Based on the Provost’s report and SUNY Chancellor Malatras’s directive, we will present a discussion about ways to establish presence and active engagement or substantive interaction in the online/hybrid classroom and to ensure connections between:

Student and course content

Student and instructor

Student and student

We will discuss

• Regular and consistent communication with students, ensured by setting up the course in a clear and consistent way.
• Importance of scaffolded “pre-production” tasks as projects evolve: milestone assignments, such as thesis/draft/peer-review (each section graded)
• Engaging quieter students: whiteboard; backchannel chat function, polls, etc.
• Value of peer mentoring
• How to facilitate group activities
• Opportunities to seek feedback from students about how the course is going for them before the end (SEI): water cooler discussion section; midterm survey.
• Many more topics!

regular_substantive_interaction   Regular and Substantive Interaction: Meeting Student Needs for Engagement (2021) slides from our workshop

WebEx link for February 8 at 1:00 p.m.

Earlier meeting:

Fri January 15, 11:00 a.m.