Practical Solutions for Faculty: Engaging Students

Engaging students in learning is a quintessential goal of educators. Yet it can be difficult for faculty to create an engaging learning environment. How do you strengthen your skills to better engage your students?

Practical Solutions for Faculty: Engaging Students is your answer.

Practical Solutions for Faculty: Engaging Students gathers best practices and creative thinking to add engagement strategies to each stage of teaching:

• Course Design
• Course Delivery
• Assignments and Assessments
• and Engagement in the Online Classroom

This 10-hour Magna Online Course is a comprehensive study on student engagement and active learning from a variety of well-respected educators. Each area features a plethora of short programs that cover highly important questions and topics related to student engagement. This collection of programs will leave you with practical ideas for you to implement right away in your own classroom!

Whether you are teaching face-to-face, online, or in a blended setting, Practical Solutions for Faculty: Engaging Students is your one-stop shop for all things student engagement. A wealth of practical strategies and advice from experienced educators is waiting for you!

This asynchronous course also features transcripts, note-taking guides, supplementary materials, and regular assessments to enhance your learning, as well as a certificate of completion at the end of the course.

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Learning Goals

After completing Practical Solutions for Faculty: Engaging Students, you’ll be able to:

• Write “discussable” questions that promote critical thinking and dialogue
• Discover teaching strategies to promote inclusion
• Pinpoint how microactivities might be integrated into your class
• Apply the 5Cs of storytelling to your lectures
• Explain four activities to generate student conversation and engagement
• Learn a variety of classroom assessment techniques
• Recognize practical ways to build swift trust and sustain it throughout an online course
• Compare and contrast four types of listening and evaluate which type matches your goals for a particular lesson: Extractive Listening, Listening to Build Community, Critical Listening, and Co-creative Listening

Who Will Benefit From This Course:

• Faculty
• Educational Developers
• Instructional Designers

Group Enrollment:

Discount pricing is available for multiple seats purchased at the same time.
For 10 or more seats, please contact Magna Sales at sales@magnapubs.com or call 800-433-0499 ext. 183 to receive a customized quote.

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The course enrollment will expire one year from date of purchase.

Product Code: PO21AA

Meet Your Presenters

Claire Howell Major, PhD
Professor of Higher Education, The University of Alabama

Kristin Ziska Strange
Associate Director of Online Program Development & Instructional Design, Tufts University

Wren Mills, PhD
Pedagogical Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University

Marie Norman, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Megwen Loveless, PhD
Senior Professor of Practice and Director, Tulane University

Sarah Lovern, PhD
Professor of Biology, Concordia University Wisconsin

Susan Wehling, PhD
Professor of Spanish, Valdosta State University

Fiona Hunt, MLIS
Program Chair and Instructor in the Library and Information Technology Program, Langara College

Rebecca Zambrano, MA
Director of Online Learning, Edgewood College

Jeremy Caplan
Director of Teaching and Learning, CUNY

B. Jean Mandernach, PhD
Professor and Executive Director, Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching, Grand Canyon University

Courtney Plotts, PhD
National Chair, CASEPS