reduce the number of technical questions, or the need for clarification. The goal is to streamline communication with students. Easy to implement IDeas will be provided.

Participation in all four sessions is encouraged, but not required. Many of the topics we will address, as well as the materials we provide, can be beneficial for teaching in any modality.

Session 42: Project Management in CTS
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenters: Sean Moriarty, Nicole Decker
CTS has recently adopted a formal project management tool through our new TeamDynamix ticketing system.  In this workshop, we will introduce you to how we use the tool to manage projects, how it will help streamline the delivery of services, and how the campus can request technical services/resources through a project management intake form available in the CTS service catalog. 

Session 43: Color & Contrast
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenter: Krystal Kennel
Color can be an effective and useful tool for communication but also can’t be the only way to communicate information. This session will walk through how to use color in combination with other visual indicators to make effective charts, graphs and other visual materials.

Session 44: Moving beyond neuromyths
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Recording
Presenter:  John Kane
Over the past century a large body of research has focused on how humans learn. Most college faculty, though, were not exposed to this research during their graduate training and most college students have never been taught how to learn more efficiently. In this session, we'll discuss some of the most common neuromyths that many faculty and students share, how these neuromyths might impair student learning, what research tells us about effective learning strategies, and how we might use findings from cognitive science research to improve our course design and help our students learn about and adopt more effective learning strategies.

Session 45: Gradebook Open Session
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Not recorded
Presenters: Kathi Dutton, Doug Hemphill, Carrie Mocyk
During this session members of the DLE support team will be available both in person and online to provide individual assistance on any issues with the Grade Book. All questions are welcome! 

Session 46: Using iClicker to enhance student engagement and learning
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Recording
Presenter:  John Kane
Participants in this session will explore how iClicker polling can be used in any class, large or small, to create a more inclusive learning environment, assess prior knowledge, provide immediate feedback to students and instructors, stimulate student curiosity, and increase student engagement and learning. 

Session 47:  Introduction to Panopto
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Recording
Presenter: Dan Laird
In this introductory session, we will go over how to setup Panopto in Brightspace, downloading and install the software, using the software in the classroom, as well as a quick overview of features and editing capabilities. Feel free to bring a laptop if you would like to set the software up and try it out.

Session 48: Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation Training - day 4
Time: 1:00 - 4:00
Recording not available
Presenters: Pete Willner and Anneke McEvoy
The Triandiflou Institute and SUNY Oswego, together with the El Hindi Center for Dialogue and Action at Interfaith Works, have launched the Oswego Dialogue Project to offer dialogue opportunities, dialogue facilitation training, and a learning community of dialogue practitioners to inform inclusive pedagogy and create brave spaces for dialogue across differences and on divisive topics, developing empathy and building a sense of belonging for all. We will offer Dialogue Facilitation Training across four consecutive three-hour sessions on January 9, 10, 11, and 12. 

Session 49: Getting started with iClicker Cloud
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Recording
Presenter: John Kane
Participants in this workshop will explore the features of the iClicker cloud polling platform, set up their own instructor account, and connect this platform with the roster and gradebook in one or more of their Brightspace courses.

Session 50: Active Learning
Time: 3:00 - 3:50
Recording
Presenter: John Kane
In study after study, active learning approaches have been shown to result in increased student learning and reduced equity gaps. In this session, a variety of active learning activities will be shared, along with strategies to overcome student resistance to active learning.  

Tuesday, January 16

Session 51: Archives Aloud: Experiences and Strategies for the Classroom
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Recording
Presenter: Zachary Vickery
This will be a roundtable discussion between the University Archivist Librarian and faculty who have brought their classroom to Archives & Special Collections. We will explore motivations for a class interaction, assignments structured around primary source materials, and student experiences during and after the interaction. Attendees are encouraged to participate, with opportunities for questions and sharing experiences they've had within their classrooms. 

Session 52: Controlling Your Chaos III: Let’s Be Real
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Recording
Presenters: Carrie Mocyk, Theresa Gilliard-Cook, Doug Hemphill
Session 3: This session is going to focus on the reality that “life” happens. To elaborate, you may be taking care of a loved one, your student may be dealing with a health crisis, workloads are demanding; it happens to all of us. Let’s focus on strategies on how to make your course a bit more flexible for you and for students. Easy to implement IDeas will be provided.

