Teaching and learning online can be a satisfying experience for instructors and students. Yet we also recognize that for many, the recent sudden requirement that courses be taught remotely may be challenging and stressful for everyone involved. In response to the Covid-19 crisis, the Searle Center is offering a variety of synchronous workshops for instructors, postdocs and graduate students. More resources and trainings around specific tools can be found at Northwestern’s Digital Learning website.
In addition, educators might wish to explore the following resources:
Workshops for instructors, postdocs and graduate students:
- Calendar of upcoming workshops (new sessions added weekly)
Grading and assessing learning in a Pass-NoPass Course:
Equity and Inclusion:
- Offering a statement supporting students’ basic needs on a syllabus
- Maintaining equity and inclusion in virtual learning environments
Enhancing online teaching and learning:
- Transforming online teaching from crisis to community
- Strategies for moving online in a pinch
- Moving a lab course online
- Facilitating effective online discussions
- Recorded Online Workshop: Affirming Student Identity and Fostering Inclusive Remote Classrooms
- Recorded Online Workshop: Facilitating Effective and Inclusive Discussions Online
- Recorded Online Workshop: Assessing Students’ Learning in Remote Courses using Formative Assessment
- Recorded Online Workshop: Creating Effective Discussions Online (using both synchronous and asynchronous methods)
- Video of Translating In-person Teaching Online
- Video of Blending Asynchronous and Synchronous Teaching Online
- Videos demonstrating a phone as document camera and iPad as writing tablet in Zoom
- Functioning Effectively in Virtual Teams
- Tips for making your Zoom teaching first-rate
Mentoring:
- Suggestions for Mentoring Remotely During Disruption
Experience with specific online teaching tools at Northwestern:
- A Northwestern math professor’s experience with Crowdmark
- More Northwestern stories
Keep Teaching! Discipline-specific resources (links will be added)
- Resources for teaching music education
Resources for students:
- Learning during Covid-19 (Academic Support and Learning Advancement)
- Northwestern’s Guide for participating in remote learning contexts
- COVID-19 FAQs from Health Professions Advising (HPA)
