CoTL 2021
11th Annual 黑料天堂 Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning
Wednesday, May 12 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. CST | Fully Online
Theme: Innovations in Learning: Creative Solutions for Challenging Times
Teaching during the pandemic has presented a dynamic set of obstacles, forcing us to rethink our instructional practices to design inventive, yet practical and accessible, solutions. On one level, we pivoted the mechanics of our courses, such that we rethought our content delivery, application activities, and educative assessments to fit our new virtual classroom. On another level, we developed new ways to create a community of learners, making use of our learning management systems (LMS) and other communication platforms to foster connections between students and take a step towards addressing the disconnectedness caused by the uncertainty of the pandemic. Our shared experience of responding to the challenges of shifting our courses online has led to numerous innovative solutions.
As a partnership between USA, Spring Hill College, University of Mobile, and Pathway USA community colleges including Bishop State, Coastal Alabama, Mississippi Gulf Coast, CoTL reaches a diverse audience who have all experienced the effect of the pandemic in unique ways. This year鈥檚 CoTL theme, 鈥淚nnovations in Learning: Creative Solutions for Challenging Times,鈥� seeks to celebrate and learn from how we have supported student, staff, and faculty academic and personal well being.
Factors you may consider when selecting a topic include those that have had an evidence-based impact on student learning, such as (but not limited to) consistent course and module design, transparent assignments, positive course climates and the development of social presence, student engagement techniques, and the use of technology tools, such as those native to the LMS (e.g., Discussion Forums) or external tools (e.g., student response systems, collaboration tools) that align with the overall course learning objectives. We encourage the sharing of creative uses of technology in our daily professional lives, such as Zoom, Google Meet, Google Docs, Chat, Slack, etc.
Keynote Speakers
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Presentation Types
Interactive Workshops | Pecha Kuchas | Virtual Poster Exhibit | Flipped Forums
Points of Contact
Dr. S. Raj Chaudhury, Innovation in Learning Center, schaudhury@southalabama.edu
Dr. Lisa LaCross, Innovation in Learning Center, lacross@southalabama.edu
2021 Conference Partners
