The tools you need to succeed!

A collection of resources to help Faculty support students on campus and off.

• Making Your Way Back To The Classroom: Addressing Challenges You and Your Students May Be Facing*

All the workshop materials are available in this OneDrive folder, or individual items are below. You will be asked to sign in with your YSU ID and password to access all materials. 

• Efficient Outline Course Design
  Tuesday, January 26th, 4-5P  Facilitator: Mark Vopat. This workshop outlined the steps necessary to create an effective online course. It was geared toward those that have little to no experience with creating online courses. Topics to be discussed include:  
  1. Backward Course Design 
  2. General course/module structure 
  3. Media  
  4. Course preparation workflows 
  5. Instructor presence 
  6. Facilitation  
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• Using an IPad or Tablet to Improve Digital Whiteboards for Virtual Lecture

   Thursday, February 4th, 3-5P  Facilitator: Matt Lindberg. This workshop discussed you how to incorporate the writing ability of an iPad or tablet into your lectures.  The workshop was presented using an iPad and Mac, but options and alternatives were discussed. 

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• Mindfulness Techniques for Self-Care

   Wednesday, February 24th, 2-3P Facilitator: Mari Alschuler, Ph.D., LISW-S. In this workshop, participants discussed five basic mindfulness techniques they can use at any time for stress management. Participants also explored self-care strategies by completing an exercise and then discussed how they intend to implement their self-care plan. 

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• An Introduction to Open Educational Resources

  Wednesday, March 10th, 4-5P  Facilitator: Shelley Blundell. This workshop provided participants with a practical overview of Open Educational Resources (OERs) and their use in higher education, particularly in courses with high-cost textbooks, which YSU students frequently do not purchase because of these high costs. Examples of the workshop instructor’s own OER usage, their overall benefits to students, and resources for finding high-quality OERs participants were shared with attendees.

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• The Impact of Sterotyping at Predominately White Institutions

   Wednesday, March 25th, 3-4P  Facilitator: Carol Bennett. The Impact of Stereotyping at PWIs 

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All the workshop materials are available in this OneDrive folder, or individual items are below. You will be asked to sign in with your YSU ID and password to access all materials. 

• Re-Humanizing the College Classroom: Focusing on the "Who" we Teach

   Thursday, February 18th, 3-4P  Facilitator: Alicia Prieto. In this workshop we discussed who our students are and how to center their humanity in our classrooms. We spoke about the so-called “classic” modes of instruction and who they benefit and who they leave behind. We explored how belonging affects learning and how to create spaces conductive to the discovery and creation of knowledge in our classrooms.  

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• Re-Humanizing the College Classroom: Focusing on the "How" we Teach

  Thursday, March 4th, 3-4P  Facilitator: Alicia Prieto. In this workshop we discussed particular ways to bring humanity into the classroom. We talked about ways to build community, different examples of active learning, and ways in which we can facilitate students ownership of their own learning 

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• Re-Humanizing the College Classroom: Focusing on the "What" we teach

   Thursday, March 18th, 3-4P  Facilitator: Alicia Prieto. In this workshop we re-evaluated what we are teaching by focusing on what skills and knowledge we are expecting college graduates to have. We discussed ways in which we can design curriculum around who our students are and different ways of assessing students’ growth.   

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