Faculty Reflections on Teaching in the COVID-19 Era: Faculty Forum Video Now Available!
Dear Faculty Colleagues,
The recording from our first virtual Faculty Forum, this one on “Faculty Reflections on Teaching in the COVID-19 Era,” is now available. Key trends from faculty presenters included the importance of communication with students and the benefits of a well-designed Canvas course.
Debbie Fetter, Department of Nutrition, shared how her experience of online teaching has changed, from the intentionally online classes she has taught in the past to the remote teaching that all of us are doing this quarter. To help students during this transition to remote teaching and the related necessary adjustments in student expectations, Dr. Fetter highlights the value of communication. As she teaches large classes (500-800 students), she uses a variety of communication strategies, including the following:
Kristin Kiesel, Agricultural and Resource Economics, shared her Canvas course with participants, noting the variety of activities and assignments she uses to help students stay engaged with the course. She also highlighted the importance of addressing the anxiety students are feeling during this time and ways in which the design of course activities can help students with this anxiety.
In addition, to the talented experts that joined us, we also had a robust discussion on tips and tricks for teaching with video during Zoom lectures.
The first virtual faculty forum provided us an opportunity to check in with our talented colleagues and share our experiences teaching in this unprecedented time. I look forward to a lively asynchronous May DOLCE discussion on Twitter with #ucdavisdolce.
Best,
Andy Jones
Academic Associate Director, Academic Technology Services
The recording from our first virtual Faculty Forum, this one on “Faculty Reflections on Teaching in the COVID-19 Era,” is now available. Key trends from faculty presenters included the importance of communication with students and the benefits of a well-designed Canvas course.
Debbie Fetter, Department of Nutrition, shared how her experience of online teaching has changed, from the intentionally online classes she has taught in the past to the remote teaching that all of us are doing this quarter. To help students during this transition to remote teaching and the related necessary adjustments in student expectations, Dr. Fetter highlights the value of communication. As she teaches large classes (500-800 students), she uses a variety of communication strategies, including the following:
- conveying information in multiple places in her Canvas course,
- personalizing announcements with the use of emojipedia.org, and
- using a message board, like Piazza, to allow students to pose questions publicly, and thus ease the email overload for instructors.
Kristin Kiesel, Agricultural and Resource Economics, shared her Canvas course with participants, noting the variety of activities and assignments she uses to help students stay engaged with the course. She also highlighted the importance of addressing the anxiety students are feeling during this time and ways in which the design of course activities can help students with this anxiety.
In addition, to the talented experts that joined us, we also had a robust discussion on tips and tricks for teaching with video during Zoom lectures.
The first virtual faculty forum provided us an opportunity to check in with our talented colleagues and share our experiences teaching in this unprecedented time. I look forward to a lively asynchronous May DOLCE discussion on Twitter with #ucdavisdolce.
Best,
Andy Jones
Academic Associate Director, Academic Technology Services