Teach strategies
Check out these great sessions on various practices you can use to promote student engagement in your classes.
- Best Practices for Remote Teaching (1hr 21min): Using a combination of existing knowledge of Culturally Responsive Online Teaching practices alongside crowd-sourced strategies during the session, members of the Training & Development team and the ITS team will curate actionable steps teachers can take to improve their teaching presence, build community, and boost their content delivery within remote spaces. (session slides)
- What Works Well in Online Teaching (WWWOT): This is a set of essential practices to help instructors improve their teaching practices. The new version includes practices for engaging and inclusive online teaching, and for creating a sense of belonging. (WWWOT website and WWWOT session slides)
- Equitable Online Assignment workshop: A two-hour workshop by Kevin Kelly (PCC Spring 2022 Book Club), in which participants follow the backward design model to (re)design an online assignment with equity in mind. Consists of: Assessment – Participants will investigate methods to increase learning equity in how students complete and submit their work, and how they (the teacher) review and score that work, Engagement – Participants will identify ways to increase learning equity during assignment-related interactions (e.g., student-student peer review, teacher-student feedback), Content Review – Participants will discuss strategies for increasing equity related to reviewing content for an assignment (e.g., sharing multiple perspectives, using Open Educational Resources), and Instructions – Participants will explore an expanded Transparent Assignment Template to create equity-focused assignment instructions.
- A picture is worth a thousand words: Empower Student Voices with Images: Explore a stimulating visual alternative to text discussions during a highly inte
- Engaging Students during your Zoom Class: Learn strategies anractive session.
- Strategies for Showing Faculty Presence: Explore strategies for showing faculty presence with students in your remote class with the goal of promoting student success.d tools for promoting interaction and student engagement when meeting synchronously.
- Alternative Assessment Strategies: Learn how to evaluate student achievement of learning outcomes and what assessment methods can be used that go beyond the usual multiple-choice exams.