ASC Teaching Forum: Graduate Student Perspectives on Distance Education

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October 30, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Online (link provided after registration)

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2023-10-30 12:00:00 2023-10-30 13:30:00 ASC Teaching Forum: Graduate Student Perspectives on Distance Education The Office of Distance Education periodically hosts panels of faculty, associated faculty, staff, and other experts to discuss topics related to distance education course design, instructional delivery, assessing student learning, and more. The aim of these Teaching Forums is to foster a community of distance education professionals while providing a venue for meaningful reflection and discussion.   In this special event, we acknowledge and celebrate the significant contribution graduate students make toward the teaching mission of the College of Arts and Sciences by assembling five graduate students with experience teaching online courses in our College for a panel discussion on the topic. Description: The College of Arts and Sciences Office of Distance Education will host a Teaching Forum focused on the graduate student teaching experience in our College. This moderated discussion will provide opportunities for the panelists to share what they have learned as online graduate student instructors, advice for graduate students teaching online for the first time, suggestions for how we as a college community can support graduate student instructors, and their notions about the future of online learning in higher education and what this might mean for their career plans.  Faculty, Associated Faculty, Graduate Students, and staff are invited to join us for this discussion and also bring their own questions for the panel. Anticipated Outcomes: By the end of the session, participants will be able to…     Gain a better understanding of the needs and perspectives of graduate students engaged in online teaching   Reflect on the changing role of technology in higher education and how this may impact the careers of our current graduate students.   Consider how they and their academic units can best support graduate students in developing technology and pedagogical skills for effective online teaching Panelists: Lauren Chivington (Department of English) Kaita Gurian (Department of Anthropology) Tamryn McDermott (Department of Arts Administration, Education, and Policy) Morgan Meleca (College of Public Health, teaches for the Center for Life Sciences Education) Kevin Pementel (Department of Comparative Studies) REGISTER HERE This event will utilize auto captioning, if you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please email Jeremie Smith (smith.12199@osu.edu). Requests made by 10-25-2023 will help us to provide seamless access. Online (link provided after registration) America/New_York public

The Office of Distance Education periodically hosts panels of faculty, associated faculty, staff, and other experts to discuss topics related to distance education course design, instructional delivery, assessing student learning, and more. The aim of these Teaching Forums is to foster a community of distance education professionals while providing a venue for meaningful reflection and discussion.  

In this special event, we acknowledge and celebrate the significant contribution graduate students make toward the teaching mission of the College of Arts and Sciences by assembling five graduate students with experience teaching online courses in our College for a panel discussion on the topic.

Description:

The College of Arts and Sciences Office of Distance Education will host a Teaching Forum focused on the graduate student teaching experience in our College. This moderated discussion will provide opportunities for the panelists to share what they have learned as online graduate student instructors, advice for graduate students teaching online for the first time, suggestions for how we as a college community can support graduate student instructors, and their notions about the future of online learning in higher education and what this might mean for their career plans. 

Faculty, Associated Faculty, Graduate Students, and staff are invited to join us for this discussion and also bring their own questions for the panel.

Anticipated Outcomes:
By the end of the session, participants will be able to…    

  • Gain a better understanding of the needs and perspectives of graduate students engaged in online teaching
     
  • Reflect on the changing role of technology in higher education and how this may impact the careers of our current graduate students.
     
  • Consider how they and their academic units can best support graduate students in developing technology and pedagogical skills for effective online teaching

Panelists:
Lauren Chivington (Department of English)
Kaita Gurian (Department of Anthropology)
Tamryn McDermott (Department of Arts Administration, Education, and Policy)
Morgan Meleca (College of Public Health, teaches for the Center for Life Sciences Education)
Kevin Pementel (Department of Comparative Studies)

REGISTER HERE

This event will utilize auto captioning, if you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please email Jeremie Smith (smith.12199@osu.edu). Requests made by 10-25-2023 will help us to provide seamless access.