Description
The College of Arts and Sciences Office of Distance Education will host a teaching forum to discuss integrating student interaction in online course design and developing a culture in which students are cooperatively accomplishing course learning objectives. A panel of faculty instructors and an ODEE Instructional designer will share their perspectives and experiences with facilitating peer collaboration in online teaching environments.
Anticipated Outcomes – By the end of the session, participants will be able to…
- Reflect on the communication differences in online teaching from the classroom setting and how those differences can affect student collaboration
- Identify methods and tools for structuring group activities in synchronous and asynchronous online courses
- Consider multiple strategies for assessing group work and online collaborations of various types
- Develop a plan to purposefully create student coordination and collaboration in your online courses
(Draft Description and anticipated outcomes will be finalized by Panelists)
Panelists:
Sarah Holt (Office of Distance Education and eLearning)
Jeffrey Trimble (School of Communication)
Claudia Buchmann (Department of Sociology)
Catherine C. Braun (Department of English)
