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New Position in the OTL
The OTL will soon be hiring a Multimedia Designer. Please be on the lookout for this job posting and share with any interested individuals!
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Hybrid 3D Workshop This Summer
Are you planning to teach a hybrid course and wanting to learn more about how to best go about it? The Hybrid Course Design, Development, and Delivery (Hybrid 3D) Workshop is for faculty who will be teaching a hybrid course within the coming academic year. The purpose of this 5-week, mostly-online workshop is to prepare participants to design, develop, and deliver hybrid courses that maximize student learning and engagement.
The workshop begins on June 18. To learn more about this workshop and to register, please visit our website.
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Teaching and Learning Week Wrap-up
The OTL was pleased to host the first Teaching and Learning Week at the beginning of the Spring quarter! During the week, DU faculty and staff members were engaged in over 20 different workshops and roundtable discussions on a variety of topics, hosted by different departments and support units across DU. Students also reflected on What Great Teachers Do and shared their thoughts throughout the week. You can find many of the workshop materials and follow-up resources on the program schedule page. Video-recordings from the talks given by special guest James Lang are now available online.  Many participants appreciated James Lang's keynote talk, Small Teaching: From Minor Changes to Major Learning and the idea that even small changes can make an immediate and important impact in your teaching practice, as these comments indicate: "I have already implemented two things I learned from the final keynote lunch. I have used the association exercise and also the method of asking students to speculate before giving them answers." "I'm thinking about improving learning in my course through the little changes I do to circle back through material or ask pre-quiz questions."
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Canvas Countdown 
Canvas will replace Blackboard as DU's Learning Management System after the Spring quarter. Blackboard will be available only until June 20, 2015.
If you haven't yet made the switch to Canvas, now is the time! Make sure to back up all materials still in Blackboard that you don't already have saved! Below are some resources you may find helpful during the final quarter of this transition period.
Please contact the OTL and sign up for a Canvas workshop to assist you during the transition.
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Upcoming Canvas Open Lab Dates
Register now or just drop by during these open lab times.
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Please join us for a Blackboard Retirement Party! 
Wednesday, May 20th
2:00-4:00 pm
OTL Conference Room
(AAC Room 345)
Help us say farewell to Blackboard and come and learn about some of the cool things you can do with Canvas now, and some exciting new tools coming in the next few months.
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Upcoming Spring Workshops
Roundtable Discussion: Alternative Methods for Rewarding Teaching at DU
May 4, 1:00-2:30 pm Register Now
Graduate Assessment Workshop
May 8, 1:00-2:30 pm Register Now
Authentic, Transformative, Integrative: Understanding the Value of Culminating Experiences
The Practice of Enoughness: Finding Work/Life Balance
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"One New Thing" Mini Grants
Do you have an idea for "One New Thing" to improve your students' learning experience?
OTL's new mini-grants program, "One New Thing," is designed to help you explore ways to make your classes even better - one strategy, tool, or activity at a time. Visit our website to find out more.
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Peer Visit Program
The OTL is developing a Peer Classroom Visit Program for interested DU instructors. The program will begin in the Fall of 2015 and is designed to provide a mutually-supportive opportunity for self-reflection and sharing of good practice. If you are interested in learning more about this program, please visit our webpage and fill out a quick survey to stay in the loop.
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Faculty Learning Communities
Are you looking to discuss and reflect on your teaching and connect with other faculty members across campus? Consider joining a Faculty Learning Communitynext year. In the 2015-16 academic year, the OTL will continue to sponsor three ongoing FLCs:
- Hybrid/Flipped Course Design
- Online Teaching
- New Ideas in College Pedagogy
In addition, the OTL will begin a new faculty learning community for those who want to develop research projects based on teaching and learning topics. - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Be on the lookout for more details over the summer!
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