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Supporting Student Learning Challenges: Share Your Ideas with Colleagues
ZoomEvent Details This informal popup discussion will focus on student learning challenges across flexible format courses. Presenter: Hari Bhat Registration Link After signing up for this event, you will receive an email confirmation. Prior to the event, you will receive a second email containing the Zoom invite link.
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 […]
Facilitating Active Learning through Group Work
ZoomThis workshop is an interactive introduction to the international academic support model known as Supplemental Instruction (SI) and it’s best practices related to the facilitation of effective small group learning. Participants will receive tangible ways to incorporate SI’s facilitation strategies and collaborative learning techniques to create active, student-centered in-class activities. Event Details Presenter: Jessica Elam […]
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 […]
Designing a Blended Team Project Course
ZoomThis session will describe my experience designing and delivering a course that (1) culminates in a team project deliverable and (2) features an asynchronous component and a synchronous component that can be delivered in a classroom or online. Event Details Presenter: Mark Parry Academic Unit: Henry W. Bloch School of Management Bio: https://bloch.umkc.edu/faculty-directory-parry-mark/ Event format […]
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 […]
Experiences Teaching a Required Sophomore Class Live Using Canvas
ZoomJuly 14 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am CDT In this session the experiences gained in transitioning from face to face classes to a fully online format for a required sophomore Engineering class will be presented. The challenges faced and steps taken to overcome them and the benefits derived will be presented. Event Details Presenter: Thiagarajan […]
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 […]
The 21st Century Student: Engaging Students with Effectiveness and Positive Indelibility (Session 1 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 […]
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 […]
Perspectives in Online Teaching from the Conservatory
ZoomJoin us as we discuss teaching strategies developed by Conservatory faculty in response to COVID-19. Topics will include integration of contemporary issues in music history classes, pivoting research/bibliography courses online, pros/cons of Canvas Chat vs. Zoom, teaching applied music/aural skills online, and overseeing GTAs with varying access and experience in online instruction. Event Details Presenters: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
