TA Project
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Are you on the academic job market now? Do you plan to be on the academic job market in the near future? If yes, this session is for YOU. The program will focus on applying for jobs, preliminary interviews and on-campus interviews and what to do and what not to do while interviewing. This will be an interactive session and all participants will be expected to have their cameras on.
Cross-cultural Communication
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In this workshop, we will identify barriers to cross-cultural communication, raise awareness of cultural differences, and introduce theories and strategies to enhance communication and build trust and rapport in the higher education classroom
Universal Design for Learning
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Universal Design for Learning is a framework designed to created flexible learning environments that support and accommodate diverse learners. It focuses on identifying core learning goals, and providing multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement in an effort to break down barriers to those goals. UDL strategies help to provide pathways to learning that are essential for students with disabilities, and beneficial for all. In this session, you’ll learn a bit about what UDL is all about and practical tips for how you can implement it in your own classroom. Come prepared with a device to explore the UDL Guidelines on your own, and ideas for a lesson or activity you’d like to revise to be more flexible and inclusive!
Accessibility Tools for Teaching
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Digital materials like Microsoft Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, and videos are commonly used in face-to-face and online classes alike. But what many don’t realize is these documents may be difficult to access for students with disabilities. For students to learn in your course, the first step is ensuring access to content. In this workshop, we will go over best practices, tools, and strategies to ensure that your audience can gather information regardless of device, software, or disability. For this hands-on session, please bring your own device to try creating accessible materials, as well as examples of images, documents (Word and/or PDF!), or videos from your own courses.
Introduction to VoiceThread
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VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia web-based application that allows you to place collections of media-like images, videos, documents, and presentations at the center of a conversation. It can be an easy way to differentiate instruction while providing engaging choices to "show" learning, engage in conversation, and think openly and critically about content. In this workshop, you will learn how to use VoiceThread for your online courses and how to integrate it with your Sakai page.
Using Media in PowerPoint
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This workshop will explore the incorporation of audio and video into PowerPoint presentations for the PC. We will cover the different audio and video formats that are compatible with PowerPoint and available web resources for downloading free content.
Making Conference Posters in PowerPoint
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This workshop explores how to easily create conference posters by using PowerPoint tools. We will explore adjusting slides to poster dimensions, adding and managing text and bullets, images, charts, tables and other poster content. We will also generate QR codes which will link to informational websites from the posters. Finally, we will explore saving the poster as pdf files and various printing options.
Introduction to Box
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Box is a cloud-based file storage application where you can securely store, manage and share your digital files. Box is a free tool available to Rutgers students, faculty and staff with a NetID. This webinar will cover Box access levels, file storage, sharing, local syncing, organization and more.
PivotTables in Excel
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This workshop will explore the PivotTable - a dynamic and sophisticated analytical tool in Excel. With a PivotTable you can quickly summarize and visualize large amounts of data with just a few clicks.