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Blackboard's Spring 2023 Digital Teaching Symposium

Come together for a day of learning & sharing best practices

Thursday, May 4, 2023 · All Day
Online

The Digital Teaching Symposium brings educators together to share and discover innovative uses of technology in an ever-changing teaching environment. To keep learners engaged, teachers must be innovative and create an environment that successfully meets expectations while also delivering more personalized experiences. At #DTS2023, uncover the latest strategies to help you navigate, excel, and thrive in a shifting higher education landscape.

Join faculty, instructional designers, and academic technologists from around the world on May 4th for a full day of peer-led sessions on digital teaching strategies for the unique needs of needs of 2023 and beyond. 

This virtual event is free. You must register with Blackboard/Anthology. This event will be updated as more information is released. 

Planned Agenda for May 4, 2023 - All times ET
8:00 – 8:40 a.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Designing an Institutional Module Template: Fostering Academic Creativity While Ensuring Consistency of Message
  • Facilitating Collaboration via LMS and Non-Academic Digital Tools 
  • Get Wild! Using Game Elements to Create Immersive, On-Demand Professional Development for Faculty 
8:45 – 9:30 a.mKeynote: Riding the Tsunami: ChatGPT, Generative AI and Digital Education
9:45 – 10:25 a.m.Breakout Sessions
  • A Beginners Guide to Blackboard Learn Ultra: Modules, Assignments, and More 
  • First-Year Undergraduate Students’ Perception of a “Good Teacher” Using TPACK   
  • The Inclusive Online Classroom   
  • Tips and Tricks for Keeping Students Engaged   
10:35 – 11:15 a.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Building Better Learning Activities in Blackboard Learn Ultra
  • Empowering Faculty to Become Self-Directed Learning Designers 
  • Reducing Faculty Fatigue via ChatGPT 
11:20 – 12:00 p.m.Product Demos
12:10 - 12:50 p.m.Product Demos
1:00 – 1:40 p.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Amplifying Students' Reflective Learning Practices 
  • Engaging Learners with Gamification through an Immersive Online Escape Room   
  • Enhancing Classroom Equity and Student Learning through Transparent Teaching Methods 
1:50 – 2:30 p.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Building Accessible Courses Using Anthology Ally 
  • Metaverse in Education: Transforming the Future of Workforce Development 
  • Regular and Substantive Interaction Starts with Good Course Design 
2:45 – 3:25 p.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Discussions: Where Engagement Goes to Die?  
  • Instructional Design: Implementing Adaptive Teaching and Learning in Your Courses
  • The Incredible, Amazing, and Totally Awesome 24-Hour Project   
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.Keynote: Stronger Together: Course Content and Digital Learning Tools 
4:30 - 5:10 p.m.Product Demos
7:15 - 7:55 p.m.Product Demos
8:00 – 8:40 p.m.Breakout Sessions
  • A New Frontier for Library Instruction: Exploring Instructional Design in One-Shots  
  • Cultivating Feelings of Interconnectedness to Increase Graduate Retention
8:50 – 9:30 p.m.Breakout Sessions
  • Five Ways to Motivate Your Students to Do Extraordinary Things: Enhancing the Online Graduate Teaching Experience  
  • Best Practices for Using Blackboard Learn Ultra in Complex Group Projects   
9:40 – 10:25 p.mRebroadcast of Keynote: Stronger Together: Course Content and Digital Learning Tools  
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