This webinar series will help you discover new ways to use Brightspace by D2L (the Learning Management System used by eLearning@UNG) during the rapid transition to remote instruction. Over the coming weeks and months, D2L will bring together members of the Brightspace Community to share experiences and embrace the diverse ways that you teach and interact with your learners online.
Webinar 1: Guidelines from Gwinnett – Moving from Blended to Online Learning
Join this webinar to learn strategies on how to prepare teachers, students, parents, and administrations for the switch from blended to fully online learning. Two years ago, the largest K-12 school district in Georgia – Gwinnett County Public Schools – implemented their first Digital Learning Day when schools closed due to inclement weather. With the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, Gwinnett County Public Schools will now utilize extended Digital Learning Days to provide continuity of instruction for over 180,000 students.
D2L Customer Presenter: Tricia Kennedy is the executive director for eCLASS Transformation for Gwinnett County Public Schools.
Date: Wednesday, March 25 at 2 pm (1-hour webinar, online only)
Watch a replay of the webinar (YouTube.com)
Webinar 2: Teaching Movement and Arts Disciplines Online in a Time of Disruption
Join this webinar to discover methods and a structure for temporarily converting teaching the arts and physical disciplines to be delivered in an online platform. Teachers may find this method of thinking about their presentations helpful during this disruptive time.
D2L Customer Presenter: Professor Tim Pinnow, acting teacher and director of distance education at Colorado Mesa University.
Date: Friday, March 27 at 1 pm (1-hour webinar, online only)
Watch a replay of the webinar (YouTube.com)
D2L will continually add webinar topics to their Working Together to Respond to COVID-19 page. Check back later to see what has been added.