Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence (CTLE)

OSU-OKC | Academic Affairs
900 N. Portland Avenue, LRC 105
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
405.945.6750
okc.ctle@okstate.edu

Tammara Williams-Dias, Director

Email: tammara.williams-dias@okstate.edu; Office: 405.945.9189

Tammara has over 20 years of experience in instructional design, academic technology, online teaching and learning, and faculty development/training in higher education, common schools, and the nonprofit and private sectors. She has been teaching courses in educational psychology, cultural history, and humanities at the college level for over 17 years and has been designing and teaching online undergraduate courses since 2003. She brings a wealth of broad and varied experience providing faculty support via instructional design, multimedia design, assistance with Canvas, Zoom, CidiLabs Design Tools, SoftChalk, online proctoring services (ProctorU, Examity), etc.

Mark Mitchell, Instructional Designer

Email: mark.e.mitchell@okstate.edu; Office: 405.945.9184

Mark comes to OSU-OKC CTLE with decades of instructional design and academic technology experience in higher education and the private sector. In addition to harnessing a range of digital technologies to enhance instructional effectiveness across the spectrum of delivery methods, Mark provides support to faculty in their use and mastery of Canvas and Zoom. He also teaches philosophy (OSU-OKC) and pre-collegiate algebra (OU) part-time as an adjunct instructor. He has sung with the Norman Singers since 2013 and enjoys playing piano, guitar, bass, and drums.

Spike Alkire, Digital Media Technologist

Email: spike.alkire@okstate.edu; Office: 405.945.9191

Spike brings his many years of video production experience and expertise to OSU-OKC. He has made a wide variety of short films for both entertainment and educational purposes. He has several years of experience as an instructional technologist, and is happy to help faculty with planning and recording instructional videos and adapting course materias into engaging video and multimedia content.

Instructional Design

CTLE provides instructional design and eLearning development services and support to OSU-OKC faculty and staff, including (although not limited to):

Online and hybrid course design and development;
Instructional content and resource development:
eLearning design, development and support;
Assistance with implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles;
Creating/curating content that complies with ADA, 508, WCAG 2.0, and other accessibility standards; and
Quality Matters^TM-based course design reviews with QM-certified instructional designers.

The instructional design team at CTLE can assist faculty and staff with a wide variety of projects, from designing a basic homepage to designing curriculum for a series of courses. We also work with staff to create presentations, eLearning modules, and/or to design, develop, and deliver training and resources. In addition to instructional design, the CTLE team provides resources and support for several instructional technologies, including Zoom, SoftChalk, CidiLabs Design Tools, etc. Click the button below to reserve time to consult with an Instructional Designer or reserve time in one of our Multimedia Recording Studios.

Contact CTLE to reserve time for Instructional Design Consultation or time in one of our Multimedia Recording Studios

Online Teaching & Learning

Resources:

Video & Multimedia

CTLE provides an array of video production and multimedia design services and support. We provide services and support for all five phases of video production (development, pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution). We work with OSU-OKC faculty and staff from the conceptualization of a video or multimedia project, all the way through planning, recording, editing and captioning, and distribution of the final product (via media server platforms such as YuJa, Canvas Studio, YouTube, etc.). We can also provide multimedia design and development services that leverage various types of video, graphics, audio, and other elements to effectively communicate information with the intended audience.

Whether you’re interested in individual video production or would prefer a higher-quality video shoot with our equipment and expertise, we can help. Using your creativity and expertise, we can adapt your course materials into a variety of video types, including graphic explanation videos, kinetic typography, slow motion video, interviews, and much more. If you have a video idea you think would be helpful for your students, we want to help you make it.

Along with the video production and multimedia design services we maintain two multimedia recording studios available to faculty. The studios can be reserved for sessions and are fully equipped with computers and devices for creating instructional recordings or hosting a Zoom meeting. Each studio offers:

Quiet recording space with soundproofing tiles installed on the walls
Desktop computer equipped with a large high resolution monitor, high speed internet, and applications like Zoom Client, Camtasia, SnagIt, Audacity, YuJa Recorder, and other programs installed for recording and editing your lecture or instructional video
Professional quality panoramic webcam with high quality microphone and additional lighting
Dedicated drawing tablet and stylus for recording annotations or creating hand-drawn diagrams, illustrations, and content
Other additional resources, including a document camera, a portable 40” x 26” magnetic whiteboard, and flip chart easel

LRC 103D Multimedia Recording Studio

Reserving a session in one of our bays is a great option for recording lectures or making various types of instructional videos or content. A member of the CTLE team will be on hand and available to provide technical support and assistance during your reserved session. LRC 103B has a Windows PC while LRC 103D features a Mac Mini.

