SGL Workshop—Teaching Best Practices: Online and In-Person

Thursday, February 20
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Hybrid (Online via Zoom and in-Person at OLLI in Room 1)
Led by: Ruth Lozner

Calling all SGLs! After your career in a professional field, are you new to teaching? Or are you a seasoned instructor but you’d like to sharpen your pedagogical and classroom management skills? This workshop will address the joys and challenges of teaching in general, and at OLLI, in particular, for both online and in-person SGLs.

Topics include:

• Presentation pointers and best practices
• Classroom management 
• Suggested solutions to problematic scenarios
• Organizing your course
• Creating a syllabus/schedule
• Preparing for the first class session
• Best practices specifically for online teaching

The last 30 minutes of the workshop will be reserved for Q&A with Jesse Williams for more technical questions related to Zoom (breakout rooms, presenter view vs. what the class sees when sharing screen for PowerPoint, etc.)

Registration is required. All registrants will be sent the Zoom link the morning of the workshop for those planning to attend online.

Ruth Lozner has taught the popular OLLI class, Sharpen Your Creative Thinking and Problem Solving Skills. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland, having  taught in the Honors College, Smith Business School, and Arts and Humanities College. At UMD, she co-directed The Academy for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.