Synchronous (Session) Getting on the Same (Web)Page: What Teachers, Students, and Administrators Believe about Online Learning more

Sat, Nov 6, 18:00-18:45 Asia/Seoul

This workshop is intended for teachers who use online techniques but encounter passive (or not-so-passive) pushback from students or administrators. While teachers have learned much about online education in the past two years, journal entries and interviews with university students show that they have not yet fully integrated online methodologies into their learner identities, causing a gap between our expectations and their expectations. For the same reason, administrators may have overly-inflated or outright inaccurate ideas about online learning. (We can double the size of our classes!) During this workshop, we’ll describe and discuss the changing role of classroom (face-to-face) time from both pedagogical and personal perspectives, and examine common problems of online learning from the viewpoint of our students. Participants will be invited to share relevant experiences, and will leave with two or three specific plans (“I will…” statements) for increasing awareness of both the potential and the limitations of online learning among students and, if applicable, administrators. MYSTERY EASTER EGG