USDLA Free Friday Webinars!
You won’t want to miss the upcoming Free Friday Webinars from USDLA. See the upcoming sessions below! Click here to register: usdla.org/usdla-friday-webinar-series
And be sure to also sign up for events from our sponsors: Below, find information about today’s webinar by Yellowdig at 7:30 PM tonight!
We look forward to seeing you at these fabulous events! — USDLA team
Tonight: Yellowdig Learner Engagement Summit 2023, 7:30 PM Eastern
USDLA Members: Don’t miss this no-cost conference, which will have many great opportunities for you to learn from your peers and discuss the future of education. Below are some highlights of what to expect from the event.
- Yellowdig will kick off the first day with a short introduction from founder and CEO Shaunak Roy. Then, he will turn it over to Mark Milliron, President, and CEO of National University.
- The day will flow following how a student would engage with an institution’s offerings across their time with the institution. For example, we’ll discuss orientation and co-curricular activities with the University of Michigan and Depaul University.
- Throughout the two days, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from Yellowdig users innovatively and effectively driving engagement in their courses across many subjects, including Philosophy, Business, Language Learning, and Clinical/fieldwork.
- There will be options to attend roundtable discussions featuring leaders, designers, and faculty members from institutions including Arizona State University, Boston University, Babson College, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of Central Florida, and others.
- Each day, we’ll conclude with a riveting keynote from a prominent leader in the field. On January 11th, we will hear from Thomas Cavanagh, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Digital Learning at the University of Central Florida. On January 12th, we’ll conclude the conference with a message from Richard Senese, Ph.D., L.P., President of Capella University.
Click here to register and learn more about the schedule and speakers!
Friday, Jan. 13: Leadership Perspectives on Rural Distance Learning
Presenter: Dr. Matt Newlin, 1 PM EST
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the countless ways rural and remote students are disadvantaged in higher education, particularly regarding distance learning. While institutions were quickly pivoting to online learning during the pandemic, little thought was put into whether or not some students would even have reliable broadband access once the campuses were closed. As we come out of the pandemic, very few substantive changes have been made to account for students and communities whose access to online or distance learning is restricted by geography or technological limitations. Students still struggle with access to distance learning, creating inequitable opportunities and outcomes for rural populations.
In this session: Participants will learn about the most critical issues for institutions providing distance learning to students who live in rural or remote communities. Discussions will be based on present research and examples of practical changes already being implemented by institutions and organizations. Attendees will have the chance to critique their approach to serving rural and remote students and learn how they address their rural populations’ needs from other colleagues.
Click here to register for the webinar: usdla.org/usdla-friday-webinar-series
Jan. 20: Leadership decisions in faculty training for online teaching and learning
Presenter: Lisa A. Clark, EdD, Senior Product Manager, Learn Ultra
Distance education has evolved into a trusted, necessary, and expected form of delivering higher education content, no longer considered a fad or a new method of instruction. Due to the rapid growth of distance education offerings, early participating faculty needed more training, guidance, or standards regarding building their virtual courses. Fast forward to 2020 and the shutdown of in-person instruction worldwide, most Instructors needed more time to be ready to address the differences between synchronous (traditional face-to-face) and asynchronous (via distance education) learning environments. Now, more than ever, students expect online education offerings at their institutions and may obtain their entire degree program via distance.
In this session: Participants will learn the best ways to encourage training for online teaching and what is truly important to instructors regarding their preference for training and incentives for training. These topics and more will be shared in this session to outline ideas related to leadership decisions for online teaching and learning training.
Click here to register for the webinar: usdla.org/usdla-friday-webinar-series