This year's conference theme is based on our collective experiences quickly shifting to the virtual environment, adapting to new technologies and teaching strategies, and finding our rhythm with new teaching modalities and workflows.
When asked to redesign a course that contains many components, I spoke to students who were currently taking the course and found they did not understand why certain components were included. In the redesign of the course, I added short assignments asking students to reflect on the value of some of these components. The positive nature of these reflections led me to include similar reflection pieces in other courses during the move to virtual teaching. These assignments have allowed me to learn more about the students, identify areas of concern for students, and adjust assignments to hopefully improve the perceived value.
As faculty and staff, we know what our challenges and highlights have been as we pivoted very quickly to the remote environment. In this session, we’ll hear from our students on how the pandemic has affected not only their lives as students but their lives in general.
In this workshop, we will explore tools, techniques, and strategies for cultivating positive activities, joy, community and clear goals that support self-care and promote work-life balance for you and your students. Please bring paper and colored pens/markers to this session! By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Poll Everywhere is a live polling tool that can be incorporated in both face-to-face and Zoom classes. The tool will be demonstrated and various applications for student engagement will be discussed.
This workshop will be an interactive lesson on involving and engaging all students in the virtual classroom at once through collaborative illustration, typing, sketching, and annotating. By the end of this session, you will learn how to:
This workshop will focus on strategies to integrate and build social connections through gaming in the classroom. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
An introduction to how to effectively teach students who have experienced trauma due to the pandemic. This includes how to incorporate technology, compassion, creative lesson planning, and human connection in your classes as we learn in an online and socially distanced format.