Contact CTLE to reserve time in one of our Multimedia Recording Studios

Faculty Development Training

CTLE Professional Development

The OSU-OKC Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) provides instructional design, instructional technology and multimedia production, and eLearning development services and support to OSU-OKC faculty and staff in a variety of areas, including:

Online and hybrid course design and development
Instructional and multimedia content and resource development
Assistance with implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and creating/curating content that complies with ADA, 508, WCAG 2.0, and other accessibility standards
Instructional design support and assistance with implementing Quality Matters standards for online and blended courses.

CTLE provides an array of video production and multimedia design services and support. We have two Media Production Studios for faculty use. The studios (LRC 103B and LRC 103D) can be reserved for sessions and are fully equipped with a computer, lights, large monitor, webcam, microphone, drawing tablet, and other devices for creating instructional content.

In addition to the on-site and online services, CTLE regularly offers faculty development and training sessions throughout the year. (Virtual sessions are usually recorded and later available on-demand.) Our schedule of virtual professional development sessions is usually offered:

August In-Service (the week before the fall term begins): virtual and/or in-person sessions
Fall Semester (late October/early November): virtual sessions
January In-Service (the week before the spring term begins): virtual sessions
Spring Semester (early – to mid-April): virtual sessions
Summer Semester(June/July): virtual sessions

Quality Matters

Quality Matters (QM) is a global organization leading quality assurance in online and blended learning. QM is the “gold standard” for high quality online and blended course design. QM has rubrics for Higher Education, K-12, and Continuing & Professional Education. (The QM website is located at https://www.qualitymatters.org.) The Oklahoma QM System Subscription (OKQM) started in 2010 with three institutions. In 2014, OSRHE started supporting a statewide subscription to QM to make it more affordable for all Oklahoma institutions of higher education to participate. OKQM is now comprised of 22 affiliated institutions. You can access OKQM at: https://ocolearnok.org/membership/okqm.

As an OKQM Affiliate, OSU-OKC has access to QM tools and resources, including the QM Higher Education Rubric, 6^th edition, which is available via workbooks and brochures. (Copies of the QM Higher Education Rubric Workbook and/or Rubric Standards for Course Design brochures are available by request from the OKC CTLE.) Along with access to the free QM webinars and sessions, OSU-OKC faculty may also participate in professional development opportunities available via OKQM, including three QM workshops for OKQM Affiliates usually offered during the Spring, Summer, and Fall terms:

“Applying the Quality Matters Rubric” course (APPQMR), the initial course in the peer reviewer certification sequence – registration is $95 per participant;
“Designing Your Online Course” workshop (DYOC) for faculty designing an online course from scratch – registration is $75 per participant; and
“Improving Your Online Course” workshop (IYOC) for experienced online faculty who want to improve the design of their existing online course – registration is $75 per participant.

Magna Publications

As a member of our campus community, online content from Magna Publications is available at no cost to you. Since 1972 Magna has been a leading provider of higher education professional development resources. Sign up today and help energize your higher education career. A special message of thanks to Jackie Weston for working to get this access approved through our Carl D. Perkins funding. Our current subscription is active through 03/31/22.

20-Minute Mentor Commons offers on-demand versions of Magna's popular 20-Minute Mentor programs, covering a broad range of faculty development topics.

To register and log in to access the group subscription:

Go to https://www.magnapubs.com/register/. Enter information in the required fields > Submit. NOTE: if you get an error that your password does not match, skip down to the EXISTING USERS Section below
Once successfully registered, you will see a screen "Thank you for completing your registration"
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In the "Username or email address" box (on the right side), enter the email address that you submitted in Step 1.
Enter your password > Login
On the My Account page > Join Team
On the My Online Access page click the appropriate orange "Go to..." box for access

For 20-Minute Mentor Commons subscribers: You will be taken to the dashboard for the institutional subscription. Scroll to search or locate the materials you wish to access or view.

EXISTING USERS

If you get an error when using Create Account:

Go to https://www.magnapubs.com/profile/lost-password/
Enter your email address > Reset Password
Once the password has been reset, go to the URL in Step 3 above to complete the registration process and log in

If you have any questions or need assistance with your account, please contact Customer Service at support@magnapubs.com.

Canvas LMS Resources

CTLE provides faculty support for the use of the Canvas learning management system for both credit and non-credit course offerings. In addition to scheduling one-on-one Zoom sessions for instructional design and technology consultations, Canvas resources are provided below: