The Latest News from Online Learning at UTK

May 2023

The office of Online Learning & Academic Programs (OLAP) is a team of experienced online learning professionals, including instructional and multimedia designers and developers, who are proud to eradicate barriers that prevent our communities from accessing quality higher education.

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Last Chance for Summer Jumpstart Sign-Up

Do you need to build or redesign a fully online course for the upcoming academic year? OLAP is accepting requests to join our Summer 2023 or Fall 2023 cohort for Jumpstart. In your cohort, the OLAP team will guide you in your efforts, providing research-based course design, professional video and other multimedia, and training to support future online course development projects. The Summer cohort will kick off on May 22 and run for 12 weeks, wrapping up by August 14 before fall classes begin.

To learn more, check out our faculty testimonial video. The deadline to request a spot for the Summer cohort is May 5, 2023. We will accept requests to join the Fall cohort throughout the summer.

Fall 2023 Brown Bag

Throughout this academic year, we have organized 14 Brown Bag sessions that have attracted over 400 attendees in total. We extend our gratitude to the faculty, graduate teaching assistants, and staff who have generously shared their experiences with our university community. We are looking forward to continuing our Brown Bag series in Fall 2023. For anyone interested in leading a session, please email us at cakpovo@utk.edu to submit ideas for sessions they would like to lead.

Upcoming Events

Online Learning Consultations

Our Online Learning Consultants Are Ready to Help!

Do you have questions about teaching online or need help with development? Schedule an online consultation with our team of instructional designers and multimedia specialists to help you have a strong start!

Consultation Form

Online Learning & Leadership (OLL) Series:

Our Online Learning & Leadership (OLL) series provides new opportunities to engage with each other on best practices that enhance online learning and online programs. Full programming for OLCoPs, Brown Bags, OPMNs, and more will return in the fall semester.

Brown Bag Fridays

We have wrapped up our last Virtual Brown Bag for the semester. You can rewatch or catch up on the ones you missed here: Archived Brown Bag Presentations. We will resume the Virtual Brown Bag series in August!

Video Tip of the Month

Making Snackable Content

Last month, we talked about the benefits of creating “bite-sized,” 5-7-minute video content for your course.

But how do you begin?

Here are some quick tips to think about when developing your layout of lecture video content:

Identify the content that aligns with one of your learning objectives
Look at your material as a whole. Are there logical breaks in the format that you can leverage?
Keep core content in a micro-lecture to no more than three main points.
Try to find an emotional connection to your material. When content is relevant and interesting, your audience retains more of the information.

If you’d like support from the Online Learning Media Studio team to help structure your lecture content, contact them via the consultation form or by phone at 865-974-9450.

AI in Education Resources

As higher education pivots to understand and leverage new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like ChatGPT, UT is gathering and developing resources to help instructors. Here are a few so far:

Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2023

Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2023 is happening this year on May 18, 2023. GAAD focuses specifically on digital access and inclusion. Click here to browse the events with topics on web accessibility, artificial intelligence, shifting toward a culture of accessibility, and more!

UT library has additional internal resources that focus on Accessibility Awareness. Click here to learn more!

More learning opportunities from other UTK departments:

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