Learning Café Learning Café
Challenges for Student Success in the Humanities and Engineering
Date Thursday, Nov 28 Time – RoomCharlottenburg III
Join this Learning Café to explore how student success strategies are evolving in response to diverse learning backgrounds and the integration of AI in coursework. Discover six key strategies for fostering student success and learn how to adapt them to contemporary challenges. Engage in discussions on how AI is reshaping education in both the humanities and engineering and compare outcomes across these fields to better understand the impact of these innovations.
Tamara Powell
English Professor, Kennesaw State University
Dr. Tamara Powell is a professor of English at Kennesaw State University (KSU) in the Atlanta metro area in Georgia in the US. Her research interests include African American literature and open educational resources. She co-authored Open Technical Communication (https://alg.manifoldapp.org/projects/open-technical-communication), and it won the 2022 OE Global Award for Excellence in the Open Reuse/Remix/Adaptation category (https://awards.oeglobal.org/awards/2022/open-reuse-remix-adaptation/ope…).
Tamara began teaching online in 2001 and has been hooked on this exciting and versatile medium ever since. Every semester, she tries new techniques to increase student engagement and successful completion of classes.
She has won several honors and awards, including Best Paper Award for “Student Success Innovations vs. Faculty Workload Concerns: How to Find a Balance for Success” at The Thirteenth International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning eLmL 2021 in Nice, France.
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Brayden Milam
Programme Manager , Kennesaw State University, United States of America
Stephen Bartlett
Associate Director , Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences Office of Digital Education, Kennesaw State University, United States of America
An online educator for 14+ years and former Associate Director of the RCHSS Office of Digital Education at Kennesaw State University for 6+ years, Stephen Bartlett has been involved with the evolving world of e-learning for more than half his teaching career. In addition to the thousands of students who he has taught a variety of world history topics, he has also trained 500+ faculty in online pedagogy and presented at e-learning conferences in the United States and internationally.