Student Engagement/Collaboration

Mānoa Interdepartmental Language Symposium (MILS)

This symposium aims to bring together students, faculty, and alumni involved in language-related work at the University of Hawaiʻi to learn more about the types of research and creative projects happening across campus, and to spark potential interdisciplinary as well as interdepartmental collaborations. This is also an opportunity for researchers with research at any stage to present their work in a formal setting and receive feedback. NOTE: This event is open to all UH Mānoa and UH Hilo students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

Check out the MILS website for more information

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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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Teacher to Teacher – New Features of Padlet and Go2Knowledge

Description:

Discover exciting new features from Padlet and take your learner engagement to the next level with custom interaction, board template, and file export updates. Learn about professional development opportunities from Go2Knowledge, including live and on-demand webinars on teaching strategies, AI, and much more. Open to all UHCC faculty and staff.

View the flyer for more information on how to attend! 

Presenters:

  • Avree Ito-Fujita (Instructional Designer, UHCC System)
  • Helen Torigoe (Instructional Designer, UHCC System)

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2024 UH Student Panel: Bridging Perspectives on AI in Education

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Description:

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated with higher education, understanding its impact on learning, engagement, and the academic experience from the learner’s perspective is crucial. Join us as we gain valuable insights directly from a diverse panel of students across multiple UH campuses who are navigating this evolving AI landscape.

Presenters:

  • Johnny Zhou (Moderator), UHOIC
  • Alexander Tang (East Asian Languages & Literatures, UH Mānoa)
  • Amanda Patrick (Psychology and Sociology, UH West Oʻahu)
  • Kailee Murakami (ADN Nursing, Kapiʻolani Community College)
  • Kimberly Song (Psychology and Communication, Kapiʻolani Community College)
  • My Que Ly (Psychology, UH Mānoa)

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Humanizing Online Courses

Description:

One of the biggest challenges when teaching online is finding ways to connect with your students. How can we help students understand that there is an actual person behind the computer screen and vice versa? Join this webinar for some simple tips that you can implement this semester to “humanize” your online courses.

Presenters:

  • Hui-Ya (Laura) Chuang, UHOIC (Moderator)
  • Daniel Harris-McCoy, Classic Literature, UH Mānoa
  • Puali‘ili‘imaikalani Rossi-Fukino, Hawaiian Studies and Language, Kauaʻi CC

This event is co-sponsored by the UHM Center for Teaching Excellence.

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2022 UH Excellence in Teaching Faculty Panel: Online Strategies, Tips, and Lessons Learned

Description:

Each year, the UH Board of Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching is awarded to faculty members who “exhibit an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity, and personal values that benefit students.” Join this webinar to gain some online teaching strategies and tips from four of the 2022 awardees across different disciplines.

Presenters:

  • Hui-Ya (Laura) Chuang, UHOIC (Moderator)
  • Laurie James, Math Education, UH West Oʻahu
  • Kyra A. Len, Pediatrics/Medical Education, UH Mānoa
  • Alyssa MacDonald, Biology, Leeward CC
  • Kevin Takayama, Mathematics, Windward CC

This event is co-sponsored by the UHM Center for Teaching Excellence.

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Edpuzzle: Engage Students with Video Lessons!

Are students watching the videos you assign in your classes? Edpuzzle can help! You can add formative activities and keep track of how students engage with the videos.

Join us to learn how to create video assignments with Edpuzzle. Use your own videos or videos from sites like YouTube, TED, and Khan Academy. The workshop will be from 2-3p, followed by an optional 30-minute open lab time to ask questions and create your very own video assignment.

Register now!

This is a UH Maui College Mixed Plate PD webinar with collaboration from Hawaiʻi Community College, hosted by Laureen Kodani and Leanne Urasaki.

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Beat the Burnout! Strategies and Tips to Overcome the Mid-Semester Lull

Do you find that your students begin to drop off or lose engagement as you head into the mid-semester? In this webinar, interact with faculty and instructional designers across the system as they share tips and strategies to “beat the burnout” and overcome the mid-semester lull! (This event is co-hosted with UHM Center for Teaching Excellence)

Presenters:

  • Marisa Yamada (Moderator), UH Online Innovation Center, UH System
  • Jordan Lewton, Online Counseling, Leeward Community College
  • Donald Carreira Ching, Writing Instructor, Language Arts, Leeward Community College
  • Kirsten Vacca, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Social Sciences Division), University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu

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Bite-Sized But Filling: Instructional Videos for Learning and Engagement Webinar Resources Added!

We have added the recording, presentation slides and Q&A summary for the Bite-Sized But Filling: Instructional Videos for Learning and Engagement webinar! 

Our guest presenters shared some very useful tips on camera setup and strategies for when you are creating videos for your online course! Matt Parcon talked about best practices for video creation, Daniel Swift showed us how he easily creates demonstration videos for his cooking classes, and Michelle Nathan reviewed EdPuzzle, an interactive video tool, and how she uses it in her online course!

Check out the resources from the webinar if you haven’t already on the Event page.

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