Spring instructional design webinars

Learn how to design HyFlex course elements that allow students the flexibility to choose their mode of instruction. In this webinar, you’ll learn about the purpose of using the HyFlex instructional model and the benefits and challenges of implementing HyFlex activities across synchronous and asynchronous learning environments, online and in-person. We’ll share tools for planning aspects of a HyFlex course that will support learning across modes.

This webinar will be co-presented by Liz du Plessis and Asmaa Albadawi, instructional designers with Missouri Online.

Join us for a virtual field trip to learn how a team of Mizzou researchers and instructional designers engage Geology students with an interactive Virtual Field Experience (VFE) they created using the Articulate Storyline e-learning platform.

VFEs supplement field education in Geology curricula when those opportunities are limited by inclement weather, inaccessible field sites, or global pandemics. Frequent cancellations of a mandatory field trip to Rock Bridge Memorial State Park led the team to develop a VFE of the park that includes:

• role-playing elements
• 360° photographs
• interactive annotations and quizzes
• narrated overlays
• and scavenger hunt activities

The team's research shows that the VFE is as effective as in-person field trips in supporting learning objectives and fostering engagement. Experience it for yourself!

Moderator: Bryant Lazenby, Instructional Designer, Missouri Online

Presenters:

• Sarah Jacquet, Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia (MU)
• Danielle Oprean, Assistant Professor, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies (SISLT), MU
• Eury Speir, Teaching Assistant and PhD Candidate, Geological Sciences
• Ruan du Plessis, SISLT graduate and instructional designer

Explore the powerful role of video in cultivating teacher credibility and effectiveness in your asynchronous online courses with University of Missouri-Columbia’s Kihyung Kim, Assistant Teaching Professor, and Missouri Online's Elmer Ragus, Instructional Designer and online Marketing instructor.

Discover tools to leverage video content to establish trust, connect with students, and create an engaging learning environment. Whether you’re an experienced educator or just starting your teaching journey, this webinar will provide practical and sustainable strategies and tips to elevate your presence through the impactful use of video.

Co-presenters: 

Kihyung Kim, Assistant Teaching Professor, Management Department, Trulaske College of Business, University of Missouri at Columbia

Elmer Ragus, Instructional Designer, Missouri Online and Adjunct Instructor, Marketing/Graphic Communication, University of Central Missouri.

Missouri Online’s Alyssa Collier, Instructional Technologist, will be present to answer technical questions about Panopto.

Learn how to use Open Educational Resources (OER) creation tools provided and supported by the UM system. We’ll demonstrate how to clone or create a Pressbooks book with an open license and add an accessible H5P activity that aligns with the book’s content and enhances learning. We’ll also share our own teaching experiences with OER. UM System has a Pressbooks license so there are no direct costs to students, instructors, or departments!

This session is part of our series on Artificial Intelligence.

Since the release of AI, educators are scrambling to learn AI tools and ways to incorporate AI in teaching, and yet often miss a critical piece of the puzzle: the students. In this webinar session, Dr. Molly Vetter Dreier (Associate Teaching Professor from the Department of Health Sciences) and Ying-Hsiu Liu (Instructional Designer with Missouri Online) will present their experiences of piloting the incorporation of AI (in the form of a chatbot) in the classroom. They will share how they used AI to enhance students’ learning, provide reflections from the faculty perspective, and most importantly, Dr. Vetter Dreier will share her observations of students using AI to assist their learning.