Reinert Center Kicks Off New Teaching Workshop Series September 20
09/16/2024
The March 2020 pivot to online instruction might be a distant memory, but disruptions are increasingly becoming part of academic life.
These disruptions might be brief, or they might last for days, weeks, or even months. Educators need to be prepared to quickly pivot an in-person course to an online format. They need to know need to do and how to do it. The Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning seeks to tackle these issues with online learning in a new workshop series that starts Friday, Sept. 20.
Building on the lessons learned from 2020 and the new expectations and regulations for distance teaching, the "Fire Drill Series: What’s Your Teaching Plan in Case of Academic Disruption? "revisits some of the key points, requirements, and actions necessary to maintain a continuous, quality learning experience for students while also helping mitigate the stress and confusion that come with a disruption.
During the series, participants will develop emergency plans for different disruption scenarios and revisit effective practices for using the distance education technologies necessary to maintain instructional continuity during a disruption.
- Friday, Sept. 20: If you needed to pivot your in-person course tomorrow, what would you do to maintain instructional continuity?
- Friday, Sept. 27: Building on the first workshop, participants will consider how to put their plan into action in various disruption scenarios.
- Friday, Oct. 11: This workshop will be an open studio session where participants can bring their questions or challenges about specific course formats and technologies for discussion and brainstorming.
All three workshops will be held in Wuller Hall 222 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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