Arizona State University Hosts "REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit" to Provide Actionable Insights for Online and Blended Teaching and Learning

TEMPE, Ariz., June 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- COVID-19 has pushed higher education faculty everywhere to learn what it means to educate students at a distance. To help faculty and administrators better understand the pedagogy and best practices of online and remote learning, Arizona State University is hosting REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit, a free virtual event designed for all faculty preparing courses for fall 2020. 

The Summit will provide a forum and support for all colleagues across higher education and help them design the most effective and engaging experiences for learners. Leading educators with extensive practical online and blended teaching and learning experience drawn from across global universities and colleges are being gathered to present immediately useful and evidence-backed practices on both subject-specific and general online teaching techniques.

REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit will take place July 13-14. Click here to register.

Over 60 thirty-minute sessions selected by group of nationally respected higher education experts will be presented at the Summit. There will be two broad categories of presentation – "Disciplines" and "Topics" all led by faculty members and master practitioners drawn from institutions across the country. The Disciplines sessions are led by faculty who are currently running large successful online courses and they will share their perspectives on best practices, pedagogy, techniques and tools to provide actionable insights around teaching their discipline to colleagues preparing courses for the fall 2020. The Topics sessions will offer intelligence and tips to support all disciplines, and specific issues addressed will include diversity and inclusion in the online classroom; effective assessment; mixed mode teaching; and techniques to promote student engagement and wellbeing.

The robust virtual environment provides a 3-D experience for attendees in an engaging digital venue.  Participants can navigate throughout interactive spaces which include a campus-like lobby setting, presentation halls with multiple sessions running simultaneously with live Q&A components, virtual booths to chat with experts, and chat lounges allowing for networking and group conversations.  The virtual environment accommodates multiple time zones, integrates social media channels and provides opportunities to share virtual business cards.

The Summit will also provide a further eight sessions on pressing policy issues for US and international higher educational institutions for University leadership, Presidents, Provosts, Deans, Department Chairs, and senior administrators who are leading their institutions through uniquely complex and challenging dynamics. These will be led by higher education leaders currently grappling with the situation.

Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, will deliver REMOTE's opening remarks. "During this unprecedented time, the fall semester promises to be complex and unusually challenging for educators and administrators," Crow said. "With technology redefining learning, we are convening REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit to bring together the best of online teaching nationwide and help higher education faculty discover immediate ways to improve online class delivery and to obtain navigation assistance around blended delivery. This is particularly a time when we in higher education need to collaborate and advance creative responses for teaching and learning."

"Faculty are preparing for the coming year in an environment of uncertainty," added David Levin, University Entrepreneur in Residence, Arizona State University and Executive Producer of REMOTE. "Student needs in this new world are going to be different and courses are going to be hybrid – combining various online and face to face elements. We're excited to offer two-days of vital information, networking and interaction that will provide faculty with insights on how to make the most of online and blended teaching."   

Summit sponsors include Founder partner the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cisco, Every Learner Everywhere and Pearson, Cengage, Chegg, MacMillan, iDesign, Cogbooks, and McGraw Hill, among others. Media partners include The Chronicle of Higher Education and Times Higher Education.

To learn more about REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit, click here.

REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit is free of charge for faculty and learning practitioners as well as administrators. Register to attend here. Attendees can gain best practices through recorded sessions from the Summit through the end of 2020.

About Arizona State University
Arizona State University has developed a new model for the American Research University, creating an institution that is committed to access, excellence and impact. ASU measures itself by those it includes, not by those it excludes. As the prototype for a New American University, ASU pursues research that contributes to the public good, and ASU assumes major responsibility for the economic, social and cultural vitality of the communities that surround it.

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