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Upcoming OTAN Activities – Week of April 3
OTAN provides activities and resources to support our adult education colleagues. (All times listed are Pacific Standard Time)
April 2nd - 5th | Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) Conference
OTAN's Melinda Holt is presenting on the following days (PST)
- April 2, 5:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Preconference session: Advancing Slides to Publish
- April 3, 5:00 AM - 6:15 AM | Elevate Students with Applied Digital Skills
- April 4, 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Tune-up your Googles – Slam!
- April 5, 8:15 AM - 9:30 AM | Ramp Up Online Safety!
Monday, April 3, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Advancing Canvas Skills: Outcomes and Learning Master
Review best practices of utilizing outcomes and rubrics in Canvas assignments, discussions, quizzes, and as shared resources, along with specific applications of the Learning Mastery Gradebook.
Tuesday, April 4, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Canvas for Vocational Studies
Canvas tools for course file management like technical manuals and slide decks, embedding features within the Rich Content Editor to share content with students such as diagrams, schematics and videos will enhance your ability as an instructor to deliver specific content.
Wednesday, April 5, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Advancing Canvas: Group Work and Collaboration
Ready for more Canvas? Advance your skills by discovering groups in Canvas and how it provides a space for communication and collaboration for small groups.
Thursday, April 6, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Advance your Canvas Skills: Studio
Explore a wonderful Canvas feature and learn to access, upload, and add audio/video and engagement tools which enhance the experience.
Friday, April 7, 12:00 PM 1:30 PM | Open Educational Resources 101 – Basics
This session, provides an introduction the basics of Open Educational Resources (OERs) and how they can be the answer to drive students to register for courses and help them persist in class. Participants will get an introduction to the basics of OERs, what they are, how they can be found, and how to attribute resources that will be used.
Curriculum Offers
OTAN works to negotiate the best free or reduced-cost special offers for online curriculum licenses and professional development resources suggested by our OTAN Advisory Committee and adult educators in the field.
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