Course Delivery

Presenter: Dr. Daniel Soodjinda
Monday, August 3. 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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This training focuses on the pedagogical practices that work best in synchronous online courses. Teaching strategies that address the needs of communal and independent learners will also be examined, along with directed and learner-centered instructional approaches that support student engagement.

Presenter: Ms. Karen Zandarski & Dr. Dianne Vargas
Thursday, August 6. 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Participants will discuss specific challenges associated with teaching during the pandemic. We’ll examine how care and relational pedagogy can be used to increase student success and explore techniques for instructor self-care.

Presenter: Drs. Betsy Eudey and David Zhu
Friday, August 7. 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

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A discussion of strategies for designing and teaching meaningful, engaging asynchronous courses (or courses with asynchronous components), and some of the benefits and challenges to offering asynchronous courses. Introductory/Intermediate level

Presenter: Dr. Mark Thompson
Friday, August 7. 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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The workshop is introductory to Google Classroom, a semi-LMS with a flat learning curve that incorporates all Google Apps for Education (GAFE: Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drive, Forms, Meet, etc.) The workshop will cover creating and populating classes; making and reusing announcements, assignments, and rubrics; responding to student submissions and resubmissions; using forms for quizzes and data collection; using Meet (similar to Zoom); the grade book; and other areas requested by participants. See a brief video clip to see if you are interested in Classroom: Google Classroom. Please direct any questions to profmthompson@gmail.com.