Description:

Lessons from Teaching During COVID 

Over the last eight months, one million instructors in higher education in the United States have faced upheaval in their instructional practice. Prior to the COVID pandemic, ~80% of faculty in research-focused, residential universities had never taught online. Few had used asynchronous online learning approaches, thought deeply about how their students learn or sought regular feedback. Since the onset of the pandemic, we all have taught online, the majority have incorporated asynchronous online learning as well as multiple educational technologies, and many have reflected on their students’ learning and grown from their feedback. Ten times the number of faculty have sought engaged professional development in teaching than typically occurs in a year. Will this experience lead to cultural change? This talk will explore the hypothesis that massive cultural change in higher education can occur if institutions capitalize on shared faculty experiences, build communities of practice, reward continued innovation and sustain local and central support. 

Speaker:

Bennett Goldberg, PhD
Director, Research In Higher Education, Training And Evaluation
Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
Join at: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/93418604974
or livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HRe5EW0bI4k

Please note: To claim CME credit for this course, you must complete this survey within 48 hours of the event 

Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Reflect on their own experiences in teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic and connect them to generalized experiences of instructors. 
2. Describe a framework for learning that incorporates faculty, student, content and technology elements and apply the core ideas to their own instructional practice.
3. Recognize key ways cultural change in learning and teaching can be supported in higher education and identify one or two to be personally engaged in their teaching community.

Credit Designation Statement
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement
Dr. Bennett Goldberg has nothing to disclose.  Course director Dr. Mary McBride has nothing to disclose. FSM’s CME Leadership and Staff have nothing to disclose: Clara J. Schroedl, MD, Sheryl Corey, Rhea Alexis Banks and Allison McCollum.

Accreditation Statement
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.