OTL is growing! Please welcome the newest member of the team: Alan Barth, who will be the new OTL Director. He was previously over the Mobile Development Program. The department now has 5 employees who are here to serve you:
- Alan Barth, OTL Director
- Danny Young, Instructional Designer
- Jennifer Remy, LMS Administrator
- Johnny Vargas, night LMS Administrator
- Emily Pulham, Faculty Development Specialist
You will hear more from Alan in the future OTL newsletters!
Upcoming Events
Click the links to register for these events.
- Thursday February 24th: OTL Webinar - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Helping Autistic Students
- Time: 2:45 - 3:45 pm
- Location: Online (Google Meet)
- Presenter: Spectrum Charter
- PD Hours: 1 hour for attendance, 1 hour for completing a related assignment
- March 2022: OTL Workshop - Formative Assessment
- Date/Time: TBA
- Location: Orem Campus room 103
- Presenter: Garrick Peterson, director of Teaching and Learning for Wasatch School District
- PD Hours: 1.5 hours for attendance, 1.5 hours for completing a related assignment
- April 2022: OTL Webinar: Writing Competencies and using them in Canvas & Syllabi
- Date/Time: TBA
- Location: Online
- Presenter: Emily Pulham
- PD Hours: 1 hour for attendance, 1 hour for completing a related assignment
- Thursday April 28th, 2022: OTL Workshop - Analyzing Assessment Data in Teams
- Time: 3 - 4:30 pm
- Location: Spanish Fork Campus, CNA Classroom
- Presenter: Cliff Carron-Campbell
- PD Hours: 1.5 hours for attendance, 1.5 hours for completing a related assignment
Online Learning Consortium
Exciting news! We now have an institutional membership with the Online Learning Consortium. They provide webinars and other training opportunities to help improve Hybrid and Online instruction.
Visit this page and scroll down to "OLC Institutional Membership Account Setup" to see how to create your free account. Contact OTL if you have any questions about this.
Class Activity Idea: Group Grids
Are you looking for some new group activities for your classroom? Try group grids as a way for students to review, organize, and conceptualize information that they've learned in your course or program.
To download a template for the Group Grid activity, visit the KP Cross Institute website: https://kpcrossacademy.org/techniques/group-grid/