Category: Teaching and Learning
Premier Education Event 2021: Reconnect
Watch the 2021 virtual Premier Education Event presented by the Interprofessional Academy of Educators and Faculty Development. During this session, you’ll hear from campus experts on topics including: Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Learn how to frame your content to be more accessible to students. When it comes to learning, equal opportunity is the rule, […]
Aug 18, 2021
Teaching with Tech Refresh: Tips for Using Echo 360
Refresh your knowledge of the technology and tools available to help with your teaching success. During this session, you’ll learn the essentials and get familiarized with the Echo360 ALP video platform and user library. Gain the skills needed to simplify the digital-learning process and discover how to best engage learners in a hybrid classroom environment. […]
Aug 11, 2021
NU Campus Conversations | Humanizing Online: Leveraging Relationships to Fuel Engagement and Rigor
This video is a webcast recording of Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock, author of “Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies,” presenting “Humanizing Online Learning: Leveraging Relationships to Fuel Engagement and Rigor” and is shared with a CC-BY-NC license. To navigate through these unknown and traumatic times, educators must be knowledgeable about how learning happens (and why […]
Feb 22, 2021
Creating a Positive Learning Environment
An Up-Close Look at How We Communicate in the Health Professions Student wellness, microaggressions, learner mistreatment, and bias are all hot topics in higher education. In academic medicine environments, the stakes for these negative influences are even higher, potentially impacting the quality of care of patients. This dialogue-rich workshop features common communication patterns we see […]
Feb 11, 2021
HELP! Series: Teaching with Nearpod
Whether you’ve been teaching remotely for a while or you are just starting out, teaching with technology doesn’t need to be complicated! This session features tips for teaching with Nearpod, an award-winning K-12 software that is now a popular choice for classroom, distance, and hybrid learning environments in higher education. Nearpod allows educators to easily incorporate activities like […]
Feb 5, 2021
Making Anti-Racism an Institutional Priority
This session was offered as part of the 2020-2021 Breakthrough Thinking Virtual Series Academic medicine must take steps to dismantle structural racism and make anti-racism a core value. UNMC welcomes the challenge and has taken steps to create sustainable change and a more inclusive culture. Watch this session to learn more about structural racism and […]
Jan 20, 2021
Getting Past Discomfort: Mitigating Bias to Become Upstanders in Healthcare
Take a Stand Against Bias and Structural RacismBe an Upstander, Not a Bystander You’ve heard the age-old adage, “you can’t understand someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” The central message is a basic quality of the human experience – empathy. Empathy is key to relating to the feelings or experiences of others. […]
Dec 11, 2020
New Video Series Helps Medical Students Understand Test Questions
Review a real, NBME-created test question Gain insights from NBME physicians who authored cases and questions Understand how other medical students review test questions when determining a response To help medical students and residents better understand how exam questions measure their clinical knowledge during their education and training, NBME launched a new video series titled, Unlocking Assessment: Keys […]
Aug 21, 2020
From Lemons to Lemonade: Successes in Teaching during a Pandemic
Watch this virtual event highlighting the best ideas that came from teaching during a global pandemic.
Aug 21, 2020
HELP! Series: Teaching Online
Watch this session to learn some of the best practices for teaching online. You’ll receive expert advice for creating engaging content for learners and specific instruction on how to create an educational video in PowerPoint.
Aug 14, 2020