Description

Discover ways to use Blackboard in your class as a pedagogical tool to support your teaching and student learning, whether you teach face-to-face, hybrid or online.  Join CTE’s instructional designers and instructional developer for this hands-on workshop designed to help you with your course preparation for the new semester.  In this session, you will get a jump start on your actual course design and development.  Please bring an electronic copy of your syllabus and other activities, materials, assignments and assessments. It would be helpful if you would also bring the Course ID and Section Number(s). One-on-one assistance is available immediately following the session.

Please note that this session is identical to the one offered at 2:00 p.m.

About the Facilitators

Lydia Frass is a senior instructional designer at the Center for Teaching Excellence. She is currently working with faculty in online course design and development and quality assurance reviews. In addition, she is facilitating our Instructional Designer's Community of Practice. Lydia holds a Ph.D. in Adult Education and Master of Public Health (MPH) from The University of Southern Mississippi. Prior to joining CTE, she coordinated the South Carolina Public Health Training Center which provided professional development opportunities for current and future public health practitioners.

Gloria Washington is an instructional designer at the Center for Teaching Excellence. She is certified in Quality Matters' Applying the QM Rubric and the Peer Review Process. Gloria is also a certified Blackboard Trainer with more than 17 years of experience in higher education at USC. Prior to coming to CTE, she worked in the Teaching and Technology division of University Technology Services and as a Technology Director for the Ted Mimms Foreign Language Learning Center. She holds an MBA in Technology Management, a Master of Arts in Education with a specialization in curriculum and instruction, and is currently working on a doctorate in Educational Technology. Her expertise is in the pedagogical use of learning management systems to support student learning. Her instructional design philosophy is "pedagogy first, technology second."

Casey Carroll is an instructional developer with the Center for Teaching Excellence at USC. Casey is responsible for working with the instructional design team to support faculty who are teaching online, producing technology-enabled course materials and assisting with quality assurance course reviews. Prior to joining CTE, Casey designed curricula for professional trainings and leadership development. Casey has also taught First-Year English and English as a Second Language at the University of South Carolina. He holds a master’s degree in linguistics from USC and a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and psychology from Pacific Lutheran University.

Mitchell West,  University Technology Services.

Mike Brown is an education technologies specialist and Blackboard administrator at University Technology Services.  He has more than 25 years of experience in instructional design, educational technologies and training.  With UTS, he currently provides support for Blackboard, Adobe Connect and Presenter, VoiceThread and other educational technologies used by USC.

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence and University Technology Services (UTS).

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