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Join the Engaging Virtual Classroom Learning Community

Facilitators

Lené Whitley-Putz and YOU!

Overview

We're all in this together, and learning as we go! What did we learn from Spring 2020? This learning community will focus on using what we learned from a term of virtual teaching to redefine & redesign our virtual classrooms to get the most from synchronous and asynchronous activities. We’ll learn how to leverage Canvas and Zoom to create supportive learning environments that engage our students.

Outcomes

The outcomes for this class will be very customized and individual. Some participants may want to redesign the parts of their Canvas course that support and augment their live sessions, while some may wish to develop materials and techniques they can use to enliven live sessions or support student-to-student collaboration and engagement. In other words, we'll build the outcomes as we go.

Time Commitment

Participants should plan to engage in synchronous sessions via Zoom each week, while also working with and supporting a small cohort of colleagues with similar interests to develop materials and strategies for their Fall classes.

Presentation

On September 9th, we'll reconvene for a day of peer presentations. We strongly encourage you to do a live 10-15 minute presentation with time for Q&A. If you are not available, you can do a pre-recorded presentation.