Ed Tech Trends/Exploration

Innovation Playground: Explore Emerging Technologies

Step into the future of education with cutting-edge emerging edtech tools—explore, create, and collaborate on how they can be used in teaching and learning!
Spring 2025 Session Topics:
  • Jan 31, 2025 10:00 AM – Google AI Tools
  • Feb 28, 2025 10:00 AM – Engage and Assess with Videos
  • Mar 28, 2025 10:00 AM – Explore Emerging Technologies

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Innovation Playground: Engage and Assess with Videos

Learn how to make your courses more interactive and engaging with video tools! Discover how to use Lamakū’s Video Assignments, H5P for interactive videos, and other tools to create engaging content. Whether for assessments or student engagement, these tools are perfect for integrating multimedia into your teaching with ease.
Spring 2025 Session Topics:
  • Jan 31, 2025 10:00 AM – Google AI Tools
  • Feb 28, 2025 10:00 AM – Engage and Assess with Videos
  • Mar 28, 2025 10:00 AM – Explore Emerging Technologies

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Innovation Playground: Google AI Tools

Learn how you can boost your productivity and efficiency with exciting updates to Google Suite tools recently released for Google@UH like NotebookLM, Gemini, Google Doc Tabs, and AI-powered suggestions!
Spring 2025 Session Topics:
  • Jan 31, 2025 10:00 AM – Google AI Tools
  • Feb 28, 2025 10:00 AM – Engage and Assess with Videos
  • Mar 28, 2025 10:00 AM – Explore Emerging Technologies

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Innovation Playground: Engage & Energize with Interactives

Come explore some new and existing third-party tools and Lamakū add-ons to improve student interactivity and engagement in your courses with over 100+ activity types to play with. Best of all, there’s no cost for UH faculty and staff! Please register with your Google@UH email address below to access the Zoom webinar credentials. Resources will be made publicly available on this event page after the session. Please note that the session will not be recorded as the majority of the session time will be dedicated to individual exploration. Visit our Innovation Playground webpage for more information on what to expect during the session and to learn about upcoming sessions.

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Innovation Playground: AI Multimedia Adventures

Come play and explore AI-based tools that simplify creating multimedia content (text, images, videos, podcasts, songs) during this session! The Innovation Playground series is open to all UH faculty and staff to attend. Please register with your Google@UH email address below to access the Zoom webinar credentials. Resources will be made publicly available on this event page after the session. Please note that the session will not be recorded as the majority of the session time will be dedicated to individual exploration. Visit our Innovation Playground webpage for more information on what to expect during the session and to learn about upcoming sessions.

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Innovation Playground: Lamakū (Brightspace) Blastoff!

Come play and explore UH’s new LMS, Lamakū (by Brightspace D2L) during this session! The Innovation Playground series is open to all UH faculty and staff to attend. Please register with your Google@UH email address below to access the Zoom webinar credentials. Resources will be made publicly available on this event page after the session. Please note that the session will not be recorded as the majority of the session time will be dedicated to individual exploration. Visit our Innovation Playground webpage for more information on what to expect during the session and to learn about upcoming sessions.

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Innovation Playground: Extended Reality (XR)

Come play and explore during this session! The Innovation Playground series is open to all UH faculty and staff to attend. Please register with your Google@UH email address below to access the Zoom webinar credentials. Resources will be made publicly available on this event page after the session.

Please note that the session will not be recorded as the majority of the session time will be dedicated to individual exploration. Visit our Innovation Playground webpage for more information on what to expect during the session and to learn about upcoming sessions.

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Innovation Playground: Miro and Figma

Come explore these free (for Educators) All-in-One [or Multipurpose] Tools for Design, Collaboration, Whiteboard, and more! The Innovation Playground series is open to all UH faculty and staff to attend. Please note that the session was not recorded as the majority of the session time will be dedicated to individual exploration. Visit our Innovation Playground webpage for more information on what to expect during the session and to learn about upcoming sessions.

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Online Teaching Excellence (OTE) Phase 1: Course Design

Description:
OTE Phase 1: Course Design (previously known as OCDR in the summer of 2023) has been revamped and will be available as an online asynchronous, self-paced course beginning on 3/11/2024. This phase focuses on essential online teaching principles, and guides participants through planning and designing a learner-centered and outcomes-aligned online course. NOTE: This phase is facilitated in Laulima and is open to all UHCC faculty and lecturers.

Successful completion of all required deliverables by 5/13/2024 will qualify eligible participants for a $300 overload pay. (Eligibility subject to HR verification.) Sign up by 3/10/2024.

View the OTE program phases table to learn more and sign up!

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Innovation Playground: H5P

Come play and explore H5P during this session! The Innovation Playground series is open to all UH faculty and staff to attend. Please note that the session was not recorded as the majority of the session time will be dedicated to individual exploration. Visit our Innovation Playground webpage for more information on what to expect during the session and to learn about upcoming sessions.

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