student engagement
Keeping Students “On Track” with Course Progression in Blended/online Courses (Session 1 of 4)
ZoomWith students and instructors having fewer live contact hours in blended formats, students can lose track of class expectations, deliverables, or their standing in the course. We will discuss a number of techniques that I have found useful for keeping students on track and current with course progression. This includes standardizing class format from week […]
Supporting Student Learning
ZoomSupporting Student Learning June 23 @ 10:00 am - 10:40 am CDT This 45-minute presentation and discussion will focus on the following topics: Supporting students with learning challenges Communicating with students Facilitating group work Making room for student input Event Details Presenter: Tho Nguyen Academic Unit: School of Nursing and Health Science Bio: https://sonhs.umkc.edu/directory/tho-nguyen/ Event format descriptions are […]
Keeping Students “On Track” with Course Progression in Blended/online Courses (Session 2 of 4)
ZoomWith students and instructors having fewer live contact hours in blended formats, students can lose track of class expectations, deliverables, or their standing in the course. We will discuss a number of techniques that I have found useful for keeping students on track and current with course progression. This includes standardizing class format from week […]
Let’s Get Physical! What Olivia Newton John Knew About Active Learning
ZoomIn this virtual popup, we’ll discuss the benefits of incorporating active learning into class settings, explore logistics of both face to face and online active learning, and swap ideas for engaging active learning activities. Bring your questions, curiosity, and ideas and we’ll work together to share active learning strategies that will work for a wide […]
Keeping Students “On Track” with Course Progression in Blended/online Courses (Session 3 of 4)
ZoomWith students and instructors having fewer live contact hours in blended formats, students can lose track of class expectations, deliverables, or their standing in the course. We will discuss a number of techniques that I have found useful for keeping students on track and current with course progression. This includes standardizing class format from week […]
Keeping Students “On Track” with Course Progression in Blended/online Courses (Session 4 of 4)
ZoomWith students and instructors having fewer live contact hours in blended formats, students can lose track of class expectations, deliverables, or their standing in the course. We will discuss a number of techniques that I have found useful for keeping students on track and current with course progression. This includes standardizing class format from week […]
Tips for Teaching Highly Interactive and Engaging Small Classes Online
ZoomThis session will have a show and tell format, followed by Q & A and an opportunity to brainstorm ideas for how faculty might address specific needs in classes they are designing. Planned topics and examples are peer-to-peer feedback, graded discussion boards, using media comments for instructor feedback, announcements, summary feedback, and weekly instructor work […]
July 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT Collaboration and online interactions. Learner to learner interaction can be achieved by assigning small group projects, by requesting responses to discussion board postings and by engaging students through peer-evaluated assignments or critiques (QM Standard 5.1). In this session, we will discuss our experiences with a variety […]
Emulating the Physical Classroom Experience Online
July 8 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am CDT This brief session will revolve around the online class interaction techniques that Dr. Rahman experimented during the Spring’20 semester. The focus will be on student engagement and learning. Continuous assessment techniques per lesson will be discussed to bridge students learning gap due to the move to online. […]
Developing Your Canvas Course Site for Online Delivery: Canvas Open House
Are you converting your previously face-to-face course to a hybrid or online course? This session will offer examples for organizing course content and engaging students in online learning in Canvas. July 10 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CDT Presenter: Margaret Kincaid, Associate Teaching Professor Academic Unit: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences Event format descriptions […]
The 21st Century Student: Engaging Students with Effectiveness and Positive Indelibility (Session 2 of 3)
ZoomJuly 13 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am CDT As educators, we have many rich experiences that will help us connect to the 21st-century student in ways we may not have seen. Students have needs that we don't understand. We have to realize that we, too, have to learn something new every day to help us […]
Creating and Sustaining Class Community
ZoomHow to actively engage students through asynchronous discussion boards and interactive blogging. Event Details Presenter: Jennifer Phegley Academic Unit: UMKC English Department Bio: https://cas.umkc.edu/directory/phegley-jennifer/ Event format descriptions are available at UMKC PROFFCourses. Registration Link After signing up for this event, you will receive an email confirmation. Prior to the event, you will receive a second […]
Transforming Effective Face-to-face Teaching Strategies to the Online Format
ZoomTransforming Effective Face-to-face Teaching Strategies to the On-line Format Dr. Karyn Turla and Dr. Tara Allen combined have over 50 years of teaching experience, both at the undergraduate and professional levels. Many of the courses they teach are taken by students who are required to take professional board exams to receive licensure. It is the […]
The 21st Century Student: Engaging Students with Effectiveness and Positive Indelibility (Session 3 of 3)
ZoomAs educators, we have many rich experiences that will help us connect to the 21st-century student in ways we may not have seen. Students have needs that we don't understand. We have to realize that we, too, have to learn something new every day to help us understand the needs of those we teach. This […]
Communication, Engagement, and Community
Collaboration and online interactions. Learner to learner interaction can be achieved by assigning small group projects, by requesting responses to discussion board postings and by engaging students through peer-evaluated assignments or critiques (QM Standard 5.1). In this session, we will discuss our experiences with a variety of interactions and online engagement, such as peer-evaluated assignments, […]
Compliance or Community-Building?
Event Details Compliance or Community-Building? How to Help Students Hold One Another Accountable for Covid-19 Safety in the Classroom Description - This session will offer tips for establishing classroom community for safe and conducive learning environments. Focus will be on norm-setting and establishing expectations in which students hold one another accountable for meeting the norms […]
