By David Simpson

The 2021 Faculty Summer Conference on May 18 promises to be a lively day of virtual learning about how to support our online students.

Presented by the Center for Learning and Teaching, the event will gather scholars from Â鶹´«Ã½ and other institutions to address the timely theme "Transforming the Online Student Learning Experience." The conference lasts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

When you , you can plan your day by choosing the programs you want to attend.

Available sessions, offered via Zoom, include:

  • A Winning Recipe for a Successful Online Learning Experience
  • The Case for Authentic Assessments
  • Improving First-Year Students' Research Through Online Community Building
  • Creating Course Assignments to Encourage Reflection via Virtual Reality, Web Design and More
  • Strategies for Activating Equity and SEL in Lessons
  • Expanding Expression and Reflection in ePortfolios
  • The Zoom Room Atmosphere and Our Humanity
  • U.Va. Wise: Big Challenges and Great Rewards in Rural Appalachia
  • Reviving the Chalkboard for Online Students
  • Alternative Teaching Methodologies: Bridging the Gap Between Virtual and Face to Face Learning
  • Using Kahoot! and Menti to Engage, Assess and Build Community in the Online and Face-to-Face Class
  • Student-Centered Flexible Course Design Strategies
  • Bringing National Professional Development to the Department
  • Engaging Students as LeADERS via High-Impact Practices Online
  • Using Pair Programming to Teach Computer Programming for Students With Learning Disability via Zoom
  • Universal Design - Strategies to Foster Equity, Accessibility, & Inclusion in Teaching and Learning
  • Reflection and Responsibility in the Virtual Writing Classroom ... and Beyond
  • How to Make an Asynchronous Course Feel Synchronous with Technology!
  • Impact of COVID on Remote Learners
  • Transformative Thinking: Tracking Down Online Learning Engagement Trends, Strategies and Assessment
  • In My Shoes
  • Transforming the Community: Enhancing Online Engagement Through Client-based Service Learning
  • Learning Is Messy - The Trial and Error of Moving to Online Training
  • Incorporating Puzzle Rooms in a Nursing Pharmacology Course

Read session details and sign up at . If you have questions, please email clt@odu.edu.

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