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Town Hall IV: OLC Committee End-of-Year Reports
May 21, 2019
The OLC Faculty Fellows and Committees made verbal reports and engaged each other and the audience in Q&A about their work. The reports included a list of their accomplishments from the 2018-19 Academic Year and their goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year. The focus was publicly highlighting the work of the committees and fostering conversation about the initiatives they are spearheading and innovative ideas under discussion.
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Town Hall III: Research and Project Presentations
May 02, 2019
The Research and Project Presentations Town Hall is a traditional scholarly session designed to expand the conversation to include multiple perspectives on the use of technology in teaching and learning, and the impact of the internet on access to education.
Town Hall: UPick
March 19, 2019
The UPick Town Hall is a speed dating format, which is a fun and engaging cross between a presentation and a poster. Presenters sit at tables dispersed around the room. Attendees pick tables to visit and circulate among the tables every fifteen (15) minutes.
January 22, 2019
Anthony G. Picciano, Ph.D, examines the future of Higher Education, including evolving technologies, pedagogical practice, the role of college faculty, the ascendency of instructional design by independent contractors, and the role of online education in promoting changes in institutional missions and strategies.
Town Hall I: Mind, Brain, & Education: Strategies to Support Active Learning, Critical Thinking, & Real-World Transfer
October 02, 2018
Advancements in technology are greatly informing what we know about the human brain and expanding the ways in which we can engage students across all educational modalities. Concurrently, research in Mind, Brain, & Education science is changing what we know about teaching and learning in regards to the human brain.
May 22, 2018
The OLC Faculty Fellows and Committees made a verbal report, engaging each other and the audience in Q&A about their work. The reports included a list of accomplishments from the 2017-18 Academic Year and goals for the 2018-19 Academic Year. The focus was to to publicly highlight the work of the committees and foster conversation about the initiatives they are spearheading and innovative ideas under discussion.
Town Hall III: Research and Practice in Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning
May 03, 2018
During the Online Learning Council’s third Town Hall of the year, attendees enjoyed presentations from faculty and staff, who discussed insights from their research in technology-enhanced teaching and learning.
Online Learning Council Town Hall "UPick5" 2018
March 08, 2018
At the Online Learning Council's Town Hall, technology-enhanced learning advocates shared their work with the Drexel community—via a 'speed dating' format.
Information Superhighway vs. Walkable City: The Case for Online Learning as Connected Learning
January 25, 2018
Educational innovator and philosopher Gardner Campbell joined the Drexel community as part of the Online Learning Council's National Speaker Series. Gardner's presentation engaged the audience in a discussion on how connected learning uses principals of urban planning to inspire a more humane and effective approach to online learning.
Yellowdig Demo
November 13, 2017
Yellowdig improves the quality of online/blended instruction by saving faculty hours of time a week with grading, while simultaneously decreasing student withdrawals.
Online Learning Council Town Hall Fall 2017
October 03, 2017
At the first Online Learning Council Town Hall meeting of the academic year, speakers Susan Aldridge, PhD, and Marci Powell introduced the Virtually Inspired website.
May 23, 2017
The Online Learning Council Gathered to recap the 2016-17 academic year and to set goals for the upcoming one.
March 02, 2017
At the Online Learning Council's second Town Hall of the year, technology-enhanced learning advocates shared their work with the Drexel community—via a 'speed dating' format.
January 25, 2017
The Online Learning Council rang in 2017 with a presentation series and book signing by online learning and technology expert Dr. Curtis Bonk.
November 09, 2016
When we talk about online education, the name Tony Bates often pops into the conversation. And with good reason – as we will all appreciate when he joins us at Drexel for a lively presentation in November.
October 19, 2016
Review materials from the fall 2016 Online Learning Council Town Hall meeting.
May 26, 2016
Watch a recording of the May 2016 OLC Townhall meeting.
May 24, 2016
What if there was a vast resource of online educational materials available to students and faculty for free? And what if instructors had the ability to adapt and reuse many of those materials to meet the particular needs of their students? It might sound too good to be true, but Open Educational Resources (OER) are a rapidly growing trend in the world of higher education.
March 24, 2016
Relive the spring 2016 Collaboratory with an annotated video link using Annotate.plus, a creation of Dr. Christof Daetwyler from Drexel University of College of Medicine.
January 20, 2016
Review materials presented at this town hall meeting.
November 12, 2015
The culminating event of Drexel's National Distance Learning Week, the fall 2015 Collaboratory provided faculty and staff with the opportunity to test drive new technologies.
November 10, 2015
Watch the video archive from National Distance Learning Week guest speaker, Dr. Robbie Melton, Associate Vice Chancellor for the Tennessee Board of Regents.
October 28, 2015
In her presentation, Dr. Susan Aldridge, President of Drexel University Online, takes a closer look at some of these virtual “pockets of genius” – from educational games and simulations, to holograms and holographs, to robotics, augmented reality, and wearable technology.
August 13, 2014
Drexel University’s 2014 Summer Faculty Development Workshop faculty workshop was held on August 13, 2014 and offered something for everyone—whether teaching Face2Face, hybrid or fully online. This dynamic workshop was full of useful information and tips/tools for faculty to use to prepare to ‘ramp up’ for the fall term.
August 13, 2013
Drexel faculty and professional staff got together on August 13 for a day-long symposium on MOOCs. Because it's Drexel, many were already experimenting in the space, and all brought an open mind to the discussion.
March 28, 2013
The eLearning 3.0 conference was held March 28, 2013 in the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building on Drexel's University City campus.