UO Online Explores: Getting Students Away from the Screen

UO Online Explores: Getting Students Away from the Screen 

Friday, November 4, 1:00-2:30 pm in the Knight Library DREAM Lab  

This workshop explores the benefits for online students and faculty when students get out of their chairs, away from their screens, and into the world. It may seem unintuitive to ask students to “get offline” in an online course. But how would students experience a new city if you asked them to photograph sites they are studying rather than reading and writing about them alone? Could a student’s mental health be positively impacted if they had the option to listen to a podcast or lecture recording while walking? As an instructor, what doors open when you allow students opportunities to submit assignments in alternative formats? Have an idea for going offline you’d like to discuss? Bring it along! Come explore with us the possibilities, challenges, and opportunities that getting offline in an online course can offer. The main event will be 1:00-2:00 pm; the final half-hour will be for hands-on help with your online course. 

The event is part of UO Online’s Fall series exploring the theme of student engagement in online courses. The series spotlights how we, as educators, can create opportunities for students to have substantive choices about what and how they learn and the path to get there. Through three events, we invite open discussion about our students taking ownership of their education, both individually and collectively.