In this episode of Designed for Online, Jenny Quarles joins the Ask Ashley segment to discuss low stakes activities faculty can implement into their courses to gauge student learning. New episodes will be featured the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.
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“Belonging” is an essential human need. However, students from underrepresented groups may find it difficult to feel a sense of belonging on university campuses. In this episode, three members of the UVA community will share practical ways you can encourage students’ feelings of belonging on your campus and in your classes.
In this episode of Designed for Online, Jenny Quarles joins the Ask Ashley segment to discuss how engaged faculty should be in their asynchronous course discussions. New episodes will be featured the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.
The start of the semester can be a hectic time, in this episode the Education Online & Canvas Support team provides tips on how you can ensure you have a successful and stress free start to the semester.
Winstone, N., & Carless, D. (2019). Designing effective feedback processes in higher education: A learning-focused approach. Routledge.
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In this episode of Designed for Online, Jenny Quarles joins the Ask Ashley segment to discuss best practices for online courses. New episodes will be featured the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.
It can be challenging to translate the classroom discussion experience to a virtual environment. In this episode, we are joined by Kristin Palmer, the Director of Online Learning Programs at the University of Virginia, for a conversation about designing opportunities that facilitate active discussion in online spaces. Digitally enhanced education webinars (2021). Practical tips for engaging students via online forums: Flower Darby. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlbKHJADDtM https://learninginnovation.duke.edu/blog/2018/10/online-discussion-forums-create-sense-of-community-in-online-learning/
https://jisajournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13174-019-0120-0
In this episode of Designed for Online, Jenny Quarles joins the Ask Ashley segment to discuss ways you can make your course less text heavy by implementing multimedia content. New episodes will be featured the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month so be sure to check them out on Spotify or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.
It can be difficult to determine our distance students' social and emotional needs. In this episode, host Ashley Caudill speaks with UVA faculty members Tish Jennings and Pamela Nicolas-Hoff about the importance of being mindful and ways faculty can integrate mindfulness teaching practices into their online courses.
References Jennings, P. A. (2015). Mindfulness for teachers: Simple skills for peace and productivity in the classroom (the Norton series on the social neuroscience of education). WW Norton & Company.
This episode is a part of our Ask Ashley Segment where Ashley Caudill and Jenny Quarles will answer instructional design related questions submitted by faculty. Join Ashley and Jenny as they discuss ways in which you can motivate learners and get them engaged in your content.
This episode looks at the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting shift to emergency remote teaching, has influenced current teaching practices as students and faculty return to the classroom. Host Ashley Caudill speaks with UVA faculty members Melissa Levy and Jessamyn Manson about how they adapted their instructional methods to teaching remotely, and whether they’ve maintained any of those strategies as they have returned to in-person instruction.
References: Szot, J. (2021). Open the doors: Returning to school with new perspective. Next gen learning. https://www.nextgenlearning.org/articles/lessons-learned-from-covid-in-education
Fensterwald, J. (2021). Teachers on covid: Lessons learned and advice to pass along. Edsource. https://edsource.org/2021/teachers-on-covid-lessons-learned-and-advice-to-pass-along/652202
Ferlazzo, L. (2021). Pandemic lessons for a post-covid classroom. Education week. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-pandemic-lessons-for-a-post-covid-classroom/2021/01
Goin Kono, K. & Taylor, S. (2021). Using an ethos of care to bridge the digital divide: Exploring faculty narratives during a global pandemic. Online Learning, 25(1), 151-165. https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v25i1.2484
Klein, C. (2021, February 21). Takeaways from distance learning. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/takeaways-distance-learning
Shea, P. (2021). Online Learning, 25 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.24059/olj.v25i1.2711