CAFE Weekly

Reduce Online Course Anxiety

“Online classes are often intimidating for first-time students,” writes David St. Clair. “They wrestle with the gnawing fear that their class has no anchor in the physical world and that there will be no one there to address their fears and concerns.” (p. 129).

To help address these intimidations and fears, St Clair implemented an online check-in quiz.

Teaching and Learning

• Building a Dog Skeleton
• How open education will revolutionize higher education

Are you interested in adding Indigenous perspectives to your courses? Check out this new book in the C.A.F.E. library - Reshaping the University: Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes and the Logic of the Gift.

Educational Technology

• 3 Ways to Prove the ROI in Open Educational Resources
• Using the Remind App in the Online Classroom
• Five ways Wikipedia can Help Teach Research and Critical Thinking Skills

Curriculum

• OCQAS Newsletter – Quality Break Winter 2017

Spring is coming! You may want to begin considering whether your course outline needs any improvements, additions or changes. Now is a great time to think about it as you are likely to remember updates you want to include when you are teaching it, or have it fresh from last semester. If you need assistance, please come see a Curriculum Specialist in the C.A.F.E. for assistance.

Upcoming PD Sessions

Week of March 20 to March 24

• Wednesday, March 22: Course Outline Series: Quality Course Outline Design
• Thursday, March 23: Course Outline Series: Quality Course Outline Design

Week of March 27 to March 30

• Monday, March 27: WebCOT: Durham College's Course Outline System
• Wednesday, March 29: WebCOT: Durham College's Course Outline System
• Wednesday, March 29: Course Outline Series: Writing Course Learning Outcomes
• Thursday, March 30: Course Outline Series: Writing Course Learning Outcomes

View all upcoming PD Sessions on the Training Registration website.

External PD

• Part-time Teachers’ Conference
  Saturday, March 25, 2017
  Humber North Campus, 205 Humber College Blvd., Toronto, ON
   
• Aligning and Building Curriculum (ABC) Institute
  Monday, May 15 to Thursday, May 18, 2017
  Elmhirst’s Resort, Keene, ON
   
• Leadership Excellence in Academic Programming (LEAP) Conference
  Wednesday, May 24 to Friday, May 26, 2017
  Elmhirst’s Resort, Keene, ON
   
• Mobile Summit
  Wednesday, May 24 to Friday, May 26, 2017
  Centennial College, Toronto, ON  
   
• Focus on Learning (FOL): Part 2
  Tuesday, June 6 to Thursday, June 8, 2017
  St. Lawrence College, Kingston, ON

Thank you for reading our latest newsletter. Do you have any questions or suggestions? Contact us today!

The Centre for Academic and Faculty Enrichment
Durham College
905.721.2000 ext. 2593
cafe@durhamcollege.ca
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