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The purpose of the newsletter is to share innovations and resources in online learning throughout the UH system, highlighting upcoming professional development opportunities, events, and latest news.
We hope you are having a great start to 2023 and the spring semester! With a new year comes new beginnings and our team is looking forward to strengthening existing collaborations, building new partnerships, and exploring innovations that will continue to strengthen the quality of online learning across the UH system. What aspirations do you have for yourself and your students this semester?
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H5P + Laulima Site Licenses Now Available!
Extra, extra, read all about it! The H5P + Laulima program, which was piloted during the 2021-2022 school year is now undergoing its second cohort. This program is built upon an innovative, scalable, and collaborative approach to providing UH faculty and staff opportunities to access and explore relevant educational technologies while engaging and sharing within an active learning community that has resulted in just-in-time support and new discoveries for all. Evaluation of the program to date indicates both students and faculty integrating H5P have increased engagement and/or learning. Program participants have specific cohort requirements that must be met in order to retain their licenses.
Due to the overwhelmingly positive feedback received since the launch of the program, a paid annual site license option (via departmental funds) is now available for faculty and staff who would like to obtain the licenses without participating in the H5P + Laulima program. This allows flexibility for UH faculty and staff who may not be able to commit to the program requirements, but would like to access the tool at a lowered enterprise licensed cost.
Visit the UH H5P Site License page to learn more.
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Last year flew by and so much happened. Our team compiled a summary of 2022 in the video below. Lots of exciting things to come as well!
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Designing Powerful Learning Experiences: Strategies from Innovation and Impact Showcase Awardees (Wednesday, Feb. 8, 10-11:15 a.m.)
As higher education professionals, we strive to prepare our graduates to become competent professionals and productive citizens. The awardees of the UH Mānoa Innovation and Impact Showcase (IIS) are keenly aware of the importance of engaging students in powerful learning experiences through real-world connections, supported by guidance and collaborative learning environments. Panelists will share their innovative teaching practices and resulting impacts on student learning.
Join this webinar to explore strategies and adapt them for your own context, share your tactics with fellow participants, and learn more about the UH Mānoa IIS Award.*
*This webinar is offered through a collaboration between the UH Online Innovation Center, UHM’s Assessment and Curriculum Support Center, and UHM’s Center for Teaching Excellence.
Registration: https://go.hawaii.edu/EPk
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2023 UH Online Unconference: Aʻo Aku, Aʻo Mai (Friday, April 14, 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.)
 Mahalo to those who participated in the inaugural 2022 UH Online Unconference: Aʻo Aku, Aʻo Mai! We are continuing to host the UH Online Unconference this year based on the positive feedback from past participants. Don’t forget to register and save the date for the unconference. More information will be posted on the event page soon. Unconferences are participant-driven, so please be sure to suggest topics of interest when registering.
Registration: https://go.hawaii.edu/k3X
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H5P + Laulima Program - Cohort updates
Year two of the H5P + Laulima program is underway with both new and returning (alumni) participants, with lots of H5P exploration and creation taking place during the fall. For those who began utilizing H5P in their online courses, the student evaluation results continue to remain positive!
Caption: Word cloud summarizing Fall 2022 student evaluation results asking why they are motivated to complete H5P interactives and why the activities increased engagement.
Participants will continue to be busy this semester with a number of upcoming events that will allow the cohort to collaboratively support each other throughout the program duration (e.g., H5P + Laulima Community Session, Spring Showcase). Stay tuned for a public H5P showcase/sharing at the upcoming 2023 UH Online Unconference!
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Laulima v21 Update and Tips for Instruction
During the webinar, presenters showcased the Laulima v21 upgrades including minor aesthetic changes such as dark mode, the new dashboard tool, and additional features in Assignments, Forums, Gradebook, Lessons and Rubrics tools. Participants also had the opportunity to learn instructional tips and see examples on how to build content using Lessons, setting up Laulima Gradebook, and how to use the Rubric tool during the breakout sessions.
For those who may have missed the webinar, review the presentation Google Slides and recordings on the event page. Need a quicker summary of the session? The Laulima V21 Upgrade Feature (Faculty Guide) and Laulima V21 Upgrade Feature (Student Guide) are also great resources for faculty, staff, and/or students to reference.
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Aʻo Aku, Aʻo Mai (To Teach, To Learn)
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Research Corner/Trends
Image Caption: AI generative art from Stable Diffusion using a text prompt, “uncertain world”, and a negative text prompt, “chaos”.
Late 2022 had all sorts of surprises and uncertainties (e.g. the fall of FTX, Meta layoffs, etc.). As we all continue to forge ahead in this VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world, instructors can help students prepare/cope by incorporating nine instructional strategies that focus on embracing and facing VUCA head-on using various reflection and empathy strategies.
Another VUCA morsel added to educators’ plates is how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is affecting academic integrity. Move over Google Search, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been the hot topic amongst educators these days. Bursting on the scene in late 2022, this chatbot essentially can be prompted to do anything text-based– from writing student essays to coding for developers. Understanding how AI can be used by students, the steps being taken to detect AI plagiarism, and what you can do as an educator can help with navigating this new AI-integrated future.
In addition, other emerging and continually evolving trends and strategies have risen to the top of 2023. Educause’s glossary of the 2023 Strategic Trends shows that institutions are continuing to adapt and plan for new educational, technological, cultural, and workforce shifts. Some of the 2023 strategic trends focus on skills-based learning, the normalization of hybrid/online learning and remote work, cyber and data security, exploring digital transformations in higher ed, and widespread efforts to understand and tackle the ubiquitous issues on diversity, equity, and discrimination.
Want to see how Hawaiʻi’s educators are engaging their students with tech trends and innovations in their own courses? A Tech Trends & Innovation Webinar will be offered sometime in late March. Keep an eye out for an upcoming UHOIC event newsletter for more detailed information. Hope to see you there!
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Instructional Video Tips
 Creating high-quality instructional videos has become more accessible with the everyday laptop or smartphone. Yet, having the right technology is only one part of creating a quality video.
The video production process is also an important part of creating engaging and effective videos (Borup, 2021). Being cognizant of video production elements like lighting, audio quality, and/or framing can be the difference in creating personable videos that increases a student’s motivation and perception of the course material (Castillo et al., 2021; Rehak, 2022).
Here are some quick tips that you can use when creating instructional videos: The primary light source should face the speaker so that they are well-lit; Record videos in a quiet room for better (not necessarily perfect) audio quality; Frame the main subject (i.e. speakers or visual content) in the center of videos or in an organized composition to better direct the viewer’s attention.
Check out some of the resources below for more tips:
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About Us
Information Technology Services (ITS) UHOIC is located in the Information Technology Center building on the UH Mānoa campus. Faculty and staff throughout the UH System can receive personalized support with their online course(s) by scheduling instructional design consultations.
Our Mission
The UHOIC instructional design (ID) team provides impactful ID support to strengthen the quality of online initiatives across the UH system in service to UH, faculty, staff, administrators, and students.
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