Pre-Conference Workshop M5
Use Free Research-Supported Resources to Improve Learning Environments, Ensure Academic Integrity and Help All Students Succeed
Date Wednesday, Nov 23 Time – RoomChess Price: 90.00 € Status: places available
Yaping Gao
Senior Academic Director, Member Services & Partnerships, Quality Matters, United States of America
With a doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction and concentration on instructional design and educational technology, Dr Gao has over 25 years’ experience in higher education, both in China and USA, as faculty, instructional designer, LMS manager, and online education administrator.
Dr Gao believes quality course and program design supported by research and institutional resources facilitates effective instruction, promotes student engagement and active learning, lays the foundation for student success, and supports institutional accreditation and advancement.
Since the COVID pandemic started, Dr Gao has been invited to give keynotes, featured speeches, presentations, webinars, panel sessions, and workshops for higher education communities at dozens of international conferences and events hosted by many countries on topics relating to remote teaching, online education, digital learning, academic integrity, student engagement, best practices in online teaching, assessment redesign for online courses, and quality assurance, among others.
In her current position as Senior Academic Director of Member Services and Partnerships at Quality Matters (QM), USA, Dr. Gao leads and oversees QM’s member services for 1500+ member institutions globally, and leads external collaborations and partnerships.
Dr. Gao earned her doctoral degree from Baylor University, Texas, USA, and her Master and Bachelor degrees from Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
As the result from the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, institutions are making big investments to offer online/blended/digital learning in different formats to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population.
What free resources are available to help faculty ensure that students are achieving the desired learning outcomes during remote instruction? What checklists, guidelines, recommendations, standards, and best practices can be used by faculty and instructional support staff to pivot from remote teaching to quality online and digital learning?
Outcomes
- Describe the difference between remote teaching and quality digital learning.
- Articulate importance of applying research-based standards and best practices to engage students.
- Use recommended tips from an Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist to improve remote teaching.
- Describe the major phases in designing quality online or hybrid courses.
- Use recommended design steps from a free research-supported Quality Course Design Guide to ensure academic integrity and help students succeed.
- Identify resources and training needed to improve learning environments to help all students succeed at one’s own institution.
Agenda
Participants in this workshop will be engaged to review, exam, and reflect on:
- 10:15-10:30 A research-supported quality assurance system adopted by over 1500 institutions globally.
- 10:30-11:00 An Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist, a tiered list of tips and actionable strategies to enact during emergency remote teaching.
- 11:00-11:45 Coffee Break
- 11:45-12:30 Quality Online Course Design Guide, a phased, iterative approach to be best applied to design online or hybrid courses.
- 12:30-13:00 The workshop will conclude with reflection from participates on what strategies and resources are needed and available to ensure quality teaching and learning at their own institutions and help their students succeed in the digital learning environments.
Audience
This is more geared toward educators and practitioners in higher education, including instructors, faculty, instructional/learning designers, support staff, and anyone who is interested in ensuring quality teaching and learning in the online and digital learning environment.
All levels are welcome, so we have various experience and insights to share and learn from.