Motivating Students Online Book Chapter Discussion √ §
Part of the FDC Diverse Classroom Series!
Location
Online
Date & Time
October 21, 2020, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Description
Motivating students during remote instruction can be an ongoing challenge. In an FDC book discussion last spring, we discussed the importance of motivation for student success and shared some strategies to keep students engaged in their learning. Please join your colleagues to revisit this important issue as we discuss a new reading, Chapter 5, “Motivating Elements: Course Policies, Communications, Assessments, and More,” in Online Teaching at Its Best by Linda Nilson and Ludwika Goodson, 2017. The chapter applies ideas from research on motivation to common online teaching challenges and suggests practical solutions to help instructors keep students striving. Bring your lunch or a snack and join in the conversation!
Participants may access the ebook online at any time through the AOK library in advance of the session using the following step-by-step instructions:
√ Counts toward ALIT Certificate
Participants may access the ebook online at any time through the AOK library in advance of the session using the following step-by-step instructions:
- Log into myUMBC
- Go to the AOK Library Website
- In the AOK OneSearch box, type the book title and press Search
- Locate the ebook, and click on the link to Online Access under the descriptive information
√ Counts toward ALIT Certificate
§ Counts towards INNOVATE Certificate
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The Diverse Classroom Series
UMBC’s Faculty Development Center continues the Diverse Classroom Series launched in February 2017!
Sessions in this series are designed to help you capture UMBC’s strengths in diversity to create vibrant learning environments--environments that effectively challenge and support every student. During interactive sessions, faculty and staff colleagues will help you address challenges and explore key questions, for example,
UMBC’s Faculty Development Center continues the Diverse Classroom Series launched in February 2017!
Sessions in this series are designed to help you capture UMBC’s strengths in diversity to create vibrant learning environments--environments that effectively challenge and support every student. During interactive sessions, faculty and staff colleagues will help you address challenges and explore key questions, for example,
- How can you learn about your classroom audience to better connect with your students and reflect on their learning needs?
- How can you make your classroom more hospitable for all learners?
- How can you handle sensitive discussions in your classroom?
- How can you ensure that students from different academic and social backgrounds and with different physical and cognitive abilities experience classrooms where they are welcomed, challenged, and supported?
- Faculty and staff who aspire to make their classrooms more inclusive of our diverse student population.
- For additional resources, see https://fdc.umbc.edu/teaching/the-diverse-classroom/
