Session 6: June 23, 2022

Communication

Meeting via Zoom

Notes via Google Docs

Final Showcase

Before Session 6

• Meet with Jody or Jonas
• Finalize Model Course and Course Hub
• Review Checklist & Submission Form
• Review colleagues’ work
• Seek feedback from departmental colleagues

Agenda for Session 6

• Checking in
• Presentation and feedback
• Debrief and Q&A
  • menus
  • widgets
  • other tips/tools
  • checklists
• Next Steps
  • Final revisions
  • Further outreach
  • Finalizing summer salary info
• Reflections

Before going live…

• Peer review from Jonas and Jody
• Complete checklists
• good luck!

Before Session 4

• Read “Building a Model Course” from the Model Course on the OpenLab project
  • Focus on steps 3&4 

Session 4: May 12, 2022

Communication

Meeting via Zoom

Notes via Google Docs

Agenda

• Checking in
• Model Course sites/Course Hub sites
• Communication
  • Consider modalities, usability, accessibility, format
• Interaction
  • Consider interaction for both Model Courses and Course Hubs
• Engagement
• Small Groups/Individual work
• Milestone updates
• Q&A
• Prep for next session
• Reflections

Before Session 5 (6/2/22)

• Read “Sharing your Model Course” from the Model Course on the OpenLab project
• Model Course building/Course Hub building
• Visit seminar colleague’s sites
• Seek feedback from departmental colleagues
• Meet with Jody or Jonas

Before Session 3

• Read “Building a Model Course” from the Model Courses on the OpenLab project
  • Focus on steps 1, 2, 5, 6 (we’ll focus on steps 3&4 in the next session)
• Read “Building a Course Hub” from the Model Courses on the OpenLab project
• Share as a comment on this post any questions, concerns, or ideas sparked from the readings so we can incorporate them into our session.
• Update project plan and milestones as needed

Session 3: April 28, 2022

Building a Model Course

Meeting via Zoom

Notes via Google Docs

Agenda

• Checking in
• Whole group discussion: Model Courses and Course Hubs
  • Purpose
  • Audience
  • Format
  • Course Materials
• Building a Model Course
• Building a Course Hub 
• Small groups/individual work
  • Drafting on the Model Course/Course Hub
• Site architecture
• Milestone updates
• Q&A
• Prep for next session
• Reflections

Before Session 4

• Read “Building a Model Course” from the Model Course on the OpenLab project
  • Focus on steps 3&4
• Consider discussion, student engagement, low-stakes assignments, etc for asynchronous activity

Before Session 2

• Read the model-course focused “Preparing Course Materials” and “The Model Course Structure” and the course-hub focused “Preparing Course Materials” and “The Course Hub Structure” all from the Model Courses on the OpenLab project
• Continue working on Project Plan and share updates on our OpenLab site
• Review accessibility resources 
  • Accessibility Module
  • OER Usability Module
  • Accessible Syllabus

Session 2: April 7, 2022, 10-11:30am

Preparing Course Materials

Meeting via Zoom

Notes via Google Docs

Agenda

• Checking in
• Things to consider: takeaways from the shared resources
  • Usability
  • Accessibility
  • What resources to share in the model course/course hub
• Project Plan review and discussion, continued
  • Updates
  • Feedback
  • Milestones review
• Creating a model course/course hub
• Prep for next session: what materials do we need to begin building a site? What considerations?
• Q&A
• Reflections

Before Session 3

• Read “Building a Model Course” from the Model Courses on the OpenLab project
  • Focus on steps 1, 2, 5, 6 (we’ll focus on steps 3&4 in the next session)
• Read “Building a Course Hub” from the Model Courses on the OpenLab project
• Update project plan and milestones as needed

Join via Zoom

Before Session 1

• Work on Project Plan for your course (it was shared with you via Google Docs)
• Watch/review model course tour & course hub tour
• Share (on our site as a comment to this post) how any of these examples will inform your approach, including course specific elements that you anticipate retrofitting, adapting, adding, or removing. 
• Join the Model Course Initiative Spring 2022 OpenLab Site (this site)
• Read “What is a Model Course?” and model course “Responsibilities & Deliverables” as well as “What is a Course Hub?” and the course hub “Responsibilities & Deliverables” from the Model Courses on the OpenLab project

Session 1: March 24, 2022, 10:00-11:30am

Introductions

Agenda

Shared Notes and Agenda Doc

• Welcome & introductions
• Model Course Initiative overview
  • OpenLab site for the seminar
  • What is a model course? What is a course hub?
  • Responsibilities and Deliverables
• Sharing Project Plans: fellows discuss their project plans
• Brainstorm: Things to consider, including:
  • course modality
  • student interaction
  • version control
  • sustainability
  • accessibility (preview for next session)
• Setting milestones
• Q&A
• Prep for next session
• Reflections

Before Session 2

• Read the model-course focused “Preparing Course Materials” and “The Model Course Structure” and the course-hub focused “Preparing Course Materials” and “The Course Hub Structure” all from the Model Courses on the OpenLab project
• Continue working on Project Plan and share updates on our OpenLab site
• Review accessibility resources 
  • Accessibility Module
  • OER Usability Module
  • Accessible Syllabus