The increase in online teaching at UT over the last few years has created new wisdom within our faculty community. Come learn how Digital Learning is building new faculty networks and collaboration spaces, aimed at sharing new ways of teaching and learning in the online modality. These networks engage faculty and staff in robust ways, producing “bottom-up” dialogues that bring online learning and program design to the forefront of conversations across the university, and informs the way Digital Learning continues to build its faculty support infrastructure.

What does it look like to offer an asynchronous online course? We know these courses provide much needed flexibility to students, but we also recognize these courses require an entirely different pedagogical framing than many of us are accustomed. Join this panel of three faculty members as they share their successes and challenges in their online asynchronous teaching journey, including their innovative techniques to foster student engagement.

Digital Learning at UT has quickly built an infrastructure to aid academic units in the ideation, development, marketing, recruitment, and student support for online programs. Come meet the Digital Learning team to hear more about the creation of the office, and how we are improving accessibility to University of Tennessee degrees.

Zoom: https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/84017710809

What have we learned through Digital Learning Week? Come join our Friday Brown Bag to hear and share about key takeaways from the week's sessions.

Are you looking for ways to increase connection and sense of belonging in the online classroom? Come learn about InScribe, a tool that can plug into Canvas and can take the standard message board to new levels.

Zoom link: https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/84017710809

A key component of online program success is ensuring that UT can attract the right students. Come join the Digital Learning Marketing and Technology teams as they provide insights into the new digital marketing infrastructure that supports academic units offering online programs.

As part of Digital Learning Week, we are opening the doors of our multimedia studio. Opened in late 2022, the multimedia studio hosts a wide range of technologies to support faculty in the development of online course materials, including lecture capture rooms, 360 degree cameras, 3-D scanners, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), and more! Come visit the studio while our instructional design, video production, and interactive development teams demonstrate examples while consulting on opportunities for future courses.

How do other universities think about the role of online education within their institutional contexts? Join us for an engaging moderated panel with leaders in the online and professional education field. Topics will include their journeys through today, how online has impacted their universities, and trends for the future. Panelists include: Lisa Templeton, Associate Provost, Oregon State University eCampus Mari Cini, Provost, University of the People (previously, Provost of University of Maryland Global Campus) Julie Uranis, Senior Vice President, Online and Strategic Initiatives, UPCEA Ample time will be provided for Q & A.

Interested in promoting quality in online learning at UT? Looking for ways to enhance the quality of an online course or options for providing feedback to a colleague? Join the Engaged Online Course (EOC) Coordinator to learn more about UT’s quality online course design rubric and course review process. This 45-minute session will allow for Q&A. https://onlinelearning.utk.edu/the-eoci-online-course-review-process/

Over the past three years, UT has doubled the number of students enrolled in fully-online programs. What has that growth looked like for the academic units serving this population? We hope you will join for this panel discussion, where three faculty and staff administrators share about what it looks like to build academic pathways in support of the working adult student, and how these students transform our institution. Panelists include:

Dr. Kate McClernon Chaffin, Assistant Dean, College of Social Work

Dr. Molly West, Agricultural Leadership, Education, & Communication

Alexis Anderson, Online Program Manager, College of Communication and Information