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CTE sponsors workshops, seminars, and other events that allow participants to explore a broad range of topics important to the development of high-quality distributed learning courses.

*Special Notice*

In order for attendees to personally track their current registrations and attendance at CTE workshops and events, CTE requires that registrants create an account in our registration system and login to register.  If you have an existing training account with the Division of Human Resources, Office of Organizational and Professional Development, you do not need to create an account. You can login using your HR training username and password. By logging in to register for CTE events, your complete record for both CTE and HR trainings will be available in a single location with a single account and login. 

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January 2023

Join us for a three-part series of webinars in which you will learn the three Ds of online course instruction: Design, Develop, and Deliver.

In this first of three webinars, we will focus on course design, the forethought and planning that goes into an online course. We’ll discuss how to Design your course to maximize student learning. We’ll cover, Backward Design, alignment, and organizing your course into modules. Factors to consider in Design, such as interactions (between content, instructors, and students) and Chickering and Gamson’s Seven Principles, which outline the foundation for making your online course active, cooperative, and relevant. And, as a bonus for attending, we’ll throw in some handy resources to help you get started!  
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Don’t stress! We can help. We will cover best practices for producing lecture videos from your office or home that are both engaging and accessible. We will include tips and resources for making your video content accessible and also provide additional resources available to you here at USC.   Register

February 2023

Join us for the second session in a new three-part webinar series in which you will learn the three Ds of online course instruction: Design, Develop, and Deliver.

This webinar covers how to Develop online course materials. You'll learn the “nuts and bolts” of developing a high quality online course, including how to choose print and video materials, using rubrics to simplify grading, how to best present course information and materials in Blackboard, and techniques for making your online course usable for all students. Register

March 2023

This webinar covers how to Deliver your online course for maximum impact. Join us to learn how to build rapport with students, foster a community of learners and provide meaningful feedback. The session will end with tips to consider to facilitate an engaging and successful online course.  Register

Sound art encourages visitors to experience their space with specific sound resources in a creative way. In other words, with specific sound resources, students will be able to redesign their everyday space as an interactive environment. Based on the sound art practice, MART581E will culminate in a final project, an immersive soundscape with VR technology.

Using a resources from a VE grant, students were provided with a VR development environment. During the pandemic, students made virtual soundscape projects with the professional video game development tool, Unity Editor. They created 2D RPG (Role-Playing Game() soundscape projects, which allow visitors to experience a unique soundspace as an artistic video game. With Oculus Quest2, Gopro Max, and Zoom H3-VR, the 2D soundscape project was developed into an immersive 3D soundscape project. Based on the concepts from the individual 2D soundscape projects, students created their own 3D VR soundscape projects. They learned about how to design 3D virtual soundscape projects, which provide users with a new method to understand a town, a city, and a country with specific sound resources. Learning virtual reality technology will contribute to enhancing their new media art/design skills for their future careers.  Register

Don’t stress! We can help. We will cover best practices for producing lecture videos from your office or home that are both engaging and accessible. We will include tips and resources for making your video content accessible and also provide additional resources available to you here at USC.  Register

Online courses are becoming increasingly popular at USC. As we move toward offering more online courses, students with disabilities may get left behind. Online course accessibility is important as we extend our reach and course offerings to a variety of students near and far. Join this presentation to discuss tips for creating accessible course content. After attending the presentation, you will be able to identify and utilize accessibility techniques and strategies in your online courses.

This is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Teaching Towards Inclusive Excellence.  Register

 


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