April
April Workshops
Using Chunking Strategy to Enhance Teaching and Learning
Writing Effective Multiple-Choice Questions
Discover the Intelligent features of PowerPoint 365
Microsoft PowerPoint Essentials
Unpacking the Experiential Learning Luggage
YuJa Video Advanced: Adding Captions, Editing Video, and Viewing Analytics
Assessing Student Writing with Blackboard Rubrics
4/3
7-8 p.m.
Using Chunking Strategy to Enhance Teaching and Learning
Instructor: Laurent Ndeze
Chunking is a strategy used to organize large instructional material into sections, parts, or categories so that the material is easier to understand and recall. Educational psychologists have found that chunking course content reduces information overload and enhances learning. A chuck could refer to a description of a geographical structure on a map, behaviors of specific chemicals, cultural norms of a specific group of people, etc. The concept is applicable to a broad range of subject matter. Chunking is based on the premise that information is processed in short-term memory before it is transferred into long-term memory. By organizing content into chunks, we increase the learner’s attention span and chances of retrieval of that information not only from short memory but also from long-term memory. In this workshop, we will examine different types of content chunks, related research, and how you can apply them to your teaching.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Apply different chunking techniques including multi-media tools
- Explain how chunking techniques can boost student engagement and motivation
- Integrate chunking techniques into course assessment methods
- Identify two or three chunking techniques that would be directly applicable to your teaching
4/4
1-2 p.m.
Writing Effective Multiple-Choice Questions
Instructor: Philip Bonner
Writing effective multiple-choice questions is an art and a science. These types of questions abound in college classrooms, yet are they all good examples? What makes a good stem? What’s the difference between a correct option and a best option multiple-choice question? What makes a plausible distractor? Come to this one-hour class to explore these and other questions about multiple-choice questions.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- explain the elements of an effective multiple-choice question.
- write an effective multiple-choice question using the workshop suggestions.
Register in Workday
Back to Top
4/4
6-7 p.m.
Discover the Intelligent features of PowerPoint 365
Whether we realize it or not, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all around us and playing an active role in our daily lives. Every time we open our Facebook newsfeed or do a Google search, AI works in the background. AI technology allows us to work smarter and more efficiently.
Using Office 365’s AI technology, you will see how PowerPoint inserts design elements and visualizes data while still allowing you to maintain control of your slides. With the tedious design process automated, you can spend more time focusing on your content. This session will familiarize you with PowerPoint’s AI technology and give you tips for creating professionally designed presentations.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Define artificial intelligence and how it benefits you in creating beautiful slides.
- Explain how PowerPoint 365 enables you to create slideshows more efficiently with Designer.
- List 2-3 intelligent design features that you will integrate into future PowerPoint presentations.
4/5
2-4 p.m.
Microsoft Teams Essentials
Instructor: Megan Calvert
This hands-on, small group workshop will provide a solid foundation in the use of Microsoft Teams. Whether you want an overview of the basics or are looking to become more efficient, this course is for you. Even experienced users can benefit from valuable tips, tricks, and timesavers along the way.
Workshop outcomes are flexible and may be adjusted based on a survey of participant needs. Outcomes may include:
- Access Teams via the desktop application, Microsoft 365, and the mobile app (prior to the workshop)
- Identify the best uses for Teams
- Navigate and customize the Teams environment
- Use the chat feature for one-on-one and group communication
- Share and collaborate on files
- Schedule meetings, participate in meetings, and follow up after a meeting
- Organize and use channels for focused conversations
- Add apps to chats, channels, and meetings
- Create a team using templates or build a team from scratch
- Work with external guests
- Manage team settings
- Make and manage calls
Register in Workday
Back to Top
4/7
2-3 p.m.
Pedagogical Discussion # 6: Exploring Critical Race Theory (CRT): Creating and Implementing Learning Activities that Level the Playing Field for Student Success
Instructor: Philip Bonner
Participants will investigate and discuss possible reasons for a disproportionate negative effect of lecturing-only on successful learning by underrepresented students. We will discuss collaborative and active learning strategies as a complement to lecturing and analyze how these teaching methods “level the playing field.” Participants will share collaborative and active classroom activities that they have implemented.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- describe how lecturing as the only used teaching method perpetuates ethnocentric teaching.
