March 16, 2020

'Keep Teaching' mini-course offered to faculty

Chad Brassil, associate professor of biological sciences, listens as instructional designers from the Center for Transformative Teaching present ideas for a smooth transition to remote learning during a March 17 session. The center is offering a one-week, spring break course to help instructors overcome remote teaching challenges. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/rm4z.
Craig Chandler | University Communication

Craig Chandler | University Communication
Chad Brassil, associate professor of biological sciences, listens as instructional designers from the Center for Transformative Teaching present ideas for the a smooth transition to remote learning during a March 17 session. The center is offering a one-week, spring break course to help instructors overcome remote teaching challenges.

The Center for Transformative Teaching will offer a one-week course during spring break to help instructors through some of the more common issues of remote teaching and address the more unique challenges.

The course is March 23-27. Each day of this course will focus on a key principle, help instructors prepare plans to facilitate a smooth transition, and encourage empathetic teaching practices. All assignments are directly applicable to course(s), meaning everything participants do can (and should) become a component of remote teaching. Presentations are also constructed as discussion boards. Participants are encouraged to share work, explore how others are approaching the transition, and look to other members of the campus instructional community for feedback and assistance.

Topics of focus include: communication; organization, delivering content; fostering engagement; and assessing learning. In all course materials, simple but effective practices will be modeled.

Registration information is available online.