The Office of the Next in Education in conjunction with Synergy Through Collaboration will be hosting a 3-part book club series centered around the book Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes by Flower Darby and James M. Lang. This book presents the concept of small teaching and its simplicity centering around small and strategic changes having enormous power to improve student learning. Darby and Lang cover the unique challenges instructors encounter when teaching an online course.
During the last session author Flower Darby will be joining for an informal discussion with participants. Darby is the Assistant Dean of Online and Innovative Pedagogies at Northern Arizona University, teaching for over 23 years in English, Educational Technology, Leadership, Dance, and Pilates. Darby speaks, writes, and consults about teaching and learning through both nationally and internationally. Contact
hive@unc.edu.
Visit Flower Darby’s website:
https://flowerdarby.com/Book Link:
https://www.amazon.com/Small-Teaching-Online-Applying-Learning/dp/1119619092Recent Publications in The Chronicle of Higher Education
5 Low-Tech, Time-Saving Ways to Teach Online During Covid-19
https://www.chronicle.com/article/5-Low-Tech-Time-Saving-Ways/248519How to Recover the Joy of Teaching After an Online Pivot
https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-to-Recover-the-Joy-of/248314 Sessions will be held as follows:
Session 1: June 18, 11am-12pm EST; Introduction and Part I
Session 2: June 29, 1pm-2pm EST; Part II
Session 3*: July 9, 3pm-4:30pm EST; Part III & Conclusion
*Author Session: July 9, 3:30pm-4:30pm; Informal Discussion with Author Flower Darby
Logistics:
-Approximately 80 pages per session
-Calendar invites with zoom links will be sent to email below
**First 10 UNC registrants will get a free book up when signing up for all sessions, local pickup**