January 25 • How to Increase Interaction with Students
Thank you for joining us for the first webinar of the IU Online Continuing the Conversation Series with Melinda Stanley from IU Kokomo. Stanley shared the engagement techniques she used in her online courses to increase interaction between her students. She discussed how VoiceThread is used to create effective online lecture presentations open to student feedback. She also talked about the importance of course announcements and what makes this communication tool effective for students.
Melinda Stanley has worked at Indiana University Kokomo since 2005, when she oversaw the HPER-E exercise classes at the Kokomo Sports Center. In 2012, she was asked to join the board of directors of the Alumni Association. Stanley began teaching classes for the allied health sciences department as an adjunct faculty member in 2014 and was hired as a lecturer in 2015 to help teach courses in the health care management track of the Bachelor of Applied Science. She holds a Master of Public Management from IU Kokomo.
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February 8 • Leveraging Common Tools in Online Courses
Thank you for joining us for the February 8 IU Online Continue the Conversation webinar with Jenny Deranek from IU South Bend. Deranek shared her service learning online course and discussed how she incorporated common tools into the course. Deranek used Google Docs to capture student reflections throughout their service learning experience. This allowed students to build on their involvement in the project during the semester. She also integrated Zoom as a platform to meet with students as needed during the semester and as a way to perform mock interviews, a requirement for the course.
Jennifer Deranek teaches in the health promotion, rehabilitation sciences, and sport and exercise science programs at IU South Bend. She practices as a clinical athletic trainer and was the program director for Girls on the Run Michiana from 2013 to 2018. Deranek enjoys sharing her knowledge and passion for healthcare and especially enjoys encouraging students through personal/professional development. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Western Michigan University.
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March 22 • Using Scaffolding to Promote Student Interaction
Thank you for joining us to talk with Shana Stump from IUPUI about how she promotes student interaction in her online course using a scaffolding technique. Stump shared how she incorporates peer review in her course by starting with low-impact practices, building to complex peer review reflections, and culminating in a mock trial exercise. She walked through how she uses the peer review tool in Canvas with her online students. We also got a chance to see how Stump aligns learning outcomes at the assignment, course, and program levels.
Shana Stump is a clinical assistant professor of political science in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. She is an attorney licensed to practice in Indiana who served as a law clerk to an Indiana Supreme Court justice and practiced civil litigation at a large law firm before teaching full time. Stump teaches courses in the political science department and paralegal studies and legal studies programs, including Introduction to Law, Constitutional Law, Gender and the Law, Litigation, and Legal Research and Writing. She has presented at national, regional, and local teaching conferences on critical reflection, teaching critical thinking, and online course design. She has presented to lawyer and paralegal audiences on topics including the Indiana constitution and technology and the law.
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April 12 • Building Leadership Skills in a Large Online Class
Thank you for joining us for our last webinar this semester to talk with Nancy Evans about teaching online with a class of 300+ students. Evans shared the cascading technique she used to build leadership skills (a learning outcome) in her business course. The technique teaches students how to best use video conferencing (Zoom) to engage with each other in a large online setting. Not just for soft skills, this engagement method can be used in other subject areas to encourage students to work together in a virtual environment. Evans also shared how she used Canvas Studio to make her online course easy to navigate.
Nancy Evans is director of professional skills in the area of communication, professional, and computer skills at the Kelley School of Business in Bloomington. She joined Kelley in 2017 from the School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI, where she taught in the Department of Computer Information and Graphics Technology for 16 years. Evans brings experience in the business world, career coaching skills, and teaching experience to her current leadership role at the Kelley Compass program, which teaches about 7,700 undergraduates per year. She has delivered presentations at numerous conferences related to critical thinking, flipped classrooms, online learning, and students’ perceptions of meaningfulness. She has been awarded the Frank E. Burley Distinguished Professor Award for service and two Outstanding Teaching Awards. She is a Senior Mosaic Fellow and FACET member. Evans holds a PhD in Educational Studies from Ball State University.
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