- explain why teaching for collaborative and active learning provides learning opportunities that are more inclusive and equitable.
- list one or two ways that this topic impacts the student-faculty relationship.
Register in Workday
Back to Top
4/11
1-4 p.m.
Microsoft PowerPoint Essentials
This hands-on, small group workshop will provide a solid foundation in the use of Microsoft PowerPoint. Whether you want an overview of the basics, are looking to become more efficient, or have used PowerPoint for years and just want to update your knowledge of newer features, this course is for you. Even experienced users can benefit from valuable tips, tricks, and timesavers along the way.
Workshop outcomes are flexible and may be adjusted based on a survey of participant needs. Outcomes may include:
- Access PowerPoint via the desktop application and via Microsoft 365 (prior to the workshop)
- Identify the best uses for PowerPoint
- Navigate and customize the latest PowerPoint environment
- Create blank presentations and presentations from templates, including Montgomery College templates
- Save, organize, locate, and open presentations both locally and on the cloud
- Share and collaborate on presentations in real time using the cloud
- Insert and modify slides
- Cut, copy, paste and format text
- Add bulleted and numbered lists
- Use themes to change the design of a presentation
- Insert and modify images
- Use intelligent design features to change the design of a presentation
- Apply transitions between slides
- Manage slides (change view, add notes, add sections)
- Check spelling, grammar, and accessibility
- Print your slides and customize printing
- Present your slideshow
Register in Workday
Back to Top
4/12
12-1 p.m.
Unpacking the Experiential Learning Luggage
Instructor: Angela Lanier
Description: Given MC’s recent focus on Experiential Learning, it is important for faculty and staff to understand what it means and what it looks like in action. This workshop will give an overview of Experiential Learning, including possible course activities, benefits to students, and tips for career planning.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Define experiential learning
• Identify ways to promote the experiential learning and career connection
• Evaluate experiential learning activities and evaluate relevance across courses and disciplines
Register in Workday
Back to Top
4/14
1-2 p.m.
Senti-Pensante Pedagogy
Instructor: Carolien Annink
In this presentation, participants will explore the concept of Senti-Pensante Pedagogy, a transformative pedagogy as described by Laura Rendon of the University of Texas. In this college teaching approach, instructors include teaching activities based on the intersection between “sentir”, intuition and the inner life, and “pensar”, academic knowledge.
Outcomes:
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Compare and contrast their own teaching and learning experiences connecting “feeling” with “thinking” to the experiences of their colleagues
- Describe several Senti-Pensante classroom activities
- Start the design of at least one Senti-Pensante classroom activity
Register in Workday
Back to Top
4/17
1:15-4:30 p.m.
What’s Your Conflict Style?
Instructor: Christine Crefton
This class is part of the Change Management: the People Side AND Communication and Conflict Learning Pathways.
Explore five ways you can use to approach conflict and discover your preferred way through an assessment. Discuss how your preference may change from when the situation is calm and then when the storm surges. Explore how each of the five styles is effective in certain circumstances and expand your choice of approach when you find yourself in conflict.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Define each of the five styles;
- Compare and contrast the five styles’ strengths and weaknesses;
- Identify your preferred style;
- Choose other styles to help you be more effective in various situations
Register in Workday
Back to Top
4/18
1-3 p.m.
YuJa Video Advanced: Adding Captions, Editing Video, and Viewing Analytics
Instructor: Gloria Barron and Laurent Ndeze
Were you excited when you found out about YuJa, the college-supported resource for uploading videos?
Did you attend YuJa Video Basics: A College Sponsored Resource to Upload Videos for students and are looking to do more with the software?
This second, advanced training will help faculty further meet accessibility requirements by learning the necessary skills for captioning video. It will also help you understand the basic video editing capabilities of the software and how to view analytics (or statistics on how your video is being viewed).
After this two-part training series, faculty will be able to:
• Edit video auto captions
• Perform simple edits using the YuJa Video Editor
• View YuJa Video Analytics
While this training will cover the needs of faculty sharing instructional materials with their students, this training will also be helpful for MC staff who have attended YuJa Basics Training and would like to learn more about YuJa captioning and video editing features.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Review the steps for editing Video auto captions
- Demonstrate simple video edits using the YuJa Video Editor
- Describe YuJa’s Video Analytics feature and the details it provides
- Optional: If time allows, faculty will be provided the option for open lab zoom time to practice the skills learned.
