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Workshops and short courses are aiding UWindsor instructors in the development of skills they need to effectively teach online.
Workshops and short courses are aiding UWindsor instructors in the development of skills they need to effectively teach online.
Free webinars by UWindsor online learning specialists are aimed at helping Ontario teachers lead lessons from home.
Online teaching and learning is an important part of the learning landscape at the University of Windsor, with provincial data showing its students have one of the highest rates of participation in online learning of any institution in the province. This means that students and faculty may be more prepared to take classes online if needed, given that they already have some experience in this mode of teaching and learning.
The Office of Open Learning has extended its application deadline for grants supporting online and open learning projects to Monday, Feb. 24.
Funding is available to support development of online, open, and hybrid courses.
The Community of Practice session Friday will see a call for proposals for grants to support work across the open, online, and technology-enhanced teaching continuum.
The Office of Open Learning is joining the global open education community in celebrating Open Education Week from March 4 to 8.
The Office of Open Learning has extended the deadline for the OER ACE Grants to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in response to a number of requests for extensions.
“There are a lot of people with really good and interesting ideas about how to create and use open educational resources in their teaching, and we want to ensure that there is enough time to put together the best possible application at such a busy time of the year,” said Nick Baker, director of the Office of Open Learning.
The Office of Open Learning has released its latest call for proposals for funding to support faculty interested in incorporating open educational resources (OERs) into their teaching.
Open Educational Resources include open textbooks, videos, images and music, simulations, modules, lesson plans, and even entire courses, all openly licenced to allow them to be legally used and adapted freely to fit your context.
The Office of Open Learning has opened registration for a series of online courses as part of its non-credit Certificate in Online and Open Learning.