Dear CIDER Member,
We invite you to our first session for the 2020 COHERE-CIDER Sessions series on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. This free, online session will feature Alysia Wright and Haboun Bair of the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Calgary.
Title: Creating a Community of Learning in the Zoom Classroom: Strategies for Establishing a Positive Online Learning Environment
The Zoom classroom is similar to a face-to-face setting in that it allows for a synchronous gathering in which students and instructors can see and speak to each other in real time. However, the Zoom classroom presents some unique challenges, such as lack of engagement, barriers to developing rapport between students and instructors, and learning how to navigate the online classroom.
In this presentation, we discuss strategies for creating a community of learning in Zoom classrooms. By establishing a sense of community, shared ownership of the learning space, and clear expectations for both students and instructors, we suggest that instructors can not only anticipate but mitigate the challenges that might otherwise compromise learning in the Zoom classroom. This session is broadly relevant to instructors, academic staff, teaching assistants, and other folks who are finding themselves making sense of an online learning environment.
When: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 - 11am to 12noon Mountain Time (Canada)
Where: Online through Adobe Connect at:
https://athabascau.adobeconnect.com/cider
Registration is not required; all are welcome. The COHERE-CIDER Sessions are recorded and archived for later viewing through the CIDER website:
http://cider.athabascau.ca/sessions
About the 2020 COHERE-CIDER Sessions Series
The 2020 COHERE-CIDER Sessions Series features presentations by leading researchers in distance, distributed, and online learning.
As many educational institutions have turned to alternate delivery modes for their programs, in response to the current Covid-19 pandemic, COHERE, Canada's Collaboration for Online Higher Education Research, has decided to move the 2020 Annual Conference into an alternative format.
Starting September 2020, COHERE is partnering with the Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research (CIDER) to offer an ongoing series of current research and evidence-informed practice webinars focused on online and blended learning, in Canadian higher education. Each month a presenter or a panel of presenters will share research findings and facilitate discussion focused on a relevant topic or issue. The webinar series is designed to showcase current Canadian research on online and blended learning and how it is informing practice. This series of synchronous virtual sessions provides an opportunity for knowledge dissemination among researchers, practitioners, instructional designers, and educational developers.
Call for Proposals: If you wish to present your research in this webinar series, please visit the COHERE website for the latest information, presentation dates, and proposal form:
http://cohere.ca
About CIDER
CIDER is supported by the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL) and the Centre for Distance Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Athabasca University: Canada's Open University and leader in professional online education.
The Sessions and their recordings are open and available to all, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
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