L&S Learning Support Services offers a free non-credit professional development online course intended for lecturers and graduate teaching assistants in L&S departments. The course focuses on basic knowledge and skills to effectively facilitate a course online using technologies available at UW-Madison. Participants receive a digital certificate of completion from the College of Letters & Science, can opt-in to being listed on our website, and will prepare materials for future use in a course or to include in an online teaching portfolio.
- Who: Instructional Staff & Graduate Students in L&S
- When: March 23 – 27, 2020
- Where: Online (Canvas)
- Why: Online instruction requires unique facilitation strategies, as well as fluency with new teaching technologies. Equipping instructors with these skills is crucial to facilitating student learning and meeting demand at the institutional level for online courses.
Plan to Participate
Prior to applying, please consider the following regarding scheduling:
- Based on the experience of participants from prior sessions, students who enroll should plan to spend 3-4 hours per day completing the online course requirements. This equals 15-20 total hours over 5 days.
- If you are new to using Canvas, there are additional training opportunities built into the course, which add approximately 3-4 hours to the course requirements.
- In addition to asynchronous online course components, there are also synchronous group video conferences and live online office hours with the instructor. The dates and times for these will be decided based on the availability of the group, but participants must have some flexibility and availability to participate synchronously.
Past Participants
We are proud to have worked with the following graduate students, who have successfully completed the course:
| wdt_ID | Participant | Department(s) or Institute(s) | Year Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danya Al-saleh | Geography | 2017 |
| 2 | Carlos Andrés Rojas | Spanish and Portugese | 2018 |
| 3 | Jack Bish | Anthropology | 2017 |
| 4 | Chen Chen | German, Nordic, and Slavic | 2018 |
| 5 | Christine Evans | German, Nordic, and Slavic | 2018 |
| 6 | Jee Jee Kim | Sociology | 2018 |
| 7 | Josh Mund | Philosophy | 2018 |
| 8 | Martin Kimathi Muthee | African Cultural Studies | 2018 |
| 9 | Anna R. Oltman | Political Science | 2017 |
| 10 | Emma Prendergast | Philosophy | 2017 |
Past & Current Instructors
Lane Sunwall (LSS Learning Technologies Teaching Assistant) initially developed and facilitated the course. In the summer of 2018, Naomi Salmon (LSS Open Educational Resources Teaching Assistant) updated and facilitated the course.
For AY2019-2020, our current Learning Technologies Teaching Assistant, Erwin Lares, will be our lead instructor. Erwin has many years of teaching experience, at both the high school and college levels, and is a current dissertator in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese.
