Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | March 26, 2024

TLC Session Spotlight: Dr. Brittany Foutz

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): A COIL Partnership with Salisbury University and ULACIT (Costa Rica)

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) connects students and professors in different countries for simultaneous collaborative projects and discussions as part of their coursework. COIL enhances intercultural student-team-focused interaction through proven approaches to meaningful online and virtual engagement while providing universities with a cost-effective way to ensure that their students are globally engaged. Watch Dr. Brittany Foutz’s TLC session where she discusses her Fall 2023 COIL Partnership between SU and the Latin American University of Science and Technology (ULACIT) in San Jose, Costa Rica. Students in CADR 200 worked with ULACIT students in an International Mediation course on conducting simultaneous international mediations and collaborative problem-solving.

Moving to New Quizzes: Summer 2024/Fall 2024

We are making the move to New Quizzes beginning Summer 2024 and Fall 2024 sessions. New Quizzes is the newest online assessment feature in MyClasses. To prepare faculty and staff for this transition, ID&D is providing the following resources:

• New Quizzes video explaining the scope of the transition, key terminology and features, and strategies for moving to New Quizzes.
• Bi-weekly Using New Quizzes: Creating and Migrating Assessments in New Quizzes webinars to assist faculty with this transition. The next workshop is March 28 at 5 p.m.
  
• Knowledge base articles with step-by-step instructions for migrating existing assessments to New Quizzes. (SU Login Required)
• Submit a New Quizzes: Convert Assessment from Classic Quizzes help request for ID&D to convert your assessments for you!
• Schedule a meeting with your Instructional Designer liaison.

Creation of Fall 2024 Courses in MyClasses 

Fall courses will be created in MyClasses on April 1, and instructors will be enrolled at the same time. Daily reports will be run to update course, section and instructor enrollments.

If you have multiple sections that need to be combined, please use our MyClasses Combine Sections request located under the MyClasses requests section of the ID&D Support Center. Faculty participating in the Inclusive Access textbook program should request sections be combined at least four weeks prior to the start of the semester.

Salisbury Hub for OER Commons

Have you created Open Educational Resources (OER) or adopted/adapted existing OER you find useful? We want to know about it; share your course materials on the Salisbury Hub of the  M.O.S.T. Commons!

There are two ways to share OER on the M.O.S.T. Commons, you can register for an account and click on the option to Add OER to upload OER directly to the commons or you can email either Katie Delezenski (SU Libraries) or Karen Silverstrim (ID&D) for uploading.

While on the M.O.S.T. Commons consider visiting the Salisbury Hub, a custom resource center where SU faculty can create, organize, and share collections.

Interested in learning more about Open Educational Resources? Visit the Library’s OER LibGuide.

Incorporating Generative AI into Learning Experiences Virtual Showcase:  Friday, April 26, 2024, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET

Colleagues from across Maryland Higher Education institutions are invited to register for the Incorporating Generative AI into Learning Experiences virtual showcase, which will take place on Friday, April 26, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. via Zoom. 

Dr. James Lang will be the keynote speaker, who will be addressing academic integrity in an era of Generative AI.

The showcase will highlight how faculty, staff, and faculty/staff/student teams from across Maryland higher education have engaged in the use of Generative AI as part of assignments and learning activities. How are we engaging students in the creation of authentic work while using Generative AI? What are critical ethical issues associated with the use of Generative AI in teaching? How might we foster career-ready skills associated with Generative AI as a part of students’ learning experiences?

Registration is now open! You can access the registration link via the Registration Tab on the event webpage. 

Virtual Conference Opportunity

When: May 3: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (ET)

ID&D will sponsor 10 individuals (staff and/or faculty) in attending Quality Matter's Quality in Action virtual conference. The Higher Ed Quality in Action conference is your chance to learn practical techniques for enhancing quality in hybrid, remote, and online courses.

With a major focus on AI — how it affects pedagogy, how learners are using it, and ways to leverage it effectively in the classroom — you’ll learn how to continue to connect with today’s learners. Sessions focused on course delivery will deepen your understanding of engagement, interaction and equity, while design-oriented sessions will give you new perspectives and tools for addressing accessibility, UDL and alignment.

If you are interested to attend this virtual conference, please complete the interest form below by Thursday, March 28.

Using New Quizzes: Creating and Migrating Assessments in New Quizzes

• Thursday, March 28: 5 - 6 p.m. | online via Zoom (registration required)
• Friday, April 12: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. | online via Zoom (registration required)
• Friday, April 26: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. | online via Zoom (registration required)

Pedagogy Roundtable: Feeding Hungry Minds with Inquiry-Based Learning

• Thursday, March 28: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. | in-person and online via Zoom (registration required)

Dynamic Lecturing

• Thursday, April 4: 12 - 1 p.m. | online via Zoom (registration required)

Pedagogy Roundtable: Using AI to Support Teaching Activities in the Inclusive Classroom

• Thursday, April 25: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. | in-person and online via Zoom (registration required)