AY 2021-2022: Looking Back...Looking Forward

Contributed by Jenni Willis-Opalenik, Ph.D., Director - OIT Technology Learning Services

With the SP22 semester securely in our rearview mirrors, I'm sure that many of our clients/readers are eager to begin a well-deserved summer break from the university. Now might be a very appropriate time to reflect on your classes in the past academic year and note those tips, tricks, and techniques that were most successful and those that produced less stellar results.

As you give some thought to your teaching successes and struggles, the IDT staff encourages you to include new technologies, technology adjustments, active learning strategies, and new tools in your reflection. Consider how you want your course to look, sound, and feel for you and your students in the next school year. What technologies worked for you, which may you need to adjust, and what technologies have caught your interest that you haven't yet tried? Once you have your thoughts together, please schedule an appointment with a member of OIT's Instructional Design and Technology team to discuss your AY 2022-2023 instructional technology and active learning interests. We'd love to serve as a "sounding board" for your brainstorming, talk through your ideas, and see how and where we can help you successfully put your instructional plans into practice. Until then, on behalf of our combined Technology Learning Services staff (IDT and Support Center), we wish everyone a safe and rejuvenating summer season!