Recently, Walker 416 was filled to capacity with faculty, staff, and pizza; all gathered together for the latest in ITG\u2019s Faculty Showcases. The topic this semester was \u201cstudent interaction\u201d, and we at ITG were lucky to get three outstanding professors to present: Kevin Miller of WLP, Mary Harkins of Performing Arts, and Paul Mihailidis of Marketing\/Communication.<\/p>\n
Kevin Miller\u2019s presentation focused on student discussion in his online course \u201cNovel into Film,\u201d which he offers during the summer sessions. He enthused about how empowering the Canvas discussion medium can be for showcasing students\u2019 thoughts and opinions. \u201cI\u2019ve been surprised at the sophistication of many of the online discussions. They can be orders of magnitude more nuanced than is sometimes possible in a regular classroom.\u201d Many have expressed to ITG that students can sometimes be shy about participating in classroom discussions, and Kevin agreed. \u201cSome students I\u2019ve thought were very good in person have absolutely blown my doors off online. I\u2019ve had occasion to write students telling them that they taught me<\/i> something today.\u201d Kevin also mentioned that facilitating online discussions involves a lot of work, especially as the due date approaches. \u201cWhen discussions have blown up, I\u2019ve spent many a Saturday night at my computer,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
Professor Mary Harkin\u2019s presentation focused on her use of video lectures, discussions, and online quizzes. Broken down into 87 individual clips, her \u201cAmerican Clothes in the 20th Century\u201d course relied on online quizzes to test students\u2019 mastery of the material. In her use of the Discussion feature, she took a slightly different approach than Kevin in her discussions, since she required students to post a comment before they could read other comments. This was done to keep students from using the \u201cI think the same thing\u201d response. As to her videos, the secret to her success was a software title called \u201cScreenFlow\u201d. This allowed her to have a stronger voice within the online class, as she did voice-overs for all of her PowerPoints. One great takeaway was how she broke these larger lectures down into smaller, more manageable chunks for online classes.<\/p>\n
Professor Paul Mihailidis\u2019 focus was on the use of the Calendar feature of Canvas and feedback to students in the \u201cCommunications, Media and Society\u201d course. The course itself is separated into a weekly lecture and then smaller break-out classes, so synching is was a must among the instructors. Using the Canvas Calendar feature, Paul was able to keep due dates organized among students and coordinate among the other faculty. He also went over how he used the Gradebook in Canvas, especially the Media Recording options. Everything in the course is paperless, as all assignments are downloaded and uploaded via Canvas. \u201cThe \u2018I didn\u2019t know how to upload\u2019 is the same excuse we\u2019ve all heard before, just a different medium,\u201d Paul said of the online assignments. As for his video feedback, he explained that students could \u201cengage with video better than just reading comments.\u201d His rubrics for each assignment also helped make it clear as to what was expected of the students, allowing more time in class for discussion and less on an explanation of each assignment.<\/p>\n
ITG would like to thank everyone who attended. To those who couldn\u2019t make it and find the ideas here have piqued your interest, get in touch with ITG! We\u2019d love to help you go further with integrating technology into your class. ITG can be reached via email at itg@emerson.edu or by calling 617-824-8090.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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