Bought at Sugarloaf.Approx 18 x 6.
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$30
UMBC and its Office of International Education Services and Education Abroad Office continue to actively monitor the outbreak of COVID-19, a new respiratory illness also known as the coronavirus. There are currently no confirmed cases at UMBC.
As you may know, UMBC has suspended all university-related travel to any country that is under a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Risk Assessment Level 1, 2, or 3 related to COVID-19.
Based on the latest guidance and information, UMBC is now suspending ALL study abroad programs for the summer 2020 term.
This means that students will no longer be able to participate in study abroad programs this summer. We appreciate your patience as we are handling this high volume of communication.
This is extremely disappointing news for all of us. This decision is based on the latest information available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in consultation with the University System of Maryland, and is being made with your health and safety as our highest priority.
If you have not already done so, please bookmark this website, which details UMBC’s response to this outbreak. The Counseling Center has assembled a helpful list of self-care tips during this challenging time. We anticipate you will have many questions in the days and weeks ahead, so please do not hesitate to contact the Education Abroad Office by phone (410-455-8175) or email (educationabroad@umbc.edu). We will continue to post updates as the situation progresses and will communicate directly with you.
The CBIC is designed to attract the real entrepreneurs at UMBC, the ones who know they are going to start a company, or in some cases have already. You’re the ones this entrepreneurship program was designed for! Are you ready to start living your dream?
What is the CBIC?
The CBIC is an opportunity for UMBC students who are serious about starting a business.
Who Should Participate?
Any UMBC student (full or part-time, graduate or undergraduate) with a dream of launching their own business soon.
Why Participate?
The CIBC will give you “real world” experience. You’ll be paired with a business mentor and you’ll get helpful feedback and guidance. You’ll also get connected to the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Winners also get:
The CBIC is designed to attract the real entrepreneurs at UMBC, the ones who know they are going to start a company, or in some cases have already. You’re the ones this entrepreneurship program was designed for! Are you ready to start living your dream?
What is the CBIC?
The CBIC is an opportunity for UMBC students who are serious about starting a business.
Who Should Participate?
Any UMBC student (full or part-time, graduate or undergraduate) with a dream of launching their own business soon.
Why Participate?
The CIBC will give you “real world” experience. You’ll be paired with a business mentor and you’ll get helpful feedback and guidance. You’ll also get connected to the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Winners also get:
This article is a part of Instructional Technology's Planning Your Go Online (GO) Kit series. Explore communication, active learning, and assessment strategies in an online environment to keep your course on track in the event of campus closure. View our in-depth webinar recording from March 11.
Maintaining student learning during an academic disruption requires preparation to ensure communication is clear and active engagement opportunities are provided. Assessment of student learning is an important part of maintaining academic continuity. When classes must be canceled, faculty can leverage different instructional technologies to translate the assessment process into a virtual environment.
What assessment tools and tips help faculty plan and stock their own Go Online Kit?
Blackboard is the cornerstone of this process, allowing faculty to deliver tests, collect student submissions for assignments, and facilitate graded discussions. Any graded activity in Blackboard automatically receives a gradebook column for easy tracking. Rubrics and virtual feedback tools help streamline the grading process.
If you use paper exams or collect papers from students, consider posting a practice quiz or low-stakes assignment in Blackboard to get used to the tools. Many UMBC students are already familiar with using Blackboard, which reduces their immediate adjustment to a new delivery format.
Panopto, Collaborate, and VoiceThread are great alternatives to class presentations and group work, allowing students to narrate their slide decks and demonstrations. Post links to discussion forums where peers can provide feedback and ask questions.
Reduce cheating by checking for originality with SafeAssign on written assignments or creating unique tests for each student with questions pools (Ultra) and random blocks (Original) in Blackboard.
Faculty can also use Respondus LockDown Browser with Monitor enabled to secure the high-stakes assessment environment. This custom browser locks down the testing environment within Blackboard, preventing students from using other applications or system tools, and recording students via webcam. A proctoring AI flags potential exam violations for faculty to review.
Third party tools* offer additional assessment opportunities via Blackboard. Publisher tools provide interactive exercises, self-check activities, and quizzes built on textbook curriculum. Most third-party tools send grades back to Blackboard.
Google Assignments allow faculty to distribute assignment templates for graded activities and provide feedback during creation or after submission with reusable comment banks.
Flexibility is important, not just in the selections of tools. Review your syllabus and identify areas where you can adjust expectations for assessment collection. It’s also important to remember students may have time management or emotional needs to navigate during an emergency (Gravenberg, Carey-Butler, & Horowitz, 2008) so faculty should be prepared to adjust due dates for one, some, many, or all students in a course. Also, ensure students who require accommodations can receive needed support.
Whether classes are postponed due to weather, illness, utility and infrastructure, or other emergencies, DoIT offers many resources beyond Blackboard to support academic continuity. Know which instructional technologies you can use in your Go Online (GO) Kit to maintain academic continuity when your class cannot meet in person. Join instructional technology for this interactive webinar. Click this link to register for the session.
Reference
Gravenberg, E. V., Carey-Butler, S. R., & Horowitz, R. (2008). Learning from disaster: The lessons of Hurricane Katrina. Fairfax, VA: United Negro College Fund Institute for Capacity Building. Retrieved from https://www.uncf.org/pages/FDPRI-Reports
*With the exception of publisher integrations and licensed tools that have their own support staff, you should avoid requiring software or services that are unsupported by UMBC. If students encounter any technical issues, they will not be able get help from the Technology Support Center or Instructional Technology staff.
]]>As the spread of COVID-19 has increased within the US, we had no choice but to make the decision to cancel WiCyS 2020 for March 12-14th in Denver. While this was an extremely hard decision for us, the well being of our community takes precedence over our conference mission.
We are currently working on alternative solutions to allow our community to gather to learn, network, and collaborate as well as match employers with those seeking employment. We anticipate we will announce something in the next two weeks.
You should cancel all travel plans. Our registration team will cancel all lodging reservations made during registration. They will also request the hotel refund the one night room and tax that was charged to your credit card. Please understand that hotel refunds could take up to 2 weeks.
As for registration refunds, we will provide further information and options when we announce the alternative solutions.
We want to especially thank everyone who has offered support to our team during the past week.
Bought at Sugarloaf.