On April 29, 2022, the College of Arts and Sciences Office of Distance Education hosted a teaching forum to discuss incorporating High-Impact Practices (HIP) in hybrid and online courses. A growing body of research demonstrates that High-Impact Practices can lead to significant learning outcomes and provide avenues for students to apply knowledge, make interdisciplinary connections, collaborate with others, and impact varied stakeholders.
Teaching Forum Panelists
Teresa Johnson is a High-Impact Curriculum Expert working in the Office of Student Academic Success. She introduced High-Impact Practices and briefly described the role HIPs are expected to have in the new GE curriculum.
April Weintritt is an Assistant Professor of Teaching of Italian in the Department of French and Italian. She described her Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) course and how she has harnessed learning technologies to provide an immersive international learning experiences for the students in her online class
Jonathan Calede is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology on the Marion campus. Dr. Calede shared what he has been working on to facilitate student research opportunities in online and hybrid courses.
Margaret Young is an Associate Professor of Music and Director of Academic Enrichment on the Lima campus. Dr. Young discussed her efforts designing a service-learning hybrid course that she plans to offer next academic year.
List of links and resources that were referenced during the panel discussion:
ASC Office of Distance Education Instructional Design Consultations
ASC Distance Education GE Course Design Institute
Second-year Transformational Experience Program (STEP)
High-Impact Practices: Enhancing the Student Experience (Teaching and Learning Resource Center)
COIL/Virtual Exchange Learning Community