Summer Workshop Series
TTaDA will be offering two, 2024 summer workshop topics:
Quality Course Design for the Transition to Blackboard Ultra, 3-day hybrid workshop (In-Person or Zoom), May 16, 17 and 20, offering a $1,000 stipend and
Back to Basics: Information Literacy and Critical Thinking in the Age of AI, 2-day workshop, May 21 and 23 (In-Person) and May 28 and 30 (Zoom) offering a $500 stipend – this is a repeat of the 2023 workshop.
Faculty may sign up for either or both cohorts.
Quality Course Design for the Transition to Blackboard Ultra
This is a three-day Hybrid (either in-person or Zoom) session held on May 16, 17, & 20. Participants must to attend all three days.
As UND transitions to Blackboard Ultra, faculty moving over existing courses or creating new courses can intentionally incorporate best practices and evidence-based teaching approaches. TTaDA wants to ensure instructors are well-equipped with the tools and resources to make this transition less stressful and more effective. This 3-day hybrid workshop on course design will focus on aligning learning outcomes with activities and assessments, accessibility in course design using Universal Design in Learning, and Blackboard Ultra training and support.
Pre-Session Work: Complete the Best Practices in Online Teaching - ULTRA (UND01-NTB-BESTPRACTICES-ULTRA-2023) and submit the certificate by Wednesday, May 17 (even though online is in the title, this is a best practices course for all modalities)
Day 1: Thursday, May 16 (9 am-4 pm) – Creating and aligning learning outcomes with activities and assessments, begin working on course map, introduction to Universal Design in Learning (UDIL). Homework: Finish Learning Outcomes on the Course Map for the first three modules. (Due Friday)
Day 2: Friday, May 17 (9 am-4 pm) – Active Learning, JAWs/Alternative Format Demonstrations, Blackboard Ultra Overview. Homework: Complete the first three modules on the Course Map and start building an Ultra Template for your first 3 modules. (Due Monday)
Day 3: Monday, May 20 (9 am-4 pm) – Course Map Charrette, Accessibility, Blackboard Ultra, Introduction to Quality Matters (QM) at UND.
Participants can attend in person or virtually via Zoom but attendance will be capped at 25 per modality, and department groups are welcome. You will select which mode of participation when registering.
Workshop participants will:
- Create a course map aligning activities and assessments with outcomes and submit it for peer review
- Develop a template in Blackboard Ultra for at least the first three modules
- Identify common accessibility issues and apply them to course content
- Identify basic information about Quality Matters
Participants who do the following will receive a $1,000 stipend
- Complete the Best Practices in Online Teaching course (approx. 3 ½ -4 hours)
- Complete the summer workshop (must attend all three days in full)
- Complete Accessibility online training (approx. 1 hour)
- Build at least 3 modules in Blackboard Ultra with an overall accessibility score of 80% or higher by June 10, 2024, or before, and submit to TTaDA for review
After the Blackboard Ultra course is reviewed by an Instructional Designer and the accessibility score of at least 80% is reached, TTaDA will issue a stipend payment.
All disciplines are welcome. The deadline to apply for the summer workshop will be Sunday, April 21, 2024. Individuals will be notified the week of April 22-26.
Back to Basics: Information Literacy and Critical Thinking in the Age of AI
The heightened conversation in higher education around generative AI tools such as ChatGPT highlights the imperative for faculty to more intentionally advance information literacy and critical thinking skills in their teaching. With AI tools increasingly prevalent in the information landscape, faculty and students need to better understand issues of bias, misinformation, and access as well as the potential advantages these tools present. In this workshop, we will explore changes AI has brought to the information ecosystems central to our disciplines, and how to address both the challenges and opportunities that result by focusing on information literacy and critical thinking.
This year TTaDA will offer two summer workshop sessions. Faculty may sign up for either cohort. Faculty who take part in the early May course design workshop offered by TTaDA are encouraged to use this opportunity to design an assignment as well.
Session 1: May 21st (Tuesday, 9 am-4 pm) and 23rd (Thursday 9 am-4 pm) face-to-face on campus, with self-paced worktime between workshop days
or
Session 2: May 28th (Tuesday, 9 am-4 pm) and 30th (Thursday, 9 am-4 pm) via Zoom, with self-paced worktime between workshop days
Participation will be capped at 25 for each workshop, and departmental groups are welcome. Workshop participants will:
- Explore and share knowledge on AI's impact on the information landscape in their discipline
- Focus on information literacy and critical thinking as essential learning outcomes
- Examine how ChatGPT and other generative AI tools can have a positive impact on student learning and engagement
- Create or revise an assignment that effectively advances students' skills to better navigate information in the AI age including understanding bias, misinformation, and access issues
- Define expectations around student's use of AI tools for your syllabus
Participants who do the following will receive a $500 stipend
- complete the workshop (attending fully on both days)
- develop an assignment that effectively allows students to demonstrate information literacy and critical thinking skills while engaging with generative AI
- take part in an assignment peer review process and implement suggested improvements (in August of 2024)
- agree to share their assignment in an assignment repository for other faculty to utilize.
When the assignment is uploaded into the assignment repository, TTaDA will issue a stipend payment.
All disciplines are welcome. The deadline to apply for the summer workshop will be Sunday, April 21, 2024. Individuals will be notified the week of April 22-26.
Register for Session 1 (on campus) or Register for Session 2 (Zoom)