Digital Learning Day | 2.23.23
Making Connections, Every Student, Everywhere
The Alamo Colleges Digital Learning Day promotes activities meant to:
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To share your digital learning stories and experiences,
Schedule
Academic Success Track9–9:30 a.m. | Inclusive Introductions: Breaking the Ice Breaker
Session 1Interested in an online ice breaker that is more meaningful and promotes deeper learning? I think I have just the thing for you. This introduction discussion moves beyond name, hobby, and fun fact. This activity has been a success in my online classes, and allows students to take a deep dive into themselves. Facilitated by Mark Farris9:45–10:15 a.m. | SoftChalk
Session 2SoftChalk is a content authoring program intended for use in online learning environments. It is one of the fastest, easiest, most flexible way to create, manage and share digital curriculum in various learning management systems (LMSs). Facilitated by Jerryl Lowe & Reese Hearn10:30–11 a.m. | Digital Badging / Microcredentials
Session 3Learners want better jobs, and employers need workers, but the skills gap is often too wide to cross. Join this session to learn how the Alamo Colleges Online Skills Lab is democratizing in-demand skills with micro-credentials and digital badges through student, faculty, and employer engagement. Facilitated by Amber O'Casey11:15 –11:45 a.m. | Quizizz: Engage Everyone, Everywhere
Session 4Learn about a new way to engage online students, encourage penalty-free practice and gather formative data on student understanding. Quizizz is a web-based platform that uses gamification of quiz-based learning to engage and motivate students, while keeping the platform simple and quick for educator use. Facilitated by Amanda HarrisonNoon–12:30 p.m. (Lunch Session) | "Of Course” Design!
Session 5We have some great faculty course design support initiatives coming up! Join us for a brief overview of what’s coming in 2023! Facilitated by Rudy Lopez1–1:30 p.m. | Humanizing Online Teaching & Learning
Session 6We will discuss how to maintain your presence in online classes and communicate effectively with your students to foster learning. Facilitated by Nancy Tran2:30–3 p.m. | Flexing a Course
Session 8This session will provide the top five best practices for shortened-term transformation. We will explore some of the easy ways to scale a 16-week course down to an 8-week course without losing any rigor, content, or engagement. Facilitated by Dr. Bobbie Myatt3:15 –3:45 p.m. | Turnitin Draft Coach
Session 9Draft Coach is a new product from Turnitin that allows students to develop their writing skills and check their own work for unintentional plagiarism, ineffective citations, and common grammatical mistakes prior to submitting a class assignment. View a demonstration of this new add-in for Microsoft Word for the Web and see how Draft Coach can help students become more confident writers. Facilitated by Lia Moore-Lamm4–4:30 p.m. | StudyMate Campus | Flashcards & Learning Games for Canvas Courses
Session 10Would you like to provide your students with tools to help them study? Join us for a session on how instructors and students create items using three simple templates, and how StudyMate transforms them into 11 activities and learning games. Learn how this fun, powerful tool will transform your classes to engage students with course content. Easily create flashcards, self-assessments, and learning games all from within Canvas, leverage the power of Canvas for sharing projects, tracking student use, and more. Facilitated by Cesar HernandezTake a look back |
Student Success Track9– 9:30 a.m. | Online Learner Student Profile: Learn about who we serve
Session 1Who do we serve? This session will review the demographics of our online student learner profile, along with other immediate needs. Also learn about the change of instructional modalities and how online learning is gaining more interest for our students, including data from our recent Priority Survey for Online Learners (PSOL). Facilitated by Monica Guerrero Rogers9:45–10:15 a.m. | Fall in Love with Online Communication: Chat & Text
Session 2Meeting the needs of students through customer service may be challenging in a frequently changing communication landscape. The following discussion is geared towards best practices for utilizing integrated software to help yield enrollment, by way of two-way text messaging and real-time chat services. Facilitated by Pam De La Garza and Ryan Cardenas10:30 - 11 a.m. | Northwest Vista College Student Life Online Services & Programming
Session 3The NVC Student Life Office is here to help all NVC students gain a competitive edge. Join us and find out how online Wildcats can connect with their college! Facilitated by Marie Morgan11:15–11:45 a.m. | InScribe
Session 4Peer Connection and Conversation; Classroom Communities; Mentorship and Coaching Hub—new opportunities to increase student success, build community, promote engagement, and scale support for students across their five independent colleges. Facilitated by Katy Kappler, InScribe, and Dr. Luke Dowden1–1:30 p.m. | St. Philip's College Math World
Session 5MathWorld is St. Philip’s College's premier math tutoring lab on the MLK campus. Our mission is to assist St. Philip’s College math students, dual credit students, ECH students, and online students through their math journey. When students visit MathWorld, the instructors will help the students to understand math concepts while building confidence in math skills that will carry into the real world. Facilitated by Michael Feesl1:45–2:15 p.m. | San Antonio College Virtual Advising Services
Session 6SAC’s virtual advising services are hosted by certified advisors, and students can schedule appointments or drop in via Zoom. We utilize student-centered videos via the SAC Advising YouTube Channel and maintain an up-to-date webpage that includes directives and contact information. Our virtual footprint is used to reach online students and to expand access to advising resources for campus-based students, faculty, and staff. Facilitated by Timothy Pair3:15–3:45 p.m. | Northeast Lakeview College: NSO Anywhere, Anytime!
Session 7Northeast Lakeview College offers a New Student Orientation option completely online. Students receive important resources, an introduction to the college environment and student engagement. Facilitated by Alejandrina Hernandez |
For more information
About Digital Learning Day 2023The start of a new year is the perfect time to reflect, reframe, and reprioritize, and to focus on making intentional connections. As higher education professionals, we know that relationships and connections are the foundation of effective practices for increasing student engagement. In honor of Digital Learning Day, Alamo Colleges Online, in partnership with Faculty Development, invites you to a day-long series of 30-minute sessions focused on creating authentic connections and personalizing learning and support opportunities for every student across the Alamo Colleges District. Contact |
About Alamo Colleges Online Instructional DesignersInstructional Designers provide one-on-one consultations with faculty, deliver specialized workshops to a group of faculty, and conduct in-depth course reviews. Additionally, Instructional Designers offer support for College directed initiatives to build and strengthen the College’s capacity to deliver premier, quality digital learning experiences for students. |
You can also contact your College's Instructional Designer:
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Northeast Lakeview College Northwest Vista College |
Palo Alto College St. Philip's College |
San Antonio College |