Enrich Your Online Course Content with Multimedia: Faculty Seminar September 30

Photos, infographics, charts, illustrations, icons, podcasts, interviews! Possibilities abound for enriching online course content with media that contribute to understanding, captivate attention, or increase retention. In this two-hour session, UMKC librarians and instructional designers will share principles, strategies, and resources for making smart choices about how to best include media for the greatest benefit and least amount of hassle.

Where: Miller Nichols Library 325
When: Sep 30, 2016  10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Cost: Free, BYOD (bring your own device)

Instructors already using multimedia or those wanting to get started will learn how to:

• Define online media elements
• Discuss benefits and considerations
• Outline process, tools, and resources for integration, evaluation, and selection

UMKC faculty and graduate assistants are welcome to attend and leave as needed during the session. Presenters will be on hand afterward for informal networking and chat through 1:00 pm.

Presenters

• Nara Newcomer, Head of Music/Media Library, Miller Nichols Library
• Melissa Messina, Instructional Designer, UMKC Online
• Panelists
  • Chris LeBeau, Assistant Teaching Prof., University of Missouri, Business Librarian & Copyright Support, Miller Nichols Library
  • Scott Curtis, Science and Math Librarian, OER Support, Miller Nichols Library
  • Cindy Thompson, Director of Public Services, Miller Nichols Library
  • Poppy DiCandeloro, Art History Adjunct Faculty, UMKC
  • Julie Hartwell, Instructional Technologist, UMKC Online, Panel Moderator

Program

10:00-10:55 am

• Integration: pedagogy, accessibility, and technology considerations
• Evaluation: assessment of effectiveness through analytics
• Selection: OER, free content, and subscribed content

11:00-Noon

• Panel discussion and open Q & A

Noon-1:00 pm

• Networking and chat with panelists