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Greg Szczyrbak is the learning technologies librarian and director of the Digital Learning Studio at Millersville University. He enjoys working collaboratively to explore the impact of technology on learning. Szczyrbak has been an advocate for Open Education supporting local and regional efforts to increase awareness and use of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education.
Updated 12-09-2019
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Understanding Open Educational Resources (OER): A Powerful Solution for Both Faculty and Students
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- In this online seminar, we'll examine the research on Open Educational Resources (OER) usage in collegiate classes and their impact on student retention and success.
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Designing Learning Spaces for Optimal Student Engagement
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- For faculty and facility planners who desire an active, engaged classroom that simulates workplace collaborative spaces, this Magna Online Seminar shows a transformed classroom, that by design, encourages collaboration, group work, and active learning, all while preparing students for their future workplace.
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Hidden Disabilities: Navigating the Need for Disability Support on Campus
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- Cognitive disabilities are often hidden—if not disclosed by the student, then an educator may not be aware of the barriers to learning that exist. This online seminar addresses some of the most common eligible accommodations to assist students with disabilities and how to use these accommodations in the classroom.
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Assessment Strategies for Mastery Learning in Large Session Classes
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- For educators teaching large-session classes who are interested in implementing mastery learning but feel restricted by the instructor/student ratio, this online seminar offers strategies to implement mastery learning assessments in large enrollment classes.
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Using Humor to Engage Students in the Classroom
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- For teaching professors who are faced with student apathy or lack of engagement, this online seminar provides a strategy based on humor that not only increases student engagement, but also contributes to students' improved recall, comprehension, and satisfaction.
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Faculty Evaluation and Review: Guidelines for Getting it Right
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- Discrimination, litigation, and accusations—faculty evaluations can have negative consequences when conducted incorrectly. For deans and department chairs, developing a good faculty evaluation process is crucial to the health of the department and college as a whole. Take steps to ensure you get it right, because well-conducted evaluations don't just avoid problems—they inspire individual faculty and elevate entire departments.
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Why Students Cheat and What We Can Do About It
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- Discover what you need to do to reframe your attitudes about and revise your approach to academic dishonesty in this seminar.
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What Do Students Expect from Online Courses?
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- Asking the right questions can be just as important as getting the right answers. This is particularly important when it comes to designing for the online student. Learn how you can create a better online course experience. This pointed and practical session will show you how to meet online students desires without sacrificing your standards.
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How Can I Enhance the Impact of Feedback in Online Classes?
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- Feedback is a key element in the learning process. Discover multiple feedback strategies that can grab students' attention, help them learn from their mistakes, and upgrade your online feedback, making it more specific, timely, and effective.
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How Do I Include Introverts in Class Discussions?
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- Introverted students can find themselves at a disadvantage in the contemporary college classroom. Learn effective teaching strategies to engage introverted students in class discussions and how to guide them beyond their comfort zones.
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How Do I Set Students up for Success in Online Courses?
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- Beginnings matter, whether you're teaching students face-to-face or online. Find out how you can make the most of online course introductions. In this fast and focused session, you'll discover how you can transform course introductions from ho-hum exercises in housekeeping into time-saving, inspirational new beginnings.
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How Can I Use Discussion to Facilitate Learning?
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- Focused, energizing classroom discussions that involve everyone are what higher education instructors dream of. Too bad they don't just happen. But you can learn the careful planning and structuring it takes to make them happen. We show you how to structure and plan classroom discussions to maximize student engagement, student participation, and learning.
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What are the Communication ‘Musts’ in an Online Class?
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- Establishing effective communication in online classes can be challenging. We show you how to use technology to create an effective online learning environment. You will learn five essential steps to enhance your online communication.
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How Do I Give Feedback that Improves Student Writing?
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- Trying to teach students to improve their writing can be like trying to teach cats to fetch: Demonstrate all you want, encourage all you want, implore all you want—you're apt to be met with nothing but blinks. We share seven novel feedback techniques that will motivate your students and drive real improvement in their writing.
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How Should I Manage Conflict Within My Department?
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- This presentation focuses on how building relationships and clarifying leadership roles can limit the development of disagreements and set the stage for successful resolution when conflicts do arise. Learn how to take a proactive approach to behavior that is less than collegial.
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How Can I Use LMS Intelligent Agents to Increase Interaction in My Online Classes?
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- Intelligent agents are automated notifications within learning management systems that can be scheduled to run automatically or manually to track activity within a course. Intelligent agents can be used in a multitude of roles, whether it be as a digital teaching assistant, a digital tutor, or a digital secretary.
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How Can I Use LMS Conditional Releases to Efficiently and Intentionally Engage My Students?
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- Tools embedded in most learning management systems can simplify faculty workload while intentionally engaging students in course content. One such tool is conditional release, which releases online course material contingent upon a student meeting a particular condition or reaching a predetermined criterion.
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How Can Screencasted Feedback Enhance Student Comprehension?
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- It's proven that feedback is one of the most important influences on improving performance and student learning. Screencasting provides faculty a simple, efficient, and effective way to provide personal feedback, which allows the student to better understand the nuances of the comments and the points the instructor is communicating.
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How Can I Cost-Effectively Use Virtual Reality to Enhance Instruction?
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- Virtual reality is an effective enhancement to classroom instruction that brings experiences to students beyond the lecture or textbook. Many teachers assume the equipment to view virtual reality content is expensive, however, there are dozens of free educational apps, containing hundreds of virtual reality videos that can be viewed through an ordinary cell phone and low-priced Google Cardboard viewers.
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What Teaching Strategies Help Engage All Learners Online?
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- Perception is critical to online learning. Not only that, online learning is difficult to navigate if students don't understand online learning basics. This difficulty is compounded when acculturative stress is present. Ensuring inclusivity and a sense of community is often much more difficult to do in the online setting, as face-to-face interaction is limited.
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How Can You Help Online Students Be More Successful in Your Course?
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- One common misperception students have regarding online courses is that these courses are easier, less time consuming, and less rigorous than traditional face-to-face courses. This can lead to a major disconnect between expectations and outcome.
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How Can Online Instructors Better Manage Their Workload?
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- About 60-70% of faculty believe that teaching online courses is more work intensive than teaching face-to-face courses. Factors include course preparation before teaching, managing sometimes unwieldy online discussions, and even fielding student questions around the clock.
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How Can I Add Choice to My Course to Give Students Autonomy and Motivate Deep Learning?
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- Authentic assessment can be difficult when you are faced with a vastly diverse audience of students. How can we best meet their needs when each of their learning styles, skills, and passions widely vary? The answer to this challenge may live within the concept of choice.
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How Can I Be My Own Instructional Designer?
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- Sometimes, faculty don't have the support of an instructional designer to help plan their courses. In fact, many faculty never have any help from an instructional designer whatsoever. So, where do they start?
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