OID Workshops
Workshops and Professional Development
OID provides a diverse range of workshops around teaching and learning.
Micro Workshop Series
| Date | Course | Information | Registration |
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| Course Quality in a Click: Elevate your courses in just 15-20 minutes! "Course Quality in a Click" is a micro workshop series designed to give you practical, actionable strategies to improve your course design, engagement, and accessibility. Each bite-sized session focuses on a key aspect of quality online learning—whether you're learning about the OSCQR rubric, creating an accessible syllabus, or fostering meaningful student interactions. Perfect for busy faculty, these quick sessions deliver impactful insights you can apply immediately to enhance your students’ learning experience. Join us to discover simple changes that make a big difference! | |||
| April 24, 2025 12:10-12:30 | Design an Accessible Syllabus in Canvas | Learn how to design an accessible syllabus in Canvas using the Ohio Custom Templates.
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Byte-Sized Course Design: this faculty development series is made up of practical, hands-on microlearning workshops focused on strengthening your course design skills one step at a time. Each session zeroes in on a specific, high-impact topic such as chunking content for better retention, rapid course prototyping, converting old slide decks into dynamic Canvas pages, estimating student workload, and mapping your course with the help of an instructional designer. Whether you're building a course from scratch or refining an existing one, these focused sessions offer actionable strategies you can implement right away to create more engaging, organized, and learner-centered experiences. | |||
| May 14, 2025 10:10-10:30AM | Collaborative Course Mapping: A Win-Win Strategy | Do you ever feel disorganized when building an online course? Course mapping is a tool that can be used to stay organized and be used to collaborate with instructional designers. This microlearning will demonstrate the utility of mapping a course and how designers can use a map to rapidly develop your course. | |
| May 20, 2025 1:10-1:30PM | Guess-timate No More! Student Workload Made Easy | Are you curious about how much time your students will take to complete your course? Do you know if your course meets credit hour requirements? This micro-workshop will give you an approach to estimating the course load you’ve created. | |
| June 5, 2025 12:10-12:30 | Bite-Sized Learning: Chunking for Clarity and Engagement | You will discover how to break down complex content into digestible chunks that improve retention and engagement. | |
| June 9, 2025 11:10-11:30AM | Ditch the Deck: Build Better Content with Canvas | Still using old PPTs or slide decks in your online courses? Quickly transform your old content into a portable, user-friendly Canvas page. | |
| June 20, 2025 2:10-2:30PM | Course in a Snap: Plan, Prototype, Perfect | This hands-on workshop will teach you a simple 3-step framework for rapid course prototyping. | |
Additionally, we collaborate with partners CTLA and OIT to offer joint workshops. Explore our partner workshops:
If there is a workshop topic you would like to recommend, please email OID at oid@ohio.edu.