Friday, May 15, 2020

Your Wellness and Safety During COVID-19 Crisis

Wellness and Safety during COVID-19 crisis


  • Be Kind



Thursday, May 14, 2020

Instructional Continuity- Pedagogy + Recording Options/Considerations

Open Resources for Student Centered and Adaptive Strategies in the New Higher Ed Landscape
Ideas for design, assessment, collaboration,  and teaching from West Virginia Press

Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19
Playbook for improving course design, teaching and learning online.

Several faculty have asked about using Zoom and other recording options.

This post addresses:
  • options for using Zoom and other recording products 
  • pedagogical considerations for several scenarios 
  • options for posting 
  • equipment needed 
  • resources
Pedagogy is like oxygen for #teachingmethodsgeeks

From Wikipedia
Pedagogy, taken as an academic discipline, is the study of how knowledge and skills are imparted in an educational context, and it considers the interactions that take place during learning

Pedagogy in Times of Disruption
This is a comprehensive resource for pedagogical considerations for moving classes to online.

The Pedagogy in Times of Disruption includes:
  • considerations for synchronous and asynchronous teaching
  • tools available in Canvas
  • Zoom
  • Shifting classes to online
    • Option 1- Live class with Zoom
    • Option 2- Pre-recording Lectures
    • Option 3- Skipping the Video
  • Using Zoom for Office Hours
  • Student Presentations
  • Uses for Canvas
  • Other resources
Note: This document is tailored for Stanford. As time permits I will edited it so the information applies to SCC,

For now it is a start.

What's Needed for Recording?

  • a good reason for recording
  • an understanding of the process and workflows for recording and uploading recordings
  • a real computer/laptop 
    • thin client computers are not reliable for Zoom recording or for meetings
  • webcam 
  • microphone
  • reliable internet connection
  • software or a service for recording

What are SCC's recording options:

  • Canvas
    • Using Studio feature
  • Zoom
    • Zoom Pro account recording to cloud
    • Zoom Basic account recording to local computer
  • TechSmith Relay
Scenario 1: Using Studio feature in Canvas
Scenario 2: Using Zoom
  • All faculty should have a Zoom Basic or Zoom Pro account named the same as you SCC email account. (contact Bruce Huddleson for additional clarification
  • Zoom can be used for:
    • live meetings
    • recording your presentations
    • office hours
  • When I record where can I find my recording
    • If using Zoom Pro account- record to the cloud
      • share the links to Canvas
    • If using Zoom Basic account- recording will be to your local computer
      • the mp4 video file can then be uploaded to Canvas, YouTube, SCC LectureCast Server
  • Getting Started with Zoom 
Scenario 3: Using TechSmith Relay
For more information contact:
Bruce Huddleson x5080 bhuddleson@scciowa.edu
Clay Huston x5081 chuston@scciowa.edu

Resources:



Getting Started with Zoom

How to Zoom
Short YouTube videos for most of Zoom's functions.


Thursday, April 9, 2020

Responses-Today's Q

Responses to Today's Qs

What is on peoples' minds?



Quick Pick Me Up

Some feel good stories. Tips for adapting to current time.

When I is replaced with We, even Illness becomes Wellness- Malcolm X

Mix of Recordings about Quarantine
You will find  yourself humming, tapping along.

Kennections
Test your knowledge with 5 trivia questions with a common theme, brought to you by Jeopardy wiz- Ken Jennings

Irish Repay Support They Received from Native Americans- 173 Years Later
A timely gesture by the Irish government to Native Americans

If your phone rings in class you must answer and put on speaker
What would be an embarrassing call?

Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration- Take Me to the World
Sit back and enjoy

The Daily Break
"One uplifting story from better times"

Being a volleyball fan, this put a smile on my face. Wish I could've have delivered those sets back in the day.

Now What
Write a caption.

Monday, April 6, 2020

Current News About Students

News For and About Students During COVID-19 Crisis

How are our students dealing with this crisis? Instructional Continuity?

Educause COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: Help for Students
What are the issues impacting our students?

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Podcasts- Some Audio Therapy

What's your go to listen?

The following podcasts have been recommended by various folks on listservs and Twitter.

Up First- NPR
Podcast of the days events in just 10 minutes.

The Daily
In 20 minutes hear "how news should sound", brought to you by New York Times

ON Purpose with Jay Shetty
Uplifting and inspirational.

Oprah's Super Soul Conversations

Business Wars
Starbucks takes on Dunkin

The Model Health Show

TED Talks
Technology, Entertainment, and Design, that's what that stands for.
Something for everyone.

Teaching in Higher Ed
Bonni Stachowiak is in the classroom trenches. She and her guests have something for all. Check out the resources she shares.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

We're in this together- How are others dealing with this crisis?


How are others dealing with this crisis?

Ever feel a little better when you hear that others are in the same situation?
And how they are dealing with it?
The challenges? Hurdles? Victories?
Does that "Can do" gear (self-efficacy) kick in?

Tuesday, April 7, 3pm (CDT)

How Colleges Should Respond to the Coronavirus
Join this webinar (free)
Register here

Wednesday, April 8, 1 pm (CDT)

Register Here: Free webinar from Chronicle of Higher Education. 

Educause recording its webinar- Transformation in a Time of Crisis: Changing  Courses Venues in Midstream.

What Students Want Colleges to Know About COVID-19
Recording featuring 3 college students who share their stories and advice for education leaders.


Thursday, March 26 | 1:00p.m. - 2:00p.m. ET | Online
Transformation in a Time of Crisis- Changing Courses Venues in Midstream


Additional Resources:

How to Make Your Own cloth face mask in 45 seconds
CDC shows how to use material you have on hand to make face mask.

Sustaining Higher Education in the Coronavirus Crisis
What is the best way to pivot to emergency online instruction?
How can colleges ensure students have access to the tech needed for remote learning?

COVID-19 Resource Page- Educause

Guide to Services Now Free (or Discounted) in Response to the Coronavirus