Distance Learning @ UH West Oʻahu

A new version of the UH West Oʻahu Distance Learning Faculty Guide has been published. This 2021 version is an updated version of the UH West Oʻahu Distance Learning Faculty Guidebook published in October 2019. Bookmark the new DL Faculty Guide to refer back to as needed. You can also find the DL Faculty Guide linked on the UH West Oʻahu Distance Learning website.

The Office of Distance Learning has transformed our Handy Help Wall, which used to be displayed on the window of our office in B-222. The new digital Handy Help Wall is posted on Padlet, and available on the Distance Learning website. We maintain two Handy Help Walls, one for faculty and one for students. You can find helpful infographics and videos available 24/7 for your convenience.

Are you interested in using Padlet? The free version allows up to 3 active walls. Contact uhwodl@hawaii.edu if we can answer any questions about the Handy Help Wall or Padlet.

Are you interested in learning how to create infographics? If you missed the last edtech together session, check out the video Creating Infographics with Canva.

In the YouTube Audio Library, you can find royalty-free production music and sound effects to incorporate in your videos. Music and sound effects from the YouTube Audio Library are copyright-safe. The Audio Library is found in the YouTube Studio.

Some music in the YouTube Audio Library requires attribution (credit) to the artist in exchange for using the music in your video. The attribution text is provided for you, and can be accessed from the License Type column in the Audio Library. Attributions are included in the You can also use filters to browse music using the "Attribution required" or "Attribution not required" filters.

If you need help with creating videos, or adding music / sound effects to your video content, just contact the Office of Distance Learning for tips and support.

The UH Online Innovation Center provides Quality Couse Design Review based on national quality standards.

The UH Online Quality Course Design Review process contributes directly to quality online offerings at UH by providing the opportunity for an instructor to submit their online course for review.

Upon the completion of this process, the instructor will receive a digital badge that recognizes course design meets the quality standards, based on the Quality Matters nationally recognized rubrics.

Note: This process focuses on continuous improvement of effective online course design and is not meant to be an evaluation of online instruction.

The Office of Distance Learning is supporting online learners with a series of three videos that will be released at strategic points throughout the semester. Each video uses the word "distance" as an acronym to describe strategies to help students thrive as online learners

Each video is created using a PechaKucha format (20 slides each 20 seconds), so the entire video is 6 minutes and 40 seconds long. Watch the second video in the Go the Distance Series below. Share the video with your students to encourage them through the mid-semester research, exams, projects, etc.

Students can also complete the Go The Distance Video Form, after watching any of the videos. Students may also choose to be entered to win Go the Distance prizes for watching the videos and completing the forms.

Go The Distance Video 2 was released on February 8th, and Go the Distance Video 3 will be released at the beginning of week 10 on March 22, 2021, just as students return from Spring Break and prepare to finish the semester strong.

The Office of Distance Learning's edtech together workshops are offered to UH West O'ahu faculty and staff. The hands-on sessions will introduce Web 2.0 and video content creation tools for online teaching. Each topic session is offered twice. Following the flipped classroom approach, participants will be emailed a tutorial link to view before the workshop. During the ensuing Zoom sessions, participants will work together—sharing screens, ideas and encouragement.

Session topics and times are listed below. Please fill out the contact information and make your selections. Form response email serves as registration confirmation.

The Every Learner Everywhere Expert Network, powered by ISTE, aims to cultivate professional learning and practice during a time when many higher education faculty and leaders urgently need expert advice to support their students through the COVID-19 crisis, including the transition from face-to-face instruction to online learning. The program offers flexible, on-demand coaching to faculty, course coordinators, instructional designers, and academic leaders at U.S. institutions of higher education with the goal of advancing equity and inclusion in blended and online modalities using all aspects of digital learning.

Access to Experts

Participants can schedule a 1:1 meeting with an expert to discuss issues they face at their institution or in their classroom. Experts will listen and present ideas to help support all students – especially minoritized students, low-income students, and first-generation college students.

Easy Scheduling

Participants can easily schedule coaching sessions at a time that works for them. There is no hassle in coordinating calendars – just browse the times our experts have available and sign up!

Equity Focused

Participants should come prepared to discuss both practical issues involving online and blended modalities – including digital pedagogy, instructional design, and social-emotional learning – as well as tough questions about equity, inclusion, and justice in higher education.

The Every Learner Everywhere Network is sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.