STLHE 2016 SAPES

In this workshop, Western's eLearning Toolkit serves as a starting point for discussing institutional supports for eLearning technologies. Presenters will highlight the developmental milestones of an eLearning Toolkit redesign process, exploring design choices in context of literature-based recommendations. Specifically, those that call for improvements to instructors' points of entry, assisting instructors with evaluating the efficacy of various technologies, and focusing on questions of alignment and resonance with pedagogical intentions. Interactive elements of the Toolkit will be demonstrated with the opportunity for hands-on engagement. More importantly, however, the Toolkit demonstration will serve as a starting point for facilitating conversation between participants to address an overall question of how instructors are best supported in discovering and utilizing technologies in their teaching. Participants of this session will be challenged to reflect upon the eLearning supports available at their own institutions in order to identify various strengths, challenges, and needed improvements.