Beth Petitjean, Digital Learning Specialist, Reinert Center Despite having been an undergraduate student many moons ago, it wasn’t until I started teaching that I ever considered student well-being. I’ve often wondered how many of my teachers ever intentionally considered it either. Looking back to my undergraduate years in Pennsylvania as a theater major, there is… Continue reading A Little Bit Goes a Long Way in Supporting Student Well-Being
Category: Distance Teaching
Resources Revisited: Assessing Students Mid-Semester
by Beth Petitjean, Digital Learning Specialist, Reinert Center Welcome to the Reinert Center’s new feature, Resources Revisited. This series highlights existing resources available to the SLU community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. It’s October. That time of year when pumpkin spice is everywhere and mid-semester assessments… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Assessing Students Mid-Semester
Introducing the Reinert Center’s Updated Online University Teaching Skills Certificate
by Eric Royer, Program Director, Reinert Center The Reinert Center has updated its Online University Teaching Skills Certificate. This newest addition to our long-standing certificate program is designed for SLU faculty and graduate students teaching in a distance format, and is meant to be a deeper dive into distance teaching topics and techniques. To provide… Continue reading Introducing the Reinert Center’s Updated Online University Teaching Skills Certificate
Resources Revisited: Course Design
by Robert Cole, Program Director, Reinert Center The Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. As many of us close out the semester and move into the summer, we begin thinking about – now that we have… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Course Design
Fall Disruptions: Instructional Continuity amid Changing Circumstances
by Beth Petitjean, Ph.D., Digital Learning Specialist, Reinert Center We’re a few weeks into the Fall semester. That time when everyone is in a groove, when they’ve found their footing with the course work and the schedule, and the exhaustion that comes with all that hasn’t set in yet. The bloom of motivation is still… Continue reading Fall Disruptions: Instructional Continuity amid Changing Circumstances
Book Review: Creating Inclusive Online Communities (2022) by Sharla E. Berry
by Beth Petitjean, Ph.D., Digital Learning Specialist, Reinert Center How do you define community? How do you define inclusivity? Or, even, how do you know when your class is an engaged, inclusive learning community? We tend to throw these words around a lot, but how often do we really stop and ask ourselves what we… Continue reading Book Review: Creating Inclusive Online Communities (2022) by Sharla E. Berry
Designing for Student Wellbeing in Online, Distance Courses
by Eric Royer, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Data from the 2022-2023 Healthy Minds Study[1] indicate that mental health challenges remain a vexing problem for students, with more than two-thirds of student respondents reporting that they felt isolated sometimes or often, 41 percent reporting symptoms of mild to moderate depression, and 34 percent reporting feelings of… Continue reading Designing for Student Wellbeing in Online, Distance Courses
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