Week 5: July 26 – August 1
Facilitator:听Ahmad Fayed听
Description:听In response to restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid changes have been made to teaching environments. These changes left educators puzzled on how to achieve the same quality onsite education in an online/remote environment without losing the social, experiential, and many other dimensions of the learning process. These concerns are very serious in Science, Engineering, and Technology fields. Teaching engineering, science, and technology, in this uncertain environment forced instructors to find innovative ways of delivering the content, keeping the student engaged, and providing the required lab work and hands-on activities. In this course, successful strategies and tools applied in engineering and science classes will be shared. Solutions include integration of online simulation tools, such as听TinkerCAD, CS2N,听PhET,听LabXchange, into class materials and using technology tools, such as online whiteboard,听iClicker听REEF, and some LMS features, to compensate for the engagement and assessment components missed due to the remote setting. Course will include examples and hands-on practice of some of these tools. Many tools will be introduced but participants will have the chance to learn and apply two of their choice that best fit their field of teaching and specific needs.听