CoTL 2020 Flipped Forums & Interactive Workshops | Series 04 | 2:10pm -3:20pm

2:10pm - 2:30pm | Flipped Forum

Building a Community of Learners Through Interactive Videos & Feedback with Canvas Studio
Javier Gómez | Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
javier.gomez@mgccc.edu

The issue being addressed is novel ways of using videos. Attendees will learn how to engage students using interactive videos and provide interactive/mark-up feedback to students using the Canvas Studio tool. By embedding their comments into YouTube, teacher-created, and/or feedback videos, educators and learners build a learning community to which they can refer at any time—educators and learners can see the educational growth that has taken place throughout the course. This presentation falls under the innovative pedagogies as educators will learn novel ways of using videos for ongoing communication. The presenter will introduce the Studio tool then attendees will engage in all the steps of creating an interactive video-watching experience. Every attendee will take back to his/her institution of learning one of the most creative ways of using videos for teaching, learning, and providing feedback. As a result, college students in AL will become part of the 21st century learners.

2:35pm - 2:55pm | Flipped Forum

Integrating Design Thinking in Freshman Engineering Education
Umar Iqbal | Mississippi State University
umar@ece.msstate.edu
M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh | Mississippi State University
jean@ece.msstate.edu
Lokesh Shivakumaraiah | Mississippi State University
lokesh@ece.msstate.edu

Professional engineering education aims to prepare students to solve real-world problems effectively and innovatively. Students should be equipped with cognitive skills, be aware of contemporary issues, proficient in engineering design, able to work in teams, can communicate effectively, recognize their ethical and professional responsibilities, and comprehend the impact of engineering solutions. A new sequence of freshman design courses at Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University, is tailored to introduce these skills at an early stage of career. These courses are based on a combination of instruction and project-based learning utilizing Canvas. Many active-learning activities are implemented in these courses that merge the theoretical aspects with hands-on experiences, including complex problem solving and experiential learning. This presentation will discuss the details of the curricular innovations with reflections on the course content, the role of LMS, team interaction, and delivery.

3:00pm - 3:20pm | Flipped Forum

Internationalizing the Curriculum
Christine Rinne | University of South Alabama
crinne@southalabama.edu
Lisa LaCross | University of South Alabama
lacross@southalabama.edu

In order to help faculty better prepare students to be informed global citizens, who understand our increasingly interconnected world, we propose a workshop on globalizing course content. Open to all disciplines, this workshop models how to guide students to greater intercultural competence, by critically analyzing the impact of global issues on our community. Participants will reflect on and share their individual teaching strategies that validate the diverse worldviews of our students, fostering community between faculty at 2-year and 4-year institutions. In groups, participants will explore a series of innovative pedagogies that develop an awareness of the importance of intercultural perspectives. Equipped with a variety of approaches and levels of course redesign, participants will draft an initial plan for their courses. Funded by USA’s Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program Grant, participants are eligible to apply for five $2000 course redesign grants, with preference given to faculty at community colleges.

CoTL 2020 Schedule - Program at a Glance