Winthrop Conference on Teaching and Learning

We will talk briefly about traditional assessment methods then we will define the formative assessment by giving some examples of formative assessment, we will discuss how to use it in the classroom to engage students more. Based on my teaching experiences in regular classroom, I will introduce a couple of digital apps used as formative assessment techniques. These apps are designed to help you know what your students know and make you aware of which concepts need more explanations before exam day. Some of the free assessment tools that use technology are EDPuzzle, Kahoot, and others. In this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to create their own assessments using some of these apps.

Participants should bring a personal device or laptop. (Unless we can schedule the session at a lab!)

With the rise and wide acceptance of Online Education, higher education institutions now have a major tool that they can use to reach the goal of broadening their course offerings during the summer sessions. However, some challenges to increasing online course offerings remain. A major issue involves institutional commitment to helping faculty with course development. Likewise learner support is often cited as a barrier to greater online course delivery.

Winthrop University’s Exemplary Summer Online Program (WU-ESOP) is a new initiative that has been developed to help increase enrollment at the University during the summer. Grounded in andragogical principles and Blackboard’s Quality in Online Education, WU-ESOP also aims to strengthen faculty participation in the development of online courses and catalyze the creation of more engaging online learning experiences for students.

In this session, we will discuss the following:

1. Summer teaching and learning innovations and the role that online education stands to play in improving summer enrollment at master comprehensive colleges and universities.
2. How colleges and universities can provide tailored assistance and support to faculty to achieve the goal of increased summer enrollment.
3. The ways in which the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program framework is being used as part of the WU-ESOP to foster course, program, teaching and learning innovations

We believe that the Exemplary Summer Online Program is consistent with the University’s goals and policies for summer and online program offerings. Consequently, WU-ESOP will build upon existing teaching and learning efforts at Winthrop aimed at strengthening students’ achievement, retention and persistence during their undergraduate years at the University.