The Division of Digital Learning (DDL) hosted its inaugural Digital Learning Day event! The event aimed to empower faculty to leverage educational technology, tools, and resources to positively impact students and the quality of the learning experience in all course modalities. The event also provided an opportunity to learn more about DDL’s services and tools, connect with colleagues and staff across the university, and celebrate the great work that is conducted every day at UCF.
Our Digital Learning Day event for 2023 has already taken place, but don’t worry! You can still view the live stream below.
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Don’t miss the chance to catch up on the latest developments and strategies in digital learning. Watch the recording of our recent live stream event to gain valuable insights from experts, hear new perspectives, and discover innovative ideas that can enhance your teaching. This is an opportunity to stay up-to-date on digital learning trends and learn best practices from your peers.
Keynote
Jared Stein has spent his entire career helping higher education bring learning to the people. For more than a decade, Jared led the development of new, fully online programs at universities in Utah, and helped faculty to adopt new ways of teaching with technology to increase student access and success. Jared recently left Instructure (makers of Canvas) after 11+ years leading their higher education product strategy and research efforts – often in collaboration with education innovators from around the world. He is now the principal consultant at Rarebird Ed Tech, which helps startups maximize their impact on education.
Jared advocates for student-centered teaching, real-world learning, open education, ethical use of data, and frictionless user experiences. Jared is the author of Essentials for Blended Learning: A Standards-Based Guide, now in its second edition.
Streamed Sessions
The Rise (and Reversal) of Student Disengagement
As long as there have been teachers and students, education has wrestled with learner disengagement. Today, our students live in a world where distractions are omnipresent, the value of a degree is suspect, and Artificial Intelligence may just change everything at any moment. No wonder both students and instructors are pointing to rising disengagement as the number one challenge in education.
To reverse student disengagement, we’ll have to alter both how we teach and how students learn. All change is hard, but technology can help. This presentation will draw on examples from around the world to illustrate how three key principles of instruction can be implemented easily and at scale with extant and emerging technologies.
Another Path to Adaptive Learning: Using the Choose Your Own Adventure Tool
in Materia
Want to wade into adaptive learning without PAL training? In this session, Alisha will discuss how she uses the Choose your Own Adventure Materia tool to provide general adaptive learning activities and specific learning activities in her Statistical Methods in Psychology (PSY 3204C) course.
What Do You Meme?: Achieving Higher-order Learning of the Inflammatory Process Through a Meme-based Assignment
The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of using memes as a tool for higher-order learning in health education. Students in an introductory human disease course were asked to create three memes related to an inflammation lesson. The study found that out of 436 students, 396 submissions were received, with an overall mean score of 17.57 out of 20. Correlation between the assignment and final grades was significant but weak. The study identified three main thematic components in the memes: cellular elements, specific sequential processes, and the pathophysiological basis of inflammatory signs. The study concludes that using memes is an effective tool for health sciences students to synthesize and contextualize complex concepts, leading to higher-order learning outcomes.
Immersive Experiential Learning Through Innovative Visual Storytelling
This Emmy-winning documentary project uses innovative multimedia techniques to provide an immersive exploration of the US legal system from the perspective of migrant communities. With a small group of students serving as the eyes and ears for online classes of hundreds, the project delivers educational content that highlights the oftentimes perilous journey of migrants. By shining a light on the complex legal issues surrounding migration, this project spurs greater student engagement, understanding, and empathy for the diverse experiences of migrant communities.
UCF Translation Project: Addressing the Needs of Our Spanish-speaking Students
Present information on the origin, problems addressed, structure, purpose, and future implementation and development of the Translation Project through multidisciplinary collaboration of faculty, the CDL and iLab.
Faculty Multimedia Center
Join this session to learn what the FMC has to offer. Our DIY center has everything from video recording suites (including captioning), 3D printing, to Virtual Reality. We are here to help make your courses better. During this session we will discuss what we have and what you and other faculty want in the future. We will be joined by Eric Fabra, a 360 Tour expert.