February Learning Support Briefing
Happy Love month! We ended 2023 with lots of reflection and planning for a great 2024. Here is a recap of what Learning Support has done last semester (Fall 2023) and how we started 2024…
- Fall 2023
- Convened the Online Student Services Working Group – a group of EHE representatives from offices that will eventually provide services to our fully online students
- Completed a self-study evaluation of the current state of potential access to EHE student services for fully online students
- Drafted a model for offering peer support to future EHE online faculty
- Initiated discussions with campus-level stakeholder groups in charge of leveling up student services via Ohio State Online (online.osu.edu)
- Initiated conversations with faculty representatives regarding regional EHE faculty professional learning needs
- January 2024
- Fleshed out goals for 2024 to build on Fall 2023 accomplishemnts
- Began interviewing department representatives to take a “deep dive” into each unit’s needs for supporting fully online students
Plans for 2024 are now being executed! One major goal of Learning Support is to build on the work of the Fall 2023 Online Student Services Working Group to learn more about how EHE units will eventually work with University-level units to provide a full suite of services for fully online students. As we prepare ourselves to increase our distance education portfolio, this work is essential–we want to be ready to support to our future fully online students!
We at CDLI don’t forget that our faculty and staff are also learners! Learning support will continue to reach out to stakeholders across EHE to discover and support your learning needs. Supporting you and your work helps to support our students. When you’re at your best, you can be your best to the world!
Enjoy the new year and stay warm!
-Dr. Tray
February Learning Support Shape-up
For our first Learning Support Shape-up of 2024, I’d like to highlight an awesome blog post by Ed Studies’ very own Dr. Ana-Paula Correia, Professor of Learning Technologies and Director of CETE. We have all witnessed the most recent boom in remote work brought on by the COVID 19 pandemic. In her blog post, she provides definitions and a brief history of teleworking in the U.S.–which began as “telecommuting” (a specific type of telework) as early as the 1960s, according to an article she cites. She also tells us about the technological advances and other global events that helped to accelerate the spread of various forms of teleworking over the decades. It’s truly an interesting story! Check out the article and if you follow blogs, visit Dr. Correia’s main blog page.
Enjoy the read and look our for your next Learning Support Shape-up.
Citation:
Correia, A.-P. (2023, November 10). Is Remote Work Still a Thing? Exploring the History of Remote Work in U.S. Ana-Paula Correia’s Blog. https://www.ana-paulacorreia.com/anapaula-correias-blog/2023/11/10/is-remote-work-still-a-thing-exploring-the-history-of-remote-work-in-us
-Dr. Tray