Register in Workday
Back to Top
4/18
1-4 p.m.
Microsoft Outlook Essentials
Instructor: Megan Calvert
This hands-on, small group workshop will provide a solid foundation in using Microsoft Outlook. Whether you want an overview of the basics, are looking to become more efficient, or have used Outlook for years and want to update your knowledge of newer features, this course is for you. Even experienced users can benefit from valuable tips, tricks, and timesavers along the way.
Workshop outcomes are flexible and may be adjusted based on a survey of participant needs. Outcomes may include:
- Access your email via Outlook 2019 (or the Microsoft 365 desktop app), mobile app, and Microsoft 365 web app
- Identify best uses for Outlook
- Navigate and customize the latest Outlook environment
- Create, send, forward, and reply to emails
- Format text and appearance of emails
- Create an email signature in accordance with Montgomery College guidelines
- Send, receive, and collaborate on attachments
- Set up an auto-reply (out of office)
- Search and filter email
- Ignore email conversations
- Clean up your inbox
- Set categories, flags, reminders, or colors to organize your inbox
- Organize mail using folders
- Add and organize contacts
- Use the Montgomery College global address book
- Create tasks and manage a to-do list using To Do
- Navigate and customize the calendar
- Schedule appointments and meetings
- Search for calendar items
Register in Workday
Back to Top
4/19
3-4 p.m.
Assessing Student Writing with Blackboard Rubrics
Instructor: Chip Gladson & WID Coordinators
Students’ perceptions of your feedback on their writing are the keys to learning. Develop effective rubrics in Blackboard to make the assessment of student writing clear and appropriate to your assignment and discipline. This hands-on workshop will help you to create grading rubrics in Blackboard to improve feedback and save time.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Develop strategies for responding to student writing in Blackboard
- Establish rubrics with criteria appropriate to the assignment
- Share expectations of the course or discipline for student writing
Register in Workday
Back to Top
4/26
1-4 p.m.
Microsoft Word Essentials
Instructor: Megan Calvert
This hands-on, small group workshop will provide a solid foundation in the use of Microsoft Word. Whether you want an overview of the basics, are looking to become more efficient, or have used Word for years and just want to update your knowledge of newer features, this course is for you. Even experienced users can benefit from valuable tips, tricks, and timesavers along the way.
Workshop outcomes are flexible and may be adjusted based on a survey of participant needs. Outcomes may include:
- Access Word via the desktop application and via Microsoft 365 (prior to the workshop)
- Identify the best uses for Word
- Navigate and customize the Word environment
- Create blank documents and documents from templates, including Montgomery College templates
- Save, organize, locate, and open documents both locally and on the cloud
- Share and collaborate on documents in real-time using the cloud
- Add, delete, move, cut, copy and paste text using the mouse, keyboard, and keyboard shortcuts
- Format text using Font and Paragraph
- Format text using Styles and Themes to increase accessibility
- Change the page layout, including page orientation, paper size, margins
- Add, modify, and sort bulleted and numbered lists
- Insert, modify, and format tables
- Insert and modify images
- Automatically check spelling, grammar, and accessibility
- Use the Find and Replace features
- Print documents and customize printing
Register in Workday
Back to Top
4/28
2-2:45 p.m.
Tech it Out
Instructor: Michele Knight
Tech it out is your opportunity to learn about new technology with a vibrant community of practitioners. During this 45-minute tech it out, participants will have the opportunity to choose from the following brief ten-minute awareness sessions for a quick overview of a technical topic.
- Mentimeter: Allows real-life interaction with students via real-time voting, polls, wordle, and other activities.
- Kahoot: A game-based learning platform that allows faculty to create engaging quiz-based games that make learning fun for students. Quizzes can be taken on a computer or any smart device.
- Padlet: This allows learners to collaborate via an online poster board, which allows the posting of text, images, links, documents, video, and voice recordings.
For the last thirty-five minutes of tech-it-out, we will have open discussion and sharing of things that the group is already using or that look interesting in the world of educational technology.
We welcome you to sign up for this session!
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Develop an awareness of a technical topic
- Participate in a “free-form” technical community of practice discussion