Overview
Preamble
Welcome! This online course is brought to you by the University of Lethbridge Teaching Centre. The aim is to provide guidance and support for higher education educators like you in improving technology-enabled teaching skills.
Teaching and Learning
The course is designed to support educators at all levels of experience in using technology to support student learning.
Course Participation
By participating in this course, you gain the perspective of your online students.
How will this course be delivered?
The course will be delivered asynchronously though Pressbooks, an open source platform. This resource is openly published under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike license.
Course Communication
Since this is an unfacilitated asynchronous course, communication will be initiated by you. For course support, you can reach out the the U of L Teaching Centre at teachingsupport@uleth.ca. Members of the Teaching Centre will be available to support you during regular office hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. At times throughout the course, you will be prompted to engage with other active learners. We ask that you practice respectful communications at all times.
Technology
To support a positive learning experience, you will need internet access, a computer or a laptop.
Course Navigation
To familiarize yourself with Pressbooks navigation, watch this short Youtube video tutorial: How to Navigate Pressbooks (1:09 mins).
Benefits of Open Educational Resources (OER)
You can download the book/course in several different formats by clicking on Download This Book button on the top right of the cover page. Since this book comes with the open CC-BY-NC-SA license, you have the following five permissions for use, granted you don’t change the license type:
- Retain – the right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage)
- Reuse – the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video)
- Revise – the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language)
- Remix – the right to combine the original or revised content with other material to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup)
- Redistribute – the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)
