When working with faculty, instructional designers demonstrate course design from a pedagogy-based perspective that is steeped in research. I will show you how I use Canvas as an effective tool for curating assignment, quiz, and discussion examples that include pedagogical rationale and links to relevant research baked right in.
This presentation will be geared toward instructional designers who collaborate with faculty on the design of online, resident, and hybrid course spaces in Canvas. When working with faculty, instructional designers demonstrate course design strategies from a pedagogy-based perspective that is steeped in research. In this presentation, I will show you how I use Canvas as an effective tool for curating assignment, quiz, and discussion examples for my faculty that include pedagogical rationale and links to relevant research baked right in.
Objectives
Participants in this session will:
- share their needs for demonstrating course design examples in Canvas.
- explore options for utilizing Canvas for sharing course design ideas in ways that highlight pedagogical relevance and research foundations.
- access a repository of examples from Canvas Commons that can be imported into any Canvas course and be adapted as appropriate.
Detailed Session Description
This presentation will be geared toward instructional designers who collaborate with faculty on the design of online, resident, and hybrid course spaces in Canvas. When working with faculty, instructional designers demonstrate course design strategies from a pedagogy-based perspective that is steeped in relevant research. As instructional designers and teaching faculty, we should all seek to make course design choices that are based on best practice recommendations founded on valid research.
In this presentation, I will demonstrate how I use Canvas as an effective tool for curating assignment, quiz, and discussion examples for faculty in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences that include pedagogical rationale and links to relevant research baked right in. When I consult with faculty, I can quickly and easily pull up a variety of examples of retrieval practice, discussion activities, and engaging assignments. Each of these curated examples were created in ways that highlight their pedagogical rationale as well as the relevant foundational research. I have found that this helps faculty make better-informed decisions about what types of assessments and interactions they might want to include in their Canvas courses, which improves the quality of teaching and learning across the institution.
Participants will be engaged in the presentation in a variety of ways, including small group discussions and audience polls. Participants will also be invited to contribute their ideas for additional needed resources.