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

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9:00am CDT

Supporting Diverse Learners in Online Courses

Friday October 4, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

This presentation will focus on supporting diverse learners in online courses. The discussion will include key considerations, such as offering course content in various formats, providing diverse assessment options, ensuring accessible technology, and fostering student engagement and community building.

Speakers

Dushanthi Herath

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Maryville University

Sharmila Sivalingham

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Maryville University

Friday October 4, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

25-minute Information session

Track Active Learning / Engagement, Inclusive Teaching / Accessible Design / UDL, Online, Hyflex & Blended Design

9:30am CDT

SESSION CANCELED: Curriculum Transformation: A “UOI” Model for a Radical Course Redesign

Friday October 4, 2024 9:30am - 10:20am CDT

UPDATE: Due to extenuating circumstances, this session has been canceled.

Speakers

Avery Levinger

Assistant to Senior Presidential Advisors, Duquesne University

Johan Bester

Associate Dean for Preclerkship Curriculum, Saint Louis University

Fred Buckhold, MD

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University

Friday October 4, 2024 9:30am - 10:20am CDT

50-minute Interactive session

Track Active Learning / Engagement, Inclusive Teaching / Accessible Design / UDL, Online, Hyflex & Blended Design

11:00am CDT

Being Open about OER: Perceptions, Use, and Impact

Friday October 4, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

In this session, the presenters will describe the experience of adopting an open educational resource for a course, the motivation to adapt that open educational resource, and the steps they took to manage an OER adaptation project . The participants will be engaged with prompting questions and conversation points during each section of the presentation, and they will be given time to brainstorm and discuss the challenges, motivations, tools, and support they have at their own campuses to take on similar projects.

Speakers

Treasa Bane

Treasa is responsible for supporting copyright information policy and education, delivering services and outreach to faculty, students, and staff regarding topics such as fair use, authors’ rights, Creative Commons licensing, and privacy that connect to teaching, research, and library... Read More →

Dorris Scott

Academic Director of Data Studies, Washington University - School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Friday October 4, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

50-minute Interactive session

Institutional Partner Washington University in St. Louis
Track Inclusive Teaching / Accessible Design / UDL, Online, Hyflex & Blended Design, Open Educational Resources (OER) / eBooks

11:00am CDT

Online, On Their Own Time: Designing Diverse Faculty Development Opportunities

Friday October 4, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

While “lunch and learns” and in-person and synchronous online faculty workshops still exist and serve a distinct purpose in building communities of practice in higher education, more and more faculty development happens when instructors are online, on their own time. This six-person, interactive panel seeks to explore how and why we design asynchronous faculty development opportunities for instructors at Missouri Online and Washington University in St. Louis and to share with others what we’re learning along the way.

Speakers

Michaella Thornton

Instructional Specialist, Washington University in St. Louis

Instructional designer by day; creative writer by night / instructor of analytical writing at a women's prison and online instructor for continuing and professional studies students @WashU / lover of all things digital, creative, and kind

Manon Allard-Kropp

Instructional Designer, Missouri Online

Instructional Designer, Missouri Online.I am an instructional designer at Missouri Online where I collaborate with instructors to develop student-centered, digitally accessible, and inclusive online learning experiences for all learners. My work is informed by over 10 years of experience... Read More →

Lindsay Meador

Accreditation and Senior Program Manager, Washington University, School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Emily Thompson

Director of Online Programs, Washington University School of Medicine

Bryant (Laz) Lazenby

Instructional Designer, Missouri Online

Friday October 4, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

50-minute Interactive session

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

1:00pm CDT

Diving Deeper into Digital Accessibility in the Learning Management System

Friday October 4, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

How can you make a complicated image or graph accessible when you are limited to 120 characters of alternative text? Why can't tables have merged cells and what can you do with them? Attend this session to dive deeper into digital accessibility and learn how to address unique problems.

Speakers

Sybil Morgan

Instructional Media Specialist, St. Louis Community College

Friday October 4, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

50-minute Interactive session

Institutional Partner St. Louis Community College
Track Inclusive Teaching / Accessible Design / UDL, Professional / Faculty Development

1:00pm CDT

The Role of Embedded Tutoring in Online Courses

Friday October 4, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

Embedded tutoring is a structure that can help in high-risk/high-failure rate courses and can work for both online and on-ground classes. Maryville University has had recent success with a strengths-based, positive approach to embedded tutoring. Participations will understand the challenges of scaling an embedded tutor program and strategies for meeting those challenges.

Speakers

Alex Wulff

Director of Multimodal Composition and the Writing Studio, Maryville University

Christina Branson

English Instructor and AD of the Maryville University Writing Studio, Maryville University

Gage Putnam

Lead Tutor, Maryville University

Cadie Buschjost

Lead Tutor, Maryville University

DeMya Jackson

Lead Tutor, Maryville University

Friday October 4, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

50-minute Interactive session

Track Active Learning / Engagement, Inclusive Teaching / Accessible Design / UDL, Online, Hyflex & Blended Design

2:00pm CDT

DIY Course Content: Inclusive, Accessible, and Engaging Design with OER

Friday October 4, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

Switching to an OER text can be intimidating to those who care about accessibility. This panel explores ideas on abandoning publisher created activities for more inclusive and affordable options while still maintaining a high standard of accessibility.

Speakers

Grace Moser

Professor of History, St Charles Community College

I'm a professor in history at St. Charles Community college where I strive to teach relevant and meaningful history to all of my students. I am a big believer in UDL and inclusive teaching. As someone who teaches at an open-enrollment, publicly funded college, I believe in the mission... Read More →

Friday October 4, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

25-minute Information session

Institutional Partner St. Charles Community College
Track Active Learning / Engagement, Inclusive Teaching / Accessible Design / UDL, Open Educational Resources (OER) / eBooks