FTTC 2024: Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference: Full Schedule

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10:30am CDT

Future-Proof Your Online Course: Changing Regulations & Best Practices

Thursday October 3, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

You may have been teaching online for a while, or perhaps you're teaching online for the first time! Bring your own coffee (or beverage of choice) and join me for an engaging session to demystify U.S. Department of Education's Regular & Substantive Interaction (RSI) and attendance-taking requirements for online courses. By the end of the session, instructors, developers, and program leaders will be able to identify two or more methods by which your online course likely ALREADY satisfies current, and possibly future, federal regulatory requirements.

Speakers

Emily Thompson

Director of Online Programs, Washington University School of Medicine

Thursday October 3, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

50-minute Interactive session

Institutional Partner Washington University in St. Louis
Track Online, Hyflex & Blended Design, Professional / Faculty Development

10:30am CDT

Integrating AI in Teaching: Opportunities and Challenges

Thursday October 3, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

AI's introduction in education brings both potential benefits and concerns regarding academic integrity and learning outcomes. This session will showcase examples of AI integration in courses, share student feedback, and provide faculty tips and lessons learned.

Speakers

Ying-Hsiu Liu

Instructional Designer, Missouri Online

Molly Vetter Dreier

Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Health Sciences, University of Missouri - Columbia

Gregory Cox

Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Health Sciences and the Department of Physical Therapy, University of Missouri - Columbia

AI in Teaching Opportunities & Challenges pptx

Thursday October 3, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

50-minute Interactive session

Track AI (Generative Artificial Intelligence), Active Learning / Engagement, Professional / Faculty Development

10:30am CDT

Students Don’t Have to Hate Group Work. We Can Help

Thursday October 3, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

The ability to work in groups is a valuable learning outcome, but many of us assign students to them without sharing guidance on how to help them be successful. Let’s change that. There’s also a chance we could simultaneously learn how to work better in our own faculty and staff groups!

Speakers

Dr. Rebecca Jones

Assistant VP, Student Success and Wellness, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis

Dr. Stephanie Lukas

Associate Professor, Pharmacy Administration & Director, Unique Pharmacy Career Pathways, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis

Dr. Melanie Van Dyke

Clinical Psychologist, Department of Veterans Affairs

Students Don't Have to Hate Group Work Slideshow for UMSL Conf Fall 24 pptx

Thursday October 3, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

50-minute Interactive session

Track Active Learning / Engagement, Professional / Faculty Development

11:30am CDT

Where Do I Start? Building Online Teaching Instruction Skills

Thursday October 3, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

Targeted at beginner/intermediate online instructors, this session will examine the expectations of online instructors in efforts to assist them in building their online teaching and engagement skills. Examples of student feedback and practical tips will be shared.

Speakers

Renee Krebel

Thursday October 3, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

25-minute Information session

Institutional Partner McKendree University
Track Active Learning / Engagement, Professional / Faculty Development

1:00pm CDT

Building Awareness and Action Through Reflective Practices and AI Tools

Thursday October 3, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

Join this session to enhance your reflective teaching practices by critically examining four feedback lenses. Grounded in critical pedagogy, you'll explore strategies to meet diverse student needs. Discover how AI can assist in identifying and implementing impactful, sustainable changes in your teaching.

Link: Slide deck and resources

Speakers

Bonni Stachowiak

Dean of Teaching + Learning // Producer + Host, Vanguard University // Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast

Bonni Stachowiak gets the privilege of speaking with exceptional educators as the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Since 2014, her podcast has provided a space to explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning.Bonni is the Dean of Teaching and Learning at Vanguard University. She also a Professor of Business and Management. Teaching and learning are vital to her se... Read More →

Alexis Peirce Caudell

Lecturer, Ludy School of Informative, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University-Bloomington

