Aspire Teaching Online in Summer & Fall 2020 Mini-Course
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Join the NSF INCLUDES Aspire Alliance's National Change Team for our new mini-course offering, Teaching Online in Summer & Fall 2020: How to design and run an effective and equitable online course.
This mini-course will walk instructors through the process of designing an online course that is effective, equitable and inclusive. It will focus on developing both synchronous and asynchronous formats and will include both types of sessions. The course will address the basics of online and inclusive pedagogy and over the three weeks, participants will design their own online course materials..
Synchronous sessions will be held from: 1:00-2:30 pm PT / 2:00-3:30 pm MT / 3:00-4:30 pm CT / 4:00-5:30 pm ET (United States time zones) on the following dates:
Workshop #1 - Tuesday, May 12th
Workshop #2 - Thursday, May 14th
Workshop #3 - ASYNCHRONOUS - week of May 18th
Workshop #4 - Tuesday, May 26th
Workshop #5 - Thursday, May 28th
As a result of participating in this mini-course, participants will be able to:
-Describe key principles of effective online pedagogy;
-Apply the process of backward design to an online teaching and learning environment;
-Experience strategies and approaches to promoting inclusion and equity in the online setting
-Navigate online tools such as asynchronous course management systems (e.g., Canvas, Moodle) as well as synchronous meeting tools (e.g., Blackboard Collaborate Ultra); and
-Create their own materials for an upcoming online course.