Time to Start Slacking: Returning Presence and Connection to Our Online Classrooms
April 9th at 11 am
Virtual Rooms open 15 min. before sessions
Time to Start Slacking: Returning Presence and Connection to Our Online Classrooms
Belkis Cabrera, Grant Director of WeLearn366 Institute, Padrón Campus
Does your Blackboard shell feel like a shell of your face-to-face class? Are you struggling to create an engaged and engaging learning environment? Do you feel disconnected from your students? Now more than ever, we need and crave connectivity, collaboration, and community. Luckily, there are a few team communication applications that are transforming sterile digital spaces and interactions into lively teaching and learning hubs. In this session, we will explore how educators can benefit from incorporating Slack into their curriculum. Slack is a cloud-based, intuitive, flexible instant messaging tool that allows educators and students to escape the confines of their learning management system. So, if you are longing for better quality communication and diverse forms of participation, maybe it's time to start Slack-ing.
Presenter's Biography
Dr. Belkis L. Cabrera is a teacher, mentor, consultant, and professional development facilitator, who has worked with over 100+ institutions and organizations on education reform and educational equity and has 25+ years of teaching experience. She has an M.A. in English and a Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology. Most recently, she served as Instructional Consultant for FIU's Center for the Advancement of Teaching, where she worked across departments and campuses to redesign 21 critical high enrollment, high failure (or high impact) courses. Presently, Dr. Cabrera leads the WeLearn 366 Institute at Miami-Dade College's Padrón Campus.
This session will be recorded and made available to view after May 1, 2021