Participation in all four sessions is encouraged, but not required. Many of the topics we will address, as well as the materials we provide, can be beneficial for teaching in any modality.

Session 53: Captions
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenter: Dan Laird
Learn about the basics of the Panopto video management system; How to setup an account, how to record videos, how to upload those videos as well as videos not made with Panopto. We'll also cover how videos are captioned and how to edit them.

Session 54: Generative AI Tools for Faculty and Staff
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Recording
Presenter: Stephanie Pritchard
This workshop will explore some of the ways generative AI can be used by faculty and professional staff. We will discuss effective prompt engineering strategies, how to use AI tools to create rubrics, write proposals, and more. 

Session 55: Lift-Off Achieved: Preparing for Semester Start
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Recording
Presenters: Douglas Hemphill, Carrie Mocyk
There is a long list of things to remember and do to prepare for the start of each semester. This session will walk you through the most common activities that are best handled ahead of time. Getting these things out of the way in advance will make the start of your semester much smoother for both you and your students.

Session 56: An Introduction to Generative AI
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Recording
Presenter:  Stephanie Pritchard
Generative AI (artificial intelligence) has gotten a lot of attention since OpenAI launched its language model ChatGPT in November 2022. This workshop will offer an overview of generative AI: what it is, how it works, who has access, and answers to other important questions.

Session 57: Universal Design for Learning
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Recording
Presenter: Christopher Hromalik
Participants in this session will explore universal design for learning (UDL) strategies to help create learning environments that work for all learners. Participants will explore ways of designing courses that allow for multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement.

Session 58: What Students Really Do with AI When They're at Their Laptop
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Recording
Presenter: Michael Murphy
I invited my ENG 102 students last semester to use AI in any way they liked short of simple ghost authorship while composing one paper in the course. They were required to submit authors' notes reflecting on the process as part of the assignment. This session will report and reflect on what I learned about how they feel about AI, the range of ways they actually use it when they compose, and how it affected their work.

Session 59: Digital humanities lab
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Recording
Presenter: Candis Haak
ArcGIS StoryMaps app is a web-based storytelling tool with the potential to combine interactive maps, text, video, images, immersive embeds, and timeline features to tell a story.

This versatile digital tool can help students bring their research to life. In this breakout session, we will overview StoryMaps for faculty to be familiarized with the tool and its potential pedagogical application. Included will be an overview of its immersive digital storytelling capabilities. Subsequently, there will be an introduction to the newly established Digital Humanities Lab.

If you would like to explore StoryMaps before and/or during the session, please email David Kahn at CTS to set up an Esri account. To start your StoryMap adventure and for instructions on accessing StoryMaps (as one of the many applications available through Esri), please follow this link: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/70c92398979642dcbe3b3f506b54543c

Session 60: Integrating Career Competencies into the Curriculum I
Time: 3:00 - 5:00
Recording - only available for people in the oswego.edu domain
Presenter: Jacqueline Wallace, Gary Morris, and NACE facilitators
NACE facilitators will share models/best practices and prime faculty to start to experiment with their syllabus/assignments; and faculty will bring syllabi/assignments and start integrating competencies and careers into their classes.

Session 61: Using ChatGPT in Writing Courses: Lessons Learned
Time: 3:00 - 3:50
Session postponed
Presenters: Mamta Saxena and Ashlee Moore
The session will examine the experiences of instructors and students in integrating ChatGPT into writing courses, including the development of critical thinking and AI literacy. Additionally, we will discuss best practices for optimizing the benefits of ChatGPT and diverse pedagogical possibilities in writing courses.

Wednesday, January 17

Session 62: QPR: Suicide Prevention Training
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Not recorded
Presenter: Jessica Harris
QPR is a suicide prevention program that empowers individuals to recognize warning signs of suicide, intervene and refer someone to the appropriate resources. The free training will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to support our students in crisis.

