Developing an online network to promote teaching and learning
Session Type
Welcome to my Laptop
Room
FNB 2210
Start Date
4-7-2019 1:00 PM
Keywords
Network, Online, Asynchronous, Interactive, Learning Management System, Teaching and Learning, Reflection, Sharing
Primary Threads
Education Technologies and Innovative Resources
Abstract
Integrating the collective expertise of Professors, Graduate Students, Post Docs, Sessionals, and Teaching Staff is key to the continued advancement and improvement of teaching and learning. However, time constraints can inhibit opportunities to share educational practices. Therefore, we designed an online network, allowing asynchronous participation while developing community and identifying and applying successful educational practices. The network is a facilitated interactive network built within a Learning Management System, structured around weekly posts of curated content followed by prompts that allow members to engage interactively, along with a space for personal reflective practice.
In this session we will present the design of the network, results since the launch, and discussion of challenges and solutions. Development of this network allows sharing of transformational practices beyond content, focusing on techniques and experiences that are content agnostic. The outcome of this network is to create a resource based on user’s experience, provide a place for reflection, and spark the development and updating of Teaching Philosophies and Teaching Dossiers.
We endeavour for this network to provide a broadly applicable platform that can inspire similar networks at Universities and Departments across Canada. Given the diversity of Teaching and Learning Practices across Universities and disciplines, development of similar networks can provide the opportunity to distill best practices, offer responses to challenges, and enhance Teaching and Learning for students at Canadian Universities.
Elements of Engagement
During our Welcome to my Laptop session participants will be able to directly engage with our online network. We will also develop a forum where workshop participants can become content creators contributing to the network .
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Developing an online network to promote teaching and learning
FNB 2210
Integrating the collective expertise of Professors, Graduate Students, Post Docs, Sessionals, and Teaching Staff is key to the continued advancement and improvement of teaching and learning. However, time constraints can inhibit opportunities to share educational practices. Therefore, we designed an online network, allowing asynchronous participation while developing community and identifying and applying successful educational practices. The network is a facilitated interactive network built within a Learning Management System, structured around weekly posts of curated content followed by prompts that allow members to engage interactively, along with a space for personal reflective practice.
In this session we will present the design of the network, results since the launch, and discussion of challenges and solutions. Development of this network allows sharing of transformational practices beyond content, focusing on techniques and experiences that are content agnostic. The outcome of this network is to create a resource based on user’s experience, provide a place for reflection, and spark the development and updating of Teaching Philosophies and Teaching Dossiers.
We endeavour for this network to provide a broadly applicable platform that can inspire similar networks at Universities and Departments across Canada. Given the diversity of Teaching and Learning Practices across Universities and disciplines, development of similar networks can provide the opportunity to distill best practices, offer responses to challenges, and enhance Teaching and Learning for students at Canadian Universities.
