Students Active Learning and Engagement While Zooming
General description of the project
As educators faced the challenge of turning their face to face courses into fully online courses, students faced even greater challenges. Many students did not have access to technology and Internet to be able to continue their education from home and others felt isolated and confused. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a Hispanic Serving Institution and part of the City University of New York provided ongoing support to faculty and students throughout the challenging transition. Among the many tools the academic community was able to use to continue synchronous instruction was Zoom. Besides all students having access to Blackboard, the University purchased the Zoom for Education license to allow faculty and staff to host or participate in online Zoom meetings by telephone, mobile device or computer.
During this presentation the presenter will discuss the five strategies she used in her hybrid courses and proved to be effective practices in creating opportunities for active learning, engagement and establishing social presence.
Technologies
Zoom for Meeting and Blackboard
Explain project results
As part of a Hispanic Serving and Minority Serving Institution with over 50% of Hispanic/Latinx students, achieving over 85% of student attendance, participation and active engagement in online courses throughout the semester is a major accomplishment.
Why it should be considered best practice?
Among the many challenges synchronous online class sessions face are keeping students engaged and actively participating. The five strategies the presenter will be sharing helped her address these challenges in her courses with excellent results.
Highlights of your proposed presentation
The presentation will discuss online teaching strategies with Zoom and Blackboard which have been tested and proven effective and provide specific examples on how to integrate them in any course or program.
The Evaluation Committee will evaluate submitted proposals based on the following criteria. Each area will be rated on a scale from 1 to 7 (1= non-satisfactory; 7 =outstanding), for a maximum of 63 points.