Past Event Category: Pre-Service Week
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Jun 9Building Engagement & Community in Online Language Classrooms
Featuring: Umar Anjum, Precious Arao, Jana Martin
A forum for WISLI instructors to explore student engagement and community-building in virtual language classrooms. The session will begin with brief presentations from instructors sharing practical tools, activities, routines, and approaches that have worked well in their online courses, followed by an overview of recent research on student engagement in WISLI programs. During an informal …
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Jun 9Supporting Student Mental Health: The Role of Instructors and TAs
University Health Services and the Division for Teaching and Learning are partnering to offer a new training on supporting student mental health that’s designed specifically for instructors and teaching assistants. This training equips instructors and teaching assistants with the skills to identify signs and symptoms of potential mental health challenges, respond appropriately, and refer students …
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Jun 8Efficient Online Course Management: Supporting Learners While Reducing Workload
Webinar Description: Teaching a language requires high-touch engagement, but managing the administrative weight of an online course shouldn’t lead to instructor burnout. This interactive session moves beyond basic logistics to help you design an organized, transparent course structure that keeps students prepared and on track. We will begin by exploring how to help students navigate …
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Jun 8Welcome to WISLI & Administrative Meeting
Instructors should view the asynchronous orientation video before this meeting so they can participate in the Q&A and discussion. Zoom link provided to instructed via email. The agenda for live session is as follows: