1. Nitty gritty online teaching strategies
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Innovations 2018
April Menzies, Ph.D. & Kathy Gamble

2. Introductions: April Menzies, Ph.D.
Online Chair – Business, Education & Technology
Kathy Gamble
Director, TESL & ESL Programs

3. How would you describe “grit”?
Reflection #1
How would you describe “grit”?

4. Elements of Grit
Interest
Practice
Purpose
Hope

5. Our Ah-ha! This applies to us! Teaching takes GRIT!
In order for us to cultivate grit in our students, we had to acknowledge and nurture our own sense of grit.
Gritty teachers persist longer.
Gritty teachers are more optimistic and happy…and their students perform better.

6. Interest

7. What might this look like?
My discipline in the media
Similar to article abstracts
1-2 as dropbox assignments
Final one is submitted to discussion
Dinner Party
Scaffolded delivery over time
Students nominate and refine guest list
Research and prepare questions
Answer questions on behalf of guest
Projects/Presentations
Allow students to go “deeper” in an area of interest.
Work better toward end of course

8. Practice

9. What might this look like?
Quiz to mastery
Useful for knowledge/comprehension
Vocabulary building
High investment – minimal upkeep
Essay Workshops
Students write essay
Students submit screencast
Describe process
Reflect & request feedback
Instructor provides feedback/instruction via screencast
Student re-writes & re-submits paper along with screencast describing how feedback has been incorporated
Low stakes  Higher stakes
Builds skill over time
Expectation is that students skill will progress throughout course, so final assessments are worth greater portion of overall grade
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10. Purpose

11. What might this look like?
Wheel Rubric
Self-assessment
Setting Goals
Scenario
Letter to the editor
Guest speaker
Realistic
Take on the perspective of a practitioner
Guided Reflection
Scaffolded delivery tied to content
Transform thought from future to present – “I am studying to be” to “I am…”
Designed to nurture student’s professional identity and cultivate professional norms, attitude, and ethics
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12. Hope
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13. What might this look like?
Opportunity to practice or re-submit work
More than one attempt at summative assessment
Drafts of essays and writing assignments
Scaffolding more structure into large projects – don’t make assumptions
Credit recovery vs. Extra Credit
Related to coursework
Open to anyone
HOTS over LOTS
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14. What does “grit” mean now? How has your definition changed?
Reflection #2
What does “grit” mean now? How has your definition changed?
What do you want to try? …or do more?

15. In Summary…Gritty Online Culture
Isn’t one thing…
The result of lots of small things
Must be explicit to be most effective
May not be apparent over the duration of my course
Is transferrable
“It’s a million things. It’s a million details. It’s substance & it’s style.”

16. Questions?

17. Thank you for attending!
Contact Information:
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