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Extending Your Reach: How to Flex & Grow as an Educator
Are you a new college faculty looking to develop your teaching skills and confidence in the classroom? Or, perhaps you are an experienced professor who wants to level up your skillset? In this episode, Angela speaks with Dr. B. Jean Mandernach, Dr. Eileen O'Brien, and Rush's own Peg Checchi about how faculty can increase confidence in their teaching and improve their skills. Practical and action-oriented suggestions are given, all of which are supported by best practice recommendations. Among other topics, guests discuss the importance of relationship building, faculty learning communities and peer mentoring, professional development opportunities, and of course, our invaluable centers for teaching and learning.
Many thanks to our esteemed guests!
Dr. B. Jean Mandernach is Executive Director of the Center for Innovation in Research on Teaching at Grand Canyon University. Her research focuses on enhancing student learning experiences in the online classroom through innovative instructional and assessment strategies. She explores strategies for integrating efficient online instruction in a manner that maximizes student learning, satisfaction, and engagement. In addition, she has interests in innovative faculty development and evaluation models, teaching and learning analytics, emergent instructional technology, and faculty workload considerations. Jean is an active researcher, author, presenter, and consultant in the field of online education.
Dr. Eileen O’Brien is a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Psychology. She joined the department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2003 and has been a Course Redesign Fellow through the National Center for Academic Transformation and within the University System of Maryland. Awarded the 2015 University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Dr. O’Brien maintains associate faculty membership in the Gender and Women’s Studies department teaching cross-listed courses in Gender and Psychology, and teaches varied courses in family and child psychology. Dr. O’Brien has also led several Scholarship of Teaching and Learning workshops related to pedagogical innovation. She worked with the UMBC Faculty Development Center to create the Faculty Learning Communities program.
Peg Checchi, M.Ed. is an Instructional Designer with Rush University's Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTEI). She began her career in the culinary world and subsequently in culinary education, and has worked for over twenty years in instructional design & technology. Peg has an M.Ed. in Education, Learning & Technology and has cultivated a lifetime of learning, continuously rolling new layers into her skill set. Enthusiastic, passionate, and committed to advancing higher education, she is dedicated to teaching and enhancing the learning experience for faculty and students.
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By CTEIAre you a new college faculty looking to develop your teaching skills and confidence in the classroom? Or, perhaps you are an experienced professor who wants to level up your skillset? In this episode, Angela speaks with Dr. B. Jean Mandernach, Dr. Eileen O'Brien, and Rush's own Peg Checchi about how faculty can increase confidence in their teaching and improve their skills. Practical and action-oriented suggestions are given, all of which are supported by best practice recommendations. Among other topics, guests discuss the importance of relationship building, faculty learning communities and peer mentoring, professional development opportunities, and of course, our invaluable centers for teaching and learning.
Many thanks to our esteemed guests!
Dr. B. Jean Mandernach is Executive Director of the Center for Innovation in Research on Teaching at Grand Canyon University. Her research focuses on enhancing student learning experiences in the online classroom through innovative instructional and assessment strategies. She explores strategies for integrating efficient online instruction in a manner that maximizes student learning, satisfaction, and engagement. In addition, she has interests in innovative faculty development and evaluation models, teaching and learning analytics, emergent instructional technology, and faculty workload considerations. Jean is an active researcher, author, presenter, and consultant in the field of online education.
Dr. Eileen O’Brien is a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Psychology. She joined the department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2003 and has been a Course Redesign Fellow through the National Center for Academic Transformation and within the University System of Maryland. Awarded the 2015 University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Dr. O’Brien maintains associate faculty membership in the Gender and Women’s Studies department teaching cross-listed courses in Gender and Psychology, and teaches varied courses in family and child psychology. Dr. O’Brien has also led several Scholarship of Teaching and Learning workshops related to pedagogical innovation. She worked with the UMBC Faculty Development Center to create the Faculty Learning Communities program.
Peg Checchi, M.Ed. is an Instructional Designer with Rush University's Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTEI). She began her career in the culinary world and subsequently in culinary education, and has worked for over twenty years in instructional design & technology. Peg has an M.Ed. in Education, Learning & Technology and has cultivated a lifetime of learning, continuously rolling new layers into her skill set. Enthusiastic, passionate, and committed to advancing higher education, she is dedicated to teaching and enhancing the learning experience for faculty and students.
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