{"id":4459,"date":"2021-01-20T03:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cft.vanderbilt.edu\/?p=36863"},"modified":"2021-01-20T03:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:00:05","slug":"upcoming-conversation-on-teaching-synchronous-sessions-in-online-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/gradleaf\/2021\/01\/upcoming-conversation-on-teaching-synchronous-sessions-in-online-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Conversation on Teaching: Synchronous Sessions in Online Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In this Conversation on Teaching, four faculty members will share their successes and challenges in facilitating synchronous sessions in online courses this fall.<\/p>\n

Thomas Clements<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Kathy Friedman<\/strong>, both from the Department of Biological Sciences, will talk about their use of undergraduate Learning Assistants to facilitate interaction in a high-enrollment introductory course<\/p>\n

Diana Heney<\/strong>\u00a0from the Philosophy Department will discuss lessons distilled from both introductory and upper-level philosophy courses, one taught with a TA and one without.<\/p>\n

Jessica Watkins<\/strong>\u00a0from the Department of Teaching & Learning will describe approaches she found helpful for promoting small group work and effective preparation in an online course with both graduate students and upper-level undergraduates.<\/p>\n

Attendees are encouraged to bring questions and their own teaching experiences to the discussion. Questions? Contact\u00a0Cynthia.brame@vanderbilt.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Facilitator:\u00a0<\/strong>Cynthia Brame, CFT Associate Director
\n<\/strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday, January 21, 2021
\nTime:<\/strong>\u00a02-3 p.m.<\/p>\n

A Zoom link is included in the confirmation email.<\/p>\n

Register<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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