Session 63: Controlling Your Chaos IV: Making Connections
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Recording
Presenters: Carrie Mocyk, Theresa Gilliard-Cook, and Doug Hemphill
Session 4:  It’s you against the world! Sometimes it feels that way, doesn’t it? We all benefit from connecting with others. This session helps you find ways to create a learning environment where not only you and your students engage, but students engage with each other and engage with the content.  What makes your course the one students would like to take? Easy to implement IDeas will be provided.

Participation in all four sessions is encouraged, but not required. Many of the topics we will address, as well as the materials we provide, can be beneficial for teaching in any modality.

Session 64: Small Teaching, Big Impact
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenter: Jessica Harris
The Small Teaching, Big Impact session will delve into the practical application of James Lang's Small Teaching strategies in an undergraduate course during the Fall 2023 semester. This session offers a unique opportunity to witness the real-world implementation of Small Teaching principles, providing valuable insights and inspiration for college educators. 

Session 65: How to Eat the Digital Accessibility Elephant 
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenter:  Kate DeForest
Our brains are wired to repeat habits. The things we do every day become habits that we continue. Shifting our actions by just 1% can lead to big changes. In the book Atomic Habits, James Clear discusses ways to minimally shift our environment, actions, and mindset to create systems that help encourage and support good habits. Kate DeForest believes the four laws of Atomic Habits—make it obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying—can help improve digital accessibility on our campus. Inspired by techniques described in the book, Kate will discuss how to shift the digital accessibility culture using small, actionable steps people can incorporate into their everyday habits and workflows. 

Session 66: LinkedIn Learning
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenters: Kaitlyn Jackson, Jared Wohl, and Kathi Dutton
Jared Wohl and Kaitlyn Jackson from LinkedIn will share insights and best practices on the power of LinkedIn Learning and ways faculty can use the platform in a blended learning environment and to flip their classrooms. Kathi Dutton will assist with a demonstration of the LTI 1.3 Brightspace D2L integration, showcasing content discoverability, tracking student completions and progress, and gradebook synchronization.

Session 67: Open pedagogy projects
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Recording
Presenter: John Kane
Open pedagogy involves student creation rather than consumption of educational content. Participants in this session will explore ways in which open pedagogy projects can be used to increase student engagement and learning. Examples of open pedagogy projects at Oswego and elsewhere will be discussed. Resources for the creation of open pedagogy projects will be shared. 

Session 68: Gradebook Open Session
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Not recorded
Presenters: Kathi Dutton, Douglas Hemphill, Carrie Mocyk
During this session members of the DLE support team will be available both in person and online to provide individual assistance on any issues with the Grade Book.  All questions are welcome! 

Session 69: Supporting Neurodiverse Students
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Recording
Presenter: Emily Bovier
The purpose of this session is to offer personal perspectives on supporting neurodiverse students.  The goal is to consider our students as people with individual differences that can be treated as assets to help them succeed.  This humanizing approach will be a primer for future college initiatives related to neurodiversity that address empirical approaches to inclusive teaching practices.  Participants are invited to share their own insights on neurodiversity from personal and/or professional experiences.

Session 70: The Mental Health Crisis Narrative in Higher Education
Time: 2:00 - 3:20
Recording
Presenter: Lynn Braun
This session will highlight the need to reframe the current mental health crisis narrative that exists in higher education. We will discuss: the problem with continuing to frame the mental health challenges we face as a crisis; more helpful, accurate paradigms for understanding the current college mental health landscape; and ways we can contribute to improving mental health and wellbeing on campus.

Thursday, January 18

Session 71: Making Life Easier with the Date Manager Tool
Time: 9:00 - 9:20
Recording
Presenters: Kathi Dutton, Douglas Hemphill, Carrie Mocyk
Would you like to save time in setting up your course each semester?  The date manager tool in Brightspace allows you to view, bulk edit, and bulk offset the date availability of your Content, Assignments, Quizzes, etc. in your course from one location. This session will show you how to use this tool.

Session 72: The Great and Powerful Intelligent Agent
Time: 9:30 - 9:50
Recording
Presenters: Douglas Hemphill, Kathi Dutton, Carrie Mocyk
Intelligent Agents in Brightspace share a bit of a similarity with the man behind the curtain as they can do a lot of things behind the scenes, with impressive results for the audience.  This session will pull back the shroud and show you how you can use these Agents to customize your communications with students, help remind individual learners, or help keep you up to date on student behavior and performance. 

