Digital Engagement: What Students Want from Your Online Class

10:15AM - 11:00AM

Great Hall Meeting Room 1

Meaningful engagement in online learning is a major challenge when teaching at the college level. Do you know what students want from your online class? In this interactive panel presentation, students from Ohio State's online Master of Learning Technologies program candidly discuss their experiences with teaching methods and technologies in higher education. Gain insight from a variety of students, and take the opportunity to ask them your questions.

Thread: Experience

Presenters:

Ana-Paula Correia

Associate Professor of Learning Technologies / Director of the Center on Education and Training for Employment

Educational Studies

The Ohio State University

correia.12@osu.edu

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Dr. Ana-Paula Correia is an Associate Professor of Learning Technologies in the Department of Educational Studies at The Ohio State University. She is currently the Director of the Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE). Dr. Correia has more than 25 years of experience in learning design and instructional systems technology. Specifically, Dr. Correia has expertise in distance education, online and mobile learning, collaborative learning and entrepreneurial education and has been published in over 30 peer-reviewed journals. She investigates these issues with her research group in Learning & Experience Design at The Ohio State University. Dr. Correia holds a M.S and Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University-Bloomington.

Cara North

Learning Experience Designer

College of Education and Human Ecology

The Ohio State University

north.129@osu.edu

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Cara North has worked in the profession of instructional design for 10 years, working in both corporate (Amazon.com) and higher education (The Ohio State University) settings. North is also a Ph.D. student in Learning Technologies at The Ohio State University. She is a member of the Learning Experience Design research group. She is a self-proclaimed professional development and social media junkie. You can often find her sharing learning technologies articles on Twitter.

Ceren Korkmaz

Graduate Student / Graduate Research Associate

Educational Studies

The Ohio State University

korkmaz.11@osu.edu

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Ceren Korkmaz has a M.A. in Human Resources Development in Education from Middle East Technical University, Turkey. She is currently a PhD student in Learning Technologies at The Ohio State University. Ceren has worked as an instructor of English and a curriculum developer for the Department of Foreign Languages (DFL) at a foundation university in Ankara/Turkey. Her work involved close contact with young adults and the Professional Development Unit within the DFL. She gave workshops to her colleagues on technology integration and conducted research on faculty technology use in classrooms. Currently, she is a Graduate Research Associate at the Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE).

Erin Clarke

Graduate Student

Educational Studies

The Ohio State University

clarke.333@osu.edu

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Erin Clarke is a doctoral student in Learning Technologies at The Ohio State University. Clarke received her B.B.A. in Management Information Systems with a minor in English Literature at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. She also holds an M.L.S. specializing in Digital Libraries from Indiana University-Bloomington. Until recently, Clarke served as the director of the Lamar University Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program.

Karen Bruce Wallace

Learning and Development Specialist

Nationwide Academy

Nationwide Insurance

kbrucewallace@gmail.com

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Dr. Karen Bruce Wallace is a Learning & Performance Specialist for the Nationwide Academy, where she designs and develops training for their sales agents. A recovering academic, she holds a Ph.D in English and a Masters of Learning Technologies from the Ohio State University. She is passionate about accessibility, gamification, and story-telling in learning design. She is a member of the Learning & Experience Design research group.

Robbie McCord

Academic Content Designer

McGraw-Hill Education

McGraw-Hill

mccordro@gmail.com

Robbie McCord is in his second year of the MLT program. He also works full-time at McGraw-Hill Education, where he coordinates the development of a fourth and fifth grade reading curriculum. Prior to joining McGraw-Hill, he taught English as a second language for a number of years. His interests, therefore, are primarily in how technology can be used to facilitate literacy and ESL instruction.

Anna Leach

Graduate Student / Graduate Associate

School of Information

University of Arizona

arleach@email.arizona.education

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Anna Leach is a Ph.D. student at the School of Information at the University of Arizona. Her main focuses are on data visualization of information obtained from learning management systems as well as literacy learning for low-literacy adults. Anna completed the Master of Learning Technologies program at the Ohio State University in 2017.

Richard Voithofer

Associate Professor of Learning Technologies

Educational Studies

The Ohio State University

voithofer.2@osu.edu

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Dr. Rick Voithofer is an Associate Professor in the Learning Technologies program at The Ohio State University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His current research interests include looking at the intersections of equity, educational technology, and new/multi literacies in urban schools.

Digital Engagement: What Students Want from Your Online Class

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