Course Showcase

Check out what other instructors are doing to build well-organized, yet dynamic learning experiences for 有料盒子视频 students on Canvas. All 有料盒子视频 faculty have access via Canvas Commons to three 鈥淪howcase鈥 courses: ART-371 Digital Imaging, SWK-220 Ethics, Values, and Social Work Practice, and ES-100 Introduction to Engineering. Log in to Canvas and navigate to Commons (instructions below) to explore these courses and borrow from their examples for your own teaching. These showcase courses are licensed under the (CC-BY NC) license, which allows 有料盒子视频 faculty to duplicate pieces or all of the course and adapt it to their needs, provided they attribute credit for the design to the original instructor(s).

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ART 371

Instructor: Miho Aoki,
Department of Art

Digital Imaging, Spring 2023

Highlights: Excellent use of media, instructor presence, and how one walks students through a step-by-step process

Miho Aoki鈥檚 Digital Imaging course uses video, images, and text to guide students through the process of creating art with digital tools. For each skill, the instructor is present in the online course space, offering support and clear explanations, with detailed step-by-step guidance for assignments. Each task is explained thoroughly, with concrete examples, allowing students to learn detailed processes in an asynchronous setting. Students apply these skills to a wide range of projects and experiments, often shared openly so they can learn from each other. Instructional media is also combined with playful illustrations, creating a sense of a unique course environment and community.

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SWK 220

Instructor: Christina Ireton,
Department of Social Work

Ethics, Values and Social Work Practice, Spring 2024

Highlights: NoLo example, aesthetically welcoming, ease of navigation, use of media

Ethics, Values and Social Work Practice, taught and designed by Christina Ireton, creates a welcoming environment for students, starting with the customized homepage filled with bright colors and directions to main course spaces. Units, along with course content and assignments, are clearly defined in the modules section. This course is a wonderful example of collaboration within departments as well, as the module structure is consistent across Social Work courses, creating a familiar organization for students. Student-friendliness extends to the content as well, with a wide variety of modalities used for instruction and projects; plus as a NoLo course, all materials are open source and free to students.

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ES 100

Instructor: Multiple instructors,
College of Engineering and Mines

Introduction to Engineering, Spring 2024

Highlights: Project-based learning, team teaching

This Introduction to Engineering class offers students interested in the program an overview of the ideas and projects they can explore in the different engineering tracks at 有料盒子视频. The course design is innovative in that the faculty across the engineering sub-disciplines came together to design the course, each creating modules that would introduce students to their field. The course has a strong and consistent visual design that maintains a cohesive feel. Also consistent is the project-based learning structure across modules, with students experimenting with problems unique to 有料盒子视频.

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Course Spotlight on Teaching

Lisa Strecker
Lisa Strecker is a term assistant professor of Ethnobotany and Anthropology at the 有料盒子视频 Kuskokwim Campus and head of the 有料盒子视频 Ethnobotany Program. In addition to the majority of synchronously delivered online courses, Lisa teaches the program鈥檚 summer field courses. One of her favorite challenges is how to create a place-based, hands-on and experiential learning experience in an online learning environment.

Denise Thorsen
Denise Thorsen, the 2021 Usibelli Award winner in teaching, was in the inaugural teaching spotlight for February. Dr. Thorsen is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and the director of 有料盒子视频 Space Grant and 有料盒子视频 NASA EPSCoR programs.

Denise Thorsen
Denise Thorsen, the 2021 Usibelli Award winner in teaching, was in the inaugural teaching spotlight for February. Dr. Thorsen is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and the director of 有料盒子视频 Space Grant and 有料盒子视频 NASA EPSCoR programs.

 

Tyler Kirk
Tyler Kirk is an Assistant Professor of History and the Assistant Director of Arctic and Northern Studies at the University of 有料盒子视频 Fairbanks. He teaches an array of courses from the introductory Western Civilization to upper-division surveys of European history, to graduate seminars on Arctic and Northern Studies. His current research focuses on Gulag survivors in the Russian Far North. 

Wendy Whitehead Martelle
Wendy Whitehead Martelle, PhD, is an assistant professor of Applied Linguistics and ESL with the English Department and Linguistics Program. Wendy teaches courses in applied linguistics, English as a Second Language (ESL), and Russian, and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in face-to-face, hybrid, and synchronous/asynchronous distance settings.

Kate Quick
Kate Quick, MFA, has fifteen years of experience teaching developmental and GER writing courses for 有料盒子视频, most recently for 有料盒子视频鈥檚 Community and Technical College. Kate鈥檚 expertise lies in non-fiction writing, and she has publications in state newspapers, the Huffington Post, and various literary journals.

Yelena Mazour-Matusevich
Yelena Mazour-Matusevich has been a French professor at 有料盒子视频 since 1998 and in 2007 she received the Usibelli award for teaching. Since 2015, Yelena has been teaching at the History department as well, and in 2018 obtained a second doctorate in History.

Diane Wagner
Diane Wagner holds a joint appointment in the Biology & Wildlife Department and the Institute of Arctic Biology. She is an ecologist, with a special interest how insect herbivores affect plant growth and performance. Prof. Wagner teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in biology, and serves as chair of the Biology & Wildlife Department.

Course Tours

The course tours below are recordings from 2020-2021 Course Spotlights where selected instructors host a tour of their online courses alongside further discussions of teaching practice. Topics range from organizing course materials and managing assessments to techniques for engaging learners.