OFD Newsletter: October 5, 2020
Faculty Conversation Series: The New Face of Student Engagement (Wednesday, October 7)
The next session of OFD’s popular Faculty Conversation Series, The New Face of Student Engagement, will be held on Wednesday, October 7.
What are strategies that help us reach all our students in this new teaching landscape? How does trauma-informed pedagogy help us to help them? We will discuss the design and implementation of online pedagogies of care that will help us to finish the semester on a strong note.
For each session of the Conversation Series, faculty will read a relevant article/paper about the topic (optional), receive question prompts, engage in conversation around the topic with other faculty members, and reflect on how the conversation may have changed their thinking on the topic.
Facilitated by Dr. Maria Gallardo Williams, OFD SoTL Faculty Fellow.
Register for all sessions here
Designing Effective Online Courses: An Online Workshop for UNC System Faculty and Staff
The UNC System Office is again offering their popular online workshop Designing Effective Online Courses, to support faculty and staff across the System in moving their courses to an online format. New sessions begin October 5 (today, but registration is still available) and November 30.
Registration is now open. The workshop is free, but space is limited, and registration is required. This workshop will provide faculty and staff with information, tools, and experiences that will help them to be more successful—and more comfortable—teaching online. The material will be aimed at instructors who have minimal proficiency leading online learning environments, but experienced instructors will also find new tips, hot topics, and useful activities.
The next sessions of this workshop begin on October 5 and then again on November 30. Based on feedback from previous participants, there will be a two-week and a four-week pacing of the course for the October session and only a two week pacing for the November session.
Participants can finish the work at their own pace, but they are encouraged to complete the course within the two or four week time frames in order to take advantage of the opportunity to collaborate with other faculty members.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, October 7
Thursday, October 8
- Faculty Meet-Up: Teaching in Uncertain Times, 12:00 p.m.
Monday, October 12
- Mindful Mondays, 9:00 a.m.
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