Session 73: Living Education: Using Video in Brightspace
Time: 10:00 - 10:20
Recording
Presenters: Douglas Hemphill, Kathi Dutton, Carrie Mocyk
We all know videos are great!  But are you really making the best use of them in your courses?  This session will briefly discuss different types of videos, and ways of integrating them into an online course, then we’ll do a practical demonstration of how to embed videos from two of the most popular sources: Panopto and YouTube.  

Session 74: New Discussion Tool in Brightspace
Time: 10:30 - 10:50
Recording
Presenters: Kathi Dutton, Douglas Hemphill, Carrie Mocyk
Brightspace has updated the Discussion tool. We will walk through this new design of the Discussion Topic editor.

Session 75: Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT)
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Recording
Presenters: John Kane and Maggie Schmuhl
The Transparency in Learning and Teaching framework created by Mary-Ann Winklemas encourages faculty to be more explicit in explaining to students the connections among course educational activities, learning objectives, and assessments while also providing students with the structure and support resources that are needed to be successful in the course. In this session, we'll discuss strategies for applying the TILT approach in all course modalities.

Session 76: Viewing the Course as a Student
Time: 11:00 - 11:20
Recording
Presenters: Kathi Dutton, Douglas Hemphill, Carrie Mocyk
This session will be of interest to all members of the campus community, especially those who field questions from students about Brightspace. We will demonstrate what a student experiences as they log into a course for the first time all the way through how they view their grades and evaluations. First we will walk through how students interact with Brightspace in content and assessments. Then we will take a look at how students can view feedback for the different assessment types.

Session 77: The Art of Copying: Moving Course Content from Here to There
Time: 11:30 - 11:50
Recording
Presenters: Douglas Hemphill, Kathi Dutton, Carrie Mocyk
While many faculty use the Course Copy tool to move their entire course over each semester, it is possible to copy only parts of courses.  There are reasons why you may want to do this, and this session will show you how.

Session 78: AI and Information Literacy Instruction
Time: 1:00 - 1:20
Recording
Presenters: Kenneth Nichols and Deborah Bauder
The accelerating proliferation of commercial artificial intelligence requires us to place greater emphasis on information literacy: a cornerstone of library and first-year composition instruction. The critical thinking processes used to research and to develop keywords is similar to that used to program AI.  Students have access to all of the information these new tools can give them, but how do we ensure they don’t rely upon AI-generated falsehoods (“hallucinations”)? How can we use emerging technologies to reinforce traditional critical thinking and information literacy skills and to guide beginning scholars to library databases featuring paywalled information that AI currently can’t touch?

This presentation will explore these issues through the lens of cross-campus collaboration between a first-year writing teacher and an instruction librarian.

Session 79: Proposal Development in Curriculog
Time: 1:00 - 1:20
Recording
Presenter: Rameen Mohammadi
We now have multiple forms in Curriculog to support the approval process for programs, courses, academic policies, and general education. If you are planning to submit a proposal and could use help in getting started, this will be a good workshop to attend.

Session 80: Unpack your research-assignment assumptions
Time: 1:30 - 1:50
Recording
Presenter: Emily Mitchell
College research assignments come with a lot of expectations and assumptions, many of which center around search tools and information sources. Inclusive teaching calls on us to clarify our expectations for students so that they know exactly what’s expected of them. Come learn about word choices, concepts, and services that you can use to support all of your students as they search for information. We can help students succeed regardless of whether their previous experience is “I just Google my topic and then click on the first result,” “I’ve basically already written a dissertation,” or something in between.   

Session 81: Opportunities at Rice Creek for you and your class
Time: 2:00 - 2:20
Recording 
Presenter: Kristen Haynes
Rice Creek Field Station is a resource for faculty, staff, and students, with many opportunities to get involved — from recreation to research, class visits to departmental retreats, custom programming to project funding. Just one mile south of campus, Rice Creek offers a place to connect with nature, for study or personal wellness. Join this short session to learn more about RCFS and how you can take advantage of all it has to offer.

