Recorded Workshops
ʻUpena offers hybrid professional development opportunities in emerging technology and new media for UH West Oʻahu faculty, staff, and partner institutions. On this page, you can find more information about past workshops and watch Zoom meeting recordings.
Fall 2025 Hoʻoulu Workshop Brown Bag Sessions
Hoʻoulu Workshop #1: Frameworks
This session briefly covered the workshop series and focused on the first step of the redesign process—introducing the TPACK (plus Indigenous Knowledge) and SAMR pedagogical frameworks.
Hoʻoulu Workshop #2: Creative Projects
This session focused on the second step of the redesign process—presenting different methods of engagement (creative media and technology-enhanced projects), providing simple examples, and posing redesign considerations in accessibility, technology, and creative process.
Hoʻoulu Workshop #3: Resources & Execution
This session focuses on the third and fourth steps of the redesign process—suggesting tools and resources for innovative assessment design, demonstrating media editing software, and providing new media project templates.
Hoʻoulu Workshop #4: Hōʻike
This session had participants present and reflect on their experience throughout the workshop series and focused on the fifth step of the redesign process—briefly reviewing the content of previous workshops and providing guidance on how to iterate on the redesign.
Spring 2025 Professional Development Institute Week
Organized by UH West Oʻahu Office of Professional Development & Academic Support (OPDAS), the Spring 2025 Professional Development Institute week was an opportunity for UH West Oʻahu faculty and staff to participate in sessions presented by and for UH West Oʻahu employees. ʻUpena contributed with five online synchronous workshops.
Hōʻike: Creative Projects in the Classroom Panel
Instructors share their experiences redesigning project-based assignments using creative media and innovative technologies, offering practical strategies and time for Q&A.
*Also offered as an alternative for asynchronous Spring 2025 Hoʻoulu Workshop participants
AI-Generated Media: Copyright and Ethics
Speakers Billy Meinke (Assistant Specialist Faculty, Outreach College Instructional Design & Development, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) and Alphie Garcia (Information Resources and Collection Management Librarian, University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu James & Abigail Campbell Library) review copyright fundamentals, explore ethical issues related to AI-generated media content, and provide practical use cases and tips for utilizing AI responsibly.
Create Dynamic Slides with Canvas
An overview and demonstration of Canva, an online graphic editor.
Enhance Video Lectures with Clipchamp
An overview and demonstration of Clipchamp, an online video editor.
Augment Reading Materials with Bandlab
An overview and demonstration of Bandlab, an online audio editor.
Spring 2025 Hoʻoulu Workshop Brown Bag Sessions
Hoʻoulu Workshop #1: Frameworks
This session briefly covers the workshop series and focuses on the first step of the redesign process—introducing the TPACK (plus Indigenous Knowledge) and SAMR pedagogical frameworks.
*Recording recreated
Hoʻoulu Workshop #2: Creative Projects
This session focuses on the second step of the redesign process—presenting different methods of engagement (creative media and technology-enhanced projects), providing simple examples, and posing redesign considerations in accessibility, technology, and creative process.
Hoʻoulu Workshop #3: Resources & Execution
This session focuses on the third and fourth steps of the redesign process—suggesting tools and resources for innovative assessment design, demonstrating media editing software, and providing new media project templates.
Hoʻoulu Workshop #4: Hōʻike
This session focuses on the fifth step of the redesign process—briefly reviewing the content of previous workshops, providing guidance on how to iterate on the redesign, and giving participants the opportunity to present and reflect on their experience throughout the workshop series.
Fall 2024 Professional Development Institute Week
Organized by UH West Oʻahu Office of Professional Development & Academic Support (OPDAS), the Fall 2024 Professional Development Institute week was an opportunity for UH West Oʻahu faculty and staff to participate in sessions presented by and for UH West Oʻahu employees. ʻUpena contributed with three workshops, two of which were offered online synchronously.
ʻUpena Workshop Overview
This session introduces the Spring 2025 ʻUpena Moananuiākea brown bag series, “Hoʻoulu Aku, Hoʻoulu Mai”, offering foundational knowledge on curriculum frameworks, creative project-based assignments, and redesign strategies.
Creative Projects in the Classroom Panel
A panel discussion featuring ʻUpena-associated faculty, who shared their experiences with redesigning and implementing interdisciplinary projects in the classroom.
Fall 2024 Hoʻoulu Workshop Brown Bag Sessions
This iteration of the Hoʻoulu Workshop series was offered to UH West Oʻahu faculty and staff, as well as partner institutions, during the Fall 2024 semester. Each of the three workshops was presented as hybrid brown bag sessions.
Fall 2024 Brown Bag Session #1 (Zoom recording)
Curriculum: Kick-off meeting; review of the TPACK framework with Indigenous Knowledge and the SAMR model; introduction to the redesign experience.
Fall 2024 Brown Bag Session #2 (Zoom recording)
Assignment Redesign: Talk story session; creating and testing a redesigned assignment.
Fall 2024 Brown Bag Session #3 (Zoom recording)
Hōʻike: Presenting and reflecting on the redesign and testing experience; implementing and assessing redesigned assignments.