By Jun Yang

In an effort to provide more flexible training opportunities and better support for faculty, OIT’s Learning Technologies group began offering a weekly “How Do I” Q&A Webinar Series at the end of August.

How does it work? The “How Do I” Q&A Webinar Series is designed to help faculty learn about instructional technologies to enhance teaching and learning in a more flexible and interactive format. Every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., faculty and TAs can now join us from anywhere via the Web, or even by calling in, to participate in a 30-minute, how-to online session and learn how to enhance teaching from the comfort of their office or home.

Conducted in a Wimba Live Classroom environment, these weekly webinars will be offered during the fall and spring semesters on specific features of a variety of tools supported by the Learning Technologies group, such as ELMS, clickers, iTunes U, Wimba, wikis, blogs, and more. Each webinar consists of a five- to 10-minute demonstration of a task or tool followed by a 20-minute question and answer session. Furthermore, each session will be archived for future on-demand viewing at the user’s convenience.

For more information on the “How Do I” Q&A Webinar Series, please visit http://otal.umd.edu/how-do-i-qa-webinar.