Educator Engagement w/ Travis Thurston, PhD

In this episode of The Canvascasters Podcast: Travis Thurston joins the show from Utah State University’s Office of Empowering Teaching Excellence. Travis directs all professional development programming for ETE developing and facilitating seminars, workshops, and a teaching conference focused on the improvement of teaching Travis discusses the need for teachers to choose their own professional development path and his love for micro-credentialing and badging inside Canvas LMS. Travis’ Backpack Discussions (Peer Review, Gallery Walks) Check out some of some great videos provided by Travis! Actively Engaging Students in Asynchronous Online Classes https://www.ideaedu.org/idea_papers/actively-engaging-students-in-asynchronous-online-classes/ #DigitalPowerups Sample Discussion Forum https://spark.adobe.com/page/OtULcj5iDsTkL/ Expand Your Social: Ryan Seilhamer @rseilham Michelle Pacansky-Brock @brocansky #DigitalPowerUps #InstructDev InstructureCon2020 details! https://www.instructure.com/canvas/news/instructurecon Educator Of The Year Nominations Now Open! https://www.instructure.com/canvas/blog/2020-educator-year-nominations-are-open --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/instructurecast/message