Virtual Engagement and Online Learning

Agenda

During this time of social distancing, it is ever more important that we find ways to engage with each other and our community.  NJSBA will be hosting a virtual conference for district members and board members. Virtual Engagement and Online Learning. This conference will consist of 4 time blocks, each offering 3 sessions for our members to attend.  You will be able to choose your sessions from.

2:00 p.m.

Presented by staff members from Rutgers Division of Continuing Studies

Session A: Intro to Online Learning

This introductory workshop identifies the most important pedagogical considerations you’ll need to get started teaching online, including the unique needs of online students and characteristics of a successful online course.

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Session B: Creating Accessible Content: Images, Documents and Videos

Join us for an exploration of how to take a few easy steps that will make your course more accessible.

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Session C: Alternative Assessment: Beyond Exams

If you usually depend on high-stakes exams, but would rather not dive into online proctoring, now may be the time to brainstorm some new summative options that offer more varied opportunities for your students to demonstrate how well they have achieved the course learning objectives!

3:30 p.m.

Presented by staff members from Rutgers Division of Continuing Studies

Session A: Best Practices for Lecture Capture

This session will introduce you to the best practices and tools you’ll need in your arsenal to not only record your own media content, but to do it well.

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Session B: Differentiated Instruction for online learning

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Session C: Alternate Assessment: Beyond Exams

If you usually depend on high-stakes exams, but would rather not dive into online proctoring, now may be the time to brainstorm some new summative options that offer more varied opportunities for your students to demonstrate how well they have achieved the course learning objectives!

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6:30 p.m.

Presented by staff from NJSBA

Session A: CSA Evaluation Process

Jesse Adams and Charlene Peterson

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Session B: Virtual Meetings- legally speaking

Carl Tanksley

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Session C: Current events and kids

The health crisis combined with isolation can lead to temporary or long term stress, anxiety, and depression for children and their families. Ideas, practices, and resources that can help kids, their parents or caregivers address the spectrum of emotions they may experience will be discussed.

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