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Blackboard's Spring 2023 Digital Teaching Symposium

Come together for a day of learning & sharing best practices

Location

Online

Date

May 4, 2023 (All Day Event)

Description

The Digital Teaching Symposium brings educators together to share and discover innovative uses of technology in an ever-changing teaching environment. To keep learners engaged, teachers must be innovative and create an environment that successfully meets expectations while also delivering more personalized experiences. At #DTS2023, uncover the latest strategies to help you navigate, excel, and thrive in a shifting higher education landscape.

Join faculty, instructional designers, and academic technologists from around the world on May 4th for a full day of peer-led sessions on digital teaching strategies for the unique needs of needs of 2023 and beyond. 

This virtual event is free. You must register with Blackboard/Anthology. This event will be updated as more information is released. 

Planned Agenda for May 4, 2023 - All times ET
8:00 – 8:40 a.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Designing an Institutional Module Template: Fostering Academic Creativity While Ensuring Consistency of Message
  • Facilitating Collaboration via LMS and Non-Academic Digital Tools 
  • Get Wild! Using Game Elements to Create Immersive, On-Demand Professional Development for Faculty 
8:45 – 9:30 a.mKeynote: Riding the Tsunami: ChatGPT, Generative AI and Digital Education
9:45 – 10:25 a.m.Breakout Sessions
  • A Beginners Guide to Blackboard Learn Ultra: Modules, Assignments, and More 
  • First-Year Undergraduate Students’ Perception of a “Good Teacher” Using TPACK   
  • The Inclusive Online Classroom   
  • Tips and Tricks for Keeping Students Engaged   
10:35 – 11:15 a.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Building Better Learning Activities in Blackboard Learn Ultra
  • Empowering Faculty to Become Self-Directed Learning Designers 
  • Reducing Faculty Fatigue via ChatGPT 
11:20 – 12:00 p.m.Product Demos
12:10 - 12:50 p.m.Product Demos
1:00 – 1:40 p.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Amplifying Students' Reflective Learning Practices 
  • Engaging Learners with Gamification through an Immersive Online Escape Room   
  • Enhancing Classroom Equity and Student Learning through Transparent Teaching Methods 
1:50 – 2:30 p.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Building Accessible Courses Using Anthology Ally 
  • Metaverse in Education: Transforming the Future of Workforce Development 
  • Regular and Substantive Interaction Starts with Good Course Design 
2:45 – 3:25 p.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Discussions: Where Engagement Goes to Die?  
  • Instructional Design: Implementing Adaptive Teaching and Learning in Your Courses
  • The Incredible, Amazing, and Totally Awesome 24-Hour Project   
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.Keynote: Stronger Together: Course Content and Digital Learning Tools 
4:30 - 5:10 p.m.Product Demos
7:15 - 7:55 p.m.Product Demos
8:00 – 8:40 p.m.Breakout Sessions
  • A New Frontier for Library Instruction: Exploring Instructional Design in One-Shots  
  • Cultivating Feelings of Interconnectedness to Increase Graduate Retention
8:50 – 9:30 p.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Five Ways to Motivate Your Students to Do Extraordinary Things: Enhancing the Online Graduate Teaching Experience  
  • Best Practices for Using Blackboard Learn Ultra in Complex Group Projects   
9:40 – 10:25 p.mRebroadcast of Keynote: Stronger Together: Course Content and Digital Learning Tools  
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