USDLA 2023 National Conference: Meet Waldorf University President Dr. Robert Alsop
Check out our interview on the Distance Learning Roundtable about Waldorf University’s Master of Education in Social-Emotional Learning
About this episode: Waldorf University has become a pioneer in online education for educators, offering four individual Master of Education programs for teachers and administrators who want to grow personally and professionally. The programs are fully online and have no set course times, so our students achieve their degrees on schedule.
In recent years, Waldorf University partnered with world-renowned educator and founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation, Erin Gruwell, to develop our M. Ed in Social Emotional Learning. The school provides all the original Freedom Writers students from Erin’s classroom with a full scholarship to our M. Ed program. It continues to support those educators who go through the Freedom Writers Foundation Institute with Waldorf University credit and a discount on tuition for those who wish to apply those credits towards their M. Ed in Social Emotional Learning.
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About our Guest: Dr. Robert Alsop is the 16th president of Waldorf University. He began his duties on September 1, 2011. In 2020, Dr. Alsop started working with world-renowned educator and founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation, Erin Gruwell, alongside life-long educator Dr. Freda Braddock, to develop Waldorf’s Master of Education in Social Emotional Learning. A firm believer in SEL, Dr. Alsop’s passion for educating the whole student and providing a place for Erin’s original class of students to achieve resulted in a world-class SEL graduate program and a powerful partnership between several thought leaders worldwide of K-12 and collegiate online education. Learn more at Waldorf.edu.
Great news: You’ll meet Dr. Alsop and Erin Gruwell at the 2023 USDLA National Conference in Orlando, FL, July 17-20.
Register before March 31st for the early bird conference rate and book your hotel now, as this year’s conference will have something for anyone involved with distance/digital learning.
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6/16 — 9am EST: Grand Opening
Don’t miss the opening of the Telepresence Center in Cape Coast
Our USDLA President Eric Jones says: It is with great excitement that we invite you to the grand opening of Oiada International’s state-of-the-art Cisco powered Telepresence Center in Cape Coast, Ghana. With Cisco technology at the core of our center, we will be ableto continue connecting students from all over the world through video conferencing while providing them a uniquely immersive educational experience.
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, we have been committed to advancing education around the world. We are proud to share that we recently won the USDLA Gold Trendsetter Award. We believe that this accolade recognizes our commitment to providing award-winning educational and experiential programs via videoconference, which takes learning well beyond the four walls of the school building.
We would be honored to have you join us either in-person or virtually via Webex for the grand opening of our new Telepresence Center on Friday, June 16th, 2023 @ 1pm GMT. By attending, you will get to tour our new Telepresence Center and see first-hand the impact of our programs on the lives of students around the world. We understand the importance of networking and building connections, which is why we’ll be serving lunch for our guests during the event.
Please RSVP at your earliest convenience to confirm your attendance and indicate if you would like to attend in-person or via Webex. We hope you’ll join us for this exciting and important event as we continue to pioneer new ways to educate the next generation of global leaders.
For in-person attendance, please RSVP via WhatsApp +1-862-368-3390. Click here to register!
Research of the Week:
Intersectionality Visualized: An Analysis of Global Feminisms — By Hannah Verster
Abstract: This paper is a detailed analysis of the Global Feminisms exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum in 2007. Seeking to understand the ways in which women curators have challenged the traditional male artistic canon through their practice, this paper engages in a close reading of the exhibition’s design and the feminist artworks within it.
This paper argues: The global feminisms exhibition visualizes intersectionality, bringing together the artistic voices of women of diverse backgrounds whose works explore colonialism, sexuality, self-identity, motherhood, nationality, and other themes to form a rich tapestry that is not contained within the frame of the European canon. This paper illuminates an important movement toward feminist curatorial activism in the spaces of museums globally.