This summer, TOPP To Go! Master Chefs Kawehi Sellers, Nadine Wolff, and Kelli Nakamura will be serving up some seriously tasty tips for online teaching and learning! Please check out the Summer Specials menu of webinars and mark your calendar (you do not need to be participating in TOPP To Go! to attend)…this may be just the secret sauce you need to spice up your online class!
For the Win: Serving Up Gamification Ideas for Your Class
Thursday, June 4: 2pm-3pm
Kawehi Sellers is an assistant professor in the Hospitality and Tourism Education Department at Kapiʻolani Community College. She has been teaching online for about seven years. Kawehi has been working on class gamification techniques for five years now and is always excited to see her students embrace a different kind of class environment. This webinar will cover various gamification ideas that have worked in Kawehiʻs classes.
Zoom Link: https://kapiolani.zoom.us/j/98843679562
Password: score
Student Engagement in Online STEM Classes
Wednesday, June 10: 2pm-3pm
Nadine Wolff teaches Mathematics in the Math & Sciences Department at Kapiʻolani Community College. She has been teaching for twenty years and ventured into online education about eight years ago. Many students see math as a major hurdle and her goal is to help students overcome the anxiety and apprehension surrounding the subject with engaging activities, real-life applications, and a focus on growth mindset. This webinar will highlight ways an online math (or any STEM) class can foster engagement and a growth mindset through discussions and interactive learning. This session will focus on math-related topics but is open to all and engagement techniques to be discussed can be applied to any subject.
Zoom Link: https://kapiolani.zoom.us/j/93384902345
Password: stem
Sparkles, Sprinkles, Bells and Whistles
Friday, June 19: 10am-11am
Kawehi Sellers is an assistant professor in the Hospitality and Tourism Education Department at Kapiʻolani Community College. She has been teaching online for about seven years. Kawehi recently authored Be a Unicorn with Sprinkles, a document outlining best practices to create active learning environments. In this webinar, Kawehi will share tools, tips and tricks to enhance your Laulima site and the student experience.
Zoom Link: https://kapiolani.zoom.us/j/98151095041
Password: magic
Academic Integrity, Tests & Quizzes (Question Banks)
Wednesday, June 24: 9-10 am
Kelli Nakamura is an Assistant Professor who teaches History and Ethnic Studies and has been online for the past 6 years. In her free time (according to her students) she spends all of her waking days and nights thinking about how to thwart student cheating (reality: chasing a three-year-old who laughs at any efforts of structure and discipline). One effective way to ensure that students are taking original examinations is to make a test bank and have Laulima randomly pull questions so each examination is unique. Kelli will be happy to show how this is possible and how she uses this in her courses to promote academic integrity (and save yourself time from making a brand new examination each semester).
Zoom Link: https://kapiolani.zoom.us/j/95473385059
Password: popquiz