Session 82: The Data on Student Retention
Time: 2:30 - 2:50
Recording
Presenters:  Anna Croyle, Mary Ann Preston
Everyone's talking about retention -- but what does the data actually say?  

Session 83: Combat Burnout with Help from Penfield Library
Time: 3:00 - 3:20
Recording
Presenter: Sarah Weisman
Penfield Library offers many resources to help combat student and faculty/staff burnout: mental health and wellness collection; yarn crafting for students and employees; puzzles; leisure reading collection; kits to check out; study carrels; displays and programs; and more.  

Session 84: Integrating Career Competencies into the Curriculum II
Time: 3:00 - 5:00
Recording - only available for people in the oswego.edu domain
Presenters: Jacqueline Wallace, Gary Morris, and NACE facilitators
Faculty would build from the previous session (and there would also be background information presented first for faculty who were not at the previous session) and they will work/share in groups on ideas/examples of integrating competencies into their classes. 

Friday, January 19

Session 85: Moving Beyond Neuromyths
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Recording (recording from the earlier session on this)
Presenter: John Kane
Over the past century a large body of research has focused on how humans learn. Most college faculty, though, were not exposed to this research during their graduate training and most college students have never been taught how to learn more efficiently. In this session, we'll discuss some of the most common neuromyths that many faculty and students share, what research tells us about effective learning strategies, and how we might use findings from cognitive science research to improve our course design and help our students learn about and adopt more effective learning strategies.

Session 86: Now You See It: Viewing Access & Permissions
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Recording
Presenters: Douglas Hemphill, Carrie Mocyk
Did you know that Brightspace has a lot of ways to control what your students can see and do beyond simply flipping a switch?  This session will provide you with a more in depth look at what rules can be used to change what students can see and access.

While we will start with the basics, we will also look at special access for individuals and groups, access based on performance, and how controlling access can be used to make your work as the instructor easier to handle.  We’ll be looking at the basic access and viewing controls, intelligent agents, and using groups for controlling access.

Expect to see a lot if you decide to attend this session!  

Session 87: An Inclusive classroom
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenters: Michael Chaness and Celinet Duran-Jimenez
This session will discuss practices, pedagogies, and protocols for cultivating and sustaining an inclusive classroom environment.  Dr. Duran-Jimenez (Criminal Justice) and Dr. Chaness (Anthropology/Native American Studies) will discuss their strategies for both asynchronous (online) and synchronous (in person) course modalities.  

Session 88: Financial aid
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Recording
Presenter: Rodrick Andrews
Suppose that one of your advisees or students tells you that they are likely to fail a class, will their financial aid be at risk if they withdraw from the class? In this session, Rodrick Andrews, Assistant Vice President for Admissions and Financial Aid will address these and other issues so that we can provide better advisement for our students.

Session 89: Lights, Camera, Learning - Preparing for your video shoot
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Recording
Presenter: Jason Hy 
With more and more courses being offered online, self made videos by faculty are becoming more important and watched more by students.  But are faculty satisfied with the quality of these videos?  If you are not, and would like to improve your video production skills, stop by this session to learn some quick and easy tips to enhance the look of these videos, as well as find out more about the Academic Videographer we have here on campus and the services that he can offer you.

Session 90: Podcast creation
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Recording
Presenters: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Podcasts provide a convenient way for faculty and students to share narratives, educational content, and other audio material that can be consumed anywhere and anytime. This session will provide an overview of:

• podcast types
• podcast branding
• choosing a good recording location
• recording and software requirements for creating and editing podcasts
• podcast hosting options, and
• marketing

Session 91: Impact of Trauma & Bias on Learning and Coping
Time: 1:00 - 2:20
Recording
Presenter:  Lynn Braun
This session will examine the impact that traumatic experiences and bias incidents have on students mental health and academic performance. We will discuss ways of responding to and mitigating these issues on campus.

Session 92: Closing Equity Gaps
Time: 2:30 - 3:20
Recording
Presenter: John Kane and Maggie Schmuhl
Participants in this session will discuss strategies to help create a more equitable and inclusive classroom environment. Pedagogical practices shown to reduce equity gaps will be discussed and participants are encouraged to share concerns and teaching strategies.