CLT Virtual Symposium 2021
Inspiration and Innovation: Conversations Around Emerging Pedagogy in Our Next Normal
This year, the CLT symposium was fully virtual and extended over three half-days March 8 - 10. We have included below recordings and slides from our invited international speakers as well as sessions led by AUC faculty.
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This video gives you a quick glimpse of the highlights of the 2021 symposium.
KEYNOTE SESSIONS
Teaching Distracted Minds: Old Challenges, New Contexts
Speaker: James Lang, professor of English and the director of the D’Amour Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption University in Worcester, MA, USA. He is the author of six books, the most recent of which are Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It (Basic Books, 2020), Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning (Jossey-Bass, 2016), and Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty (Harvard University Press, 2013). Lang writes a monthly column on teaching and learning for The Chronicle of Higher Education; his work has been appearing in the Chronicle since 1999. Read More
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Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) Instruction Supporting Student Success in Challenging Times and Beyond
Speaker: Brian’s primary areas of interest and research include social interaction in online learning, flipped classroom implementation and developing instructional design theory for hybrid-flexible learning environments. At SFSU, Beatty pioneered the development and evaluation of the HyFlex course design model for blended learning environments, implementing a “student-directed-hybrid” approach to better support student learning. Read More
AUC FACULTY PANEL
PLENARY FORUM
PLENARY WORKSHOP
Challenging How We Inhibit Engagement
Speaker: Alexis Palá, a research associate in social and public services innovation. Worked in a range of inter-disciplinary and international contexts supporting practitioners, people with lived experience, and public servants.
Playing with the Zoom Gaze
Speaker: Autumm Caines, instructional designer at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Part technologist, part artist, part organizer, and part synthesizer. Currently, works as an instructional designer at the University of Michigan.
Embracing Quiet
Speaker: Leah Lockhart, a freelance design researcher, facilitator, and workshop designer in Glasgow, Scotland. As a facilitator, she helps groups of people come together for discussions and workshops using methods and structures that prioritize inclusion and mutual control.
Telling Small Stories to Build Trust
Speaker: Mia Zamora (Kean University, USA). Zamora is an associate professor of English, the director of the MA in writing studies, the director of the Kean University writing project, and the former coordinator of the World Literature Program at Kean University in Union, NJ.
Theater of the Oppressed
Speaker: Theresa Ronquillo, is directing Embody Change. A second-generation Filipina American who grew up in the Midwest, spent twelve formative years in the Pacific Northwest, and now lives in the American South with her amazing family.
AUC Faculty Showcase
March 8, 2021
Some Simple Techniques for Encouraging Participation
Speaker: Adam Yassine (Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science)
Flipped Classroom Approach During Remote Teaching
Speaker: Andreas Kakarougkas (Department of Biology)
Exams to Students: Decisions Made About You NOT by You
Speaker: Ezzeldin Yazeed Sayed Ahmed (Department of Construction Engineering)
Are Civic Engagement Components in our Courses Still Possible Online?
Speaker: Mona Said (Department of Economics)
Preparing and Releasing Tailored Exams to Minimize Cheating
Speaker: Omar Abdelaziz (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
HyperDocs: A Meaningful Learning Structure in your Online Classes
Speaker: Rania Jabr (Department of English Language Instruction)
March 10, 2021
Online Instruction: Five Phases, Three Principles and Six Tips!
Speaker: Ahmed Tolba (Department of Management)
Peer Feedback: Practical Tips to Make Peer Feedback Quicker, More Effective, and....Maybe Even Enjoyable?!
Speaker: Alyssa Young (Rhetoric and Composition Department)
Balancing Pre-recorded Lectures and Live Activities in STEM Online Classes
Speaker: Daoud Siniora (Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science)
Handling Students’ Anxiety During Online Lectures
Speaker: Hakim Meshreki (Department of Management)
The 'Unessay' as a Different Format of Preparing and Discussing a Topic
Speaker: Irene Strasser (Department of Psychology)
Navigating the River: Teaching and Metacognition for Challenging Times
Speaker: Thomas Wolsey (Department of International and Comparative Education)
WELLBEING SESSIONS