Talk to me about: teaching, children's geographies, active learning strategies, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), social informatics, computing and information ethics, project based learning, teaching large courses, collaborative online international learning (COIL), supporting... Read More →

fttc24 building awareness txt

Thursday October 3, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

90-Minute Workshop

Track AI (Generative Artificial Intelligence), Inclusive Teaching / Accessible Design / UDL, Professional / Faculty Development

1:00pm CDT

Compassionate Teaching: Tools and Tips from Three Generations in Education

Thursday October 3, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

In this session you will be exposed to the perspectives of three generations of students and educators who have experience with compassionate practices in the classroom. Through interactive activities, discussions, and reflection you will identify compassionate practices to use in conjunction with your teaching style. This session is meant to be interactive. We want participants to walk away with an understanding of what compassionate teaching is, some tools to facilitate compassion, and a desire to enhance student experience in the classroom and learning process through compassion.

Objectives:

To promote an understanding of compassionate pedagogy across disciplines in the modern teaching environment, including the benefits and barriers for both student and instructor.
To support the analysis and evaluation of compassionate pedagogy in relation to participants’ current approaches.
To foster the application of compassionate pedagogy through the creation to personalized examples of practice.

Speakers

CJ Jones

LCSW, Adjunct Instructor, University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Social Work

CJ Jones (any/all) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker currently serving as an adjunct instructor in the School of Social Work at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In addition to skills gained as a graduate assistant, they also completed a certificate in university teaching... Read More →

Linda Wells-Glover, MSW, LCSW

Teaching Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis, School of Social Work

Sira Diop

Graduate Student, University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Social Work

Maddie Damann

Undergraduate Student, University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Social Work

Maddie Damann (she/her) graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and honors from the University of Missouri – St. Louis. She is currently an Intake Coordinator at the Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis. She served as an Active Learning Assistant (ALA... Read More →

FTTC 2024 Compassionate Teaching Reference List pdf

FTTC 2024 Compassionate Teaching Resource List pdf

Thursday October 3, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

90-Minute Workshop

Institutional Partner University of Missouri-St. Louis
Track Active Learning / Engagement, Inclusive Teaching / Accessible Design / UDL, Professional / Faculty Development

2:00pm CDT

AI & Academic Integrity: What Happened to Critical Inquiry?

Thursday October 3, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

The goal of this session is to provide scaffolding for institutional conversations surrounding the use of AI and its impact on academic integrity. In addition, participants will collaborate and discuss practical strategies to support students in developing critical inquiry skills through alternative assessment options.

Speakers

Kami Hancock

Instructor, East Central College

Thursday October 3, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

50-minute Interactive session

Track AI (Generative Artificial Intelligence), Alternative Assessment, Professional / Faculty Development

3:00pm CDT

Mentoring for Success in a Professional Graduate Program

Thursday October 3, 2024 3:00pm - 3:50pm CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

In this active learning session participants will learn of a unique and highly adaptable mentoring program implemented to positively impact student’s academic, professional, and personal success. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in an activity, discuss with other attendees, and will leave with tangible mentoring documents that can easily be implemented at your institution!

Speakers

Dr. Laura Landon

Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, Maryville University

Rebecca Birkenmeier

Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, Maryville University

Behaviors and Clinical Reasoning Skills For Goal Writing pdf

Mentoring Professional Development Form pdf

Mentoring For Success PDF pdf

Thursday October 3, 2024 3:00pm - 3:50pm CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

50-minute Interactive session

Track Inclusive Teaching / Accessible Design / UDL, Professional / Faculty Development

3:30pm CDT

Using OneNote to Manage Master Courses

Thursday October 3, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

This session will show you how to use OneNote with MS Teams to help instructors teaching multiple sections set up their individual sections of master courses for asynchronous online instruction and communicate issues that may arise while teaching.

Speakers

Brandy Englert

Professor of Mathematics and Department Chair, STLCC - Forest Park

Thursday October 3, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

25-minute Information session

Track Online, Hyflex & Blended Design, Professional / Faculty Development, Tech Tool Introduction