Leadership Network Summit - Part 3: Institutional Innovation: Bringing Forward Lessons Learned

Concurrent Session 3
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Brief Abstract

There are many more opportunities to provide students with excellent support options in the online and blended environment.  From telemental health to mentoring, learn about services available to students and how these services can increase student satisfaction and retention. This conversation will carry-over to the on site program in Washington DC.

 

Presenters

Lead Presenter: Jill Buban, EdAssist Solutions

Co-presenter: Patrice Torcivia Prusko, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Dr. Prusko has over 15 years of experience developing innovative pedagogical approaches using multiple modalities. She holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.), and Business Management (MBA) from Union College, and Curriculum and Instruction (Ph.D.) from University at Albany. As Associate Director of Learning Design within the Harvard Graduate School of Education Dr. Prusko oversees the design, development and project management of online and technology enhanced courses. Prior to her current role, Dr. Prusko worked as an Instructional Designer at Cornell University in the Center for Teaching Innovation, and as a faculty member at State University of New York, Empire State College, Center for Distance Learning and International Programs. Her current research focuses on course and system level structures that support inclusive, transformational learning experiences for all students, especially first generation and underrepresented student populations in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. She is passionate about increasing global access to STEM education for all women, and believes by increasing access to education for women we can enable more communities across the globe to thrive and flourish.

Co-presenter: Whitney Kilgore, iDesign

Whitney Kilgore, Ph.D. is co-founder and chief academic officer of iDesign, a partner to universities who wish to build, grow, and support online and blended course and program offerings. iDesign provides concierge, white-glove instructional design support to faculty partners. Their designers bring expertise, service, and project structure to bear and ensuring that faculty feel comfortable, informed, and in control throughout the process of creating online learning experiences for their students. Dr. Kilgore has led the development of programs across the U.S., Spain, the Philippines, China, Australia, Latin America, and the U.K. As an academic, Dr. Kilgore has received recognitions for her work, including a research award from UNT and inclusion in the Top 10 Research Articles (co-authored with Aras Bozkurt of Turkey and Matt Crosslin from UTA) for 2017 list produced by Dublin City University for their work on Bot-Teachers in Hybrid Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): A Post-Humanist Experience. Whitney has been a part of the EdTech efficacy research project conducted in conjunction with Columbia University and the University of Virginia on EdTech Decision Making in Higher Education. She is currently working on research related to care theory in online learning and the impact to practice of humanizing online teaching and learning. She edited and published the book Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning and Connecting the Dots: Book: Improving Student Outcomes with Exceptional Instructional Design.

Co-presenter: Evangeline Cummings, University of Florida

Extended Abstract

There are many more opportunities to provide students with excellent support options in the online and blended environment.  From telemental health to mentoring, learn about services available to students and how these services can increase student satisfaction and retention. This conversation will carry-over to the on site program in Washington DC.

About the Leadership Network Summit

The Leadership Network Summit brings digital leaders from academics, non-profits, and the private sector together to discuss digital education strategy and to grow their network.  We see ever increasing demand for cross-sector collaborations led by digital leaders across an increasingly diverse educational landscape. Join us at this virtual half-day summit for featured panel presentations and discussions focused on workforce education, student services, and institutional innovation. Together we will identify new partnership opportunities and solutions, discuss challenges and strategies for increasing student satisfaction and retention, and learn from top leaders in the academic innovation field on how they’re continuing to move their institutions forward through change and opposition.