Discover how innovative course design is transforming online learning at MSU Denver with the revamped CIS 4550. Developing an engaging and effective online course requires thoughtful planning, creativity, and a deep understanding of both content and andragogy. Faculty members who participate in the development cycle invest their time and expertise to ensure their courses meet […]
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Inclement weather or unforeseen events may shut down in-person activities on campus and create the need for remote learning, so it is important to always be prepared. Whether for just one day or a prolonged campus closure, you can use online tools to teach and learn remotely. In this tutorial, you will learn how to […]
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Just-in-Time-Teaching (JiTT)
Picture a classroom where you meet students where they are in their learning experience. What if you had all the information to address gaps in knowledge or misunderstandings as they crop up rather than after an assessment has been given? What if, instead of giving a preset lesson that you think will be right for […]
By Michael Rupert, Alexandra Grima, Will Austin, Sarah Creasy, Nate Easley III, Jenni Bruhn, Tanner Wilde, Nick Hoffman, Todd Wolfe, and Alex McDaniel As part of the Spring 2024 CTLD Course Development Cycle, María Akrabova, Wendy Gallagher, María Rey-López, and José García-Paine collaborated with the CTLD instructional design team to create two innovative Spanish language […]
In the CTLD Course Development Cycle, MSU Denver instructors work with the instructional design team to improve their existing or new courses. Instructors identify course objectives, develop learning activities, create a user-friendly course, record high-quality multimedia content, and much more. As part of the Spring 2024 development cycle, Environmental Science instructor Sarah Schliemann worked with […]
Lucid for Education can be used to integrate interactive and visual learning tools directly into your course. Once enabled within your Canvas course, Lucidspark and Lucidchart can be found in the navigation menu to the left. These tools foster collaboration, creativity, and deeper engagement by allowing students to brainstorm, organize ideas, and visualize complex concepts […]
Beginning with the public release of ChatGPT in 2023, generative artificial intelligence, or GenAI, has taken the academic world by storm. Capable of producing novel works that are difficult to discern from human writing, GenAI presents new opportunities and challenges when it comes to your work as an educator. While there are still open questions […]
Canvas Discussions allow students to “respond in thread” by default, meaning students can respond to the prompt or to someone else’s response to the prompt. This is an option that can be disabled in the Discussion setting by checking the box next to “Disallow threaded replies”. Note: Following the major Canvas update to Discussions in […]
At MSU Denver,delivering high-quality educational content that enhances student learning and engagement is a major goal for everyone. With generative AI (GenAI) tools, such as Copilot, faculty members now have the opportunity to streamline the content creation process. Whether you’re developing lecture notes, quizzes, or other instructional materials, using AI can save time and improve […]
By this point in time, just about everyone has heard about generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). From ethical questions of artistic copyright to concerns of student cheating, most of us have at least a muddy idea of what it is and how people use it. Of course, as this technology is relatively new, there is a […]