OTTER Institute 2024
Online Teaching: Technology & Educational Resources
Student Voices Edition!
The SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD) OTTER Institute is an opportunity for online practitioners, regardless of teaching modality or experience, to learn more about online education's innovations, trends, and challenges. This year OTTER will focus on student voices. Each webinar will commence with online students from across SUNY sharing their experiences and preferences for online course materials, course design, communication tools, interaction, and more. The second half of each webinar will focus on how we can use Brightspace to meet student expectations and preferences.
The OTTER Institute is FREE to all SUNY campus members. The webinars will be recorded and shared with participants at the conclusion of OTTER 2024.
Institute Agenda & Registration
OTTER Institute 2024 August 19th- August 23rd, 2024
Webinar #1: The First Week of Class Monday, August 19, 2024 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Webinar #2: Communication and Regular & Substantive Interaction (RSI) Tuesday, August 20, 2024 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Webinar #3: Online Assessment and Providing Feedback Wednesday, August 21, 2024 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Webinar #4 : Effective Course Design Thursday, August 22, 2024 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Webinar #5: Artificial Intelligence Friday, August 23, 2024 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Meet the Presenter(s)
Jamie Heron, SUNY Online Program Manager
Jamie is an instructional designer with 20 years of online teaching experience, spanning 7 different learning management systems. She has conducted hundreds of workshops designed to assist faculty in acquiring the skills necessary to effectively use a new learning management system and to successfully migrate their materials (e.g., WebCT, ANGEL, Blackboard). Jamie creates an engaging training experience, emphasizing the benefits and efficiencies of the Brightspace teaching environment, while maintaining a sensitivity to the individual needs and concerns of her workshop participants.