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How to Create Active and Engaging Learning Experiences with Zoom Breakout Rooms

Wednesday, October 13, 2021
1:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Zoom’s breakout rooms provide a unique opportunity to learn to create active and engaging learning experiences for students.

Join Contact North | Contact Nord’s Research Associate, Dr. Ron Owston, who describes how educators can:

  • Move beyond holding ineffective, unstructured breakout room discussions
  • Create distinctive breakout room roles for students to promote active participation
  • Employ a variety of tools and techniques to enhance breakout room experiences
  • Pre-assign students to breakout rooms or allow them to chose their own
  • Design creative ways for students to report breakout room outcomes to the whole class
  • Make use of breakout rooms in large enrolment courses
  • Participants have ample opportunity to ask questions during the webinar.

NOTE: Registrants are expected to have a basic knowledge of how to use Zoom.

Host:

Dr. Ron Owston
Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate

A pioneer in online teaching and research, Dr. Owston ranks among Google Scholar’s most cited blended learning researchers globally.

The founding Director of the Institute for Research in Learning Technologies he is a former Dean of the Faculty of Education and University Professor Emeritus at York University.

Dr. Owston's webinars on effective use of Zoom for teaching as part of the Contact North I Contact Nord Webinar Series are lauded by educators around the world:

“I've really learned a lot the last 6 or so months watching your Zoom webinars. My students have noticed and I share with you their kudos. I look forward to upping my Breakout Zoom Room game!”

“I really appreciate Ron’s effort and I need to watch this all over again to try the different possibilities.”

“Thank you very much Ron! This was a very informative session! I am excited to try to put together a class for my learners.”

“I wanted to comment on how useful these sessions have been – I have learned a lot from attending and/or watching them afterward. And, I include them in all my PD announcements to encourage faculty to attend.”

“Thank you, thank you, thank you—really wonderful!”

His website is http://RonOwston.ca