May 2021 Workshop

10am-10:30am

Digital Learning Welcome

We will discuss what’s new with the Office of Digital Learning, including the NJIT VITAL initiative.

10:30am-11am

Technology-Enhanced Instruction and Blended Learning

This session will provide an overview of the difference between technology-enhanced instructional practices and blended learning in the context of post-pandemic teaching.

Presented by the Digital Learning Team

Integrating Authentic Research into the Classroom: A Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience in an Intro Biology Lab

This session will facilitate a discussion on how to incorporate authentic scholarship into the classroom and provide an example from an introductory biology lab.  Benefits and challenges of engaging students in scholarship will be emphasized.  Attendees are encouraged to bring their own ideas and experiences to share.

Presented by Caroline Devan

1pm-2pm

Online grading: Lessons learned from before and during the pandemic

The rapid switch to online learning in Spring 2020 forced instructors into new methods of collecting and grading student work. This presentation will explore some lessons learned in online grading procedures and discuss the pros and cons to different online grading platforms that are available to NJIT instructors. 

Technology-Enhanced Learning in a Math Course

A multifaceted approach to promote student success will be shared. It will include course centralization on two digital platforms (Canvas including Pearson LMS integration and Microsoft ClassNotebook), ensuring early student engagement with the course tools available in Canvas and at NJIT, student accountability by creating small daily assignments and other increased student interactions with the course material and embedding that into the lecture, and making Office Hours count (a higher student attendance). This will include a demonstration of Microsoft ClassNotebook

Presented by Amy Flax

Moderated Panel Discussion

Panelists will discuss what we have learned from pandemic teaching that we can continue to apply in our practice when instruction resumes in the classroom.