Fusion Course: Enhancing Online Education through Community-Based Learning
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many institutions had to rapidly shift from in-person to online learning in the spring of 2020. The Fusion Course aims to provide critical training and support for faculty as they continue to adapt to online teaching and offers instruction for how to integrate community engagement methodologies into existing curricula to improve the quality of course delivery and foster student engagement. Through this faculty development course, learn how to infuse community-based learning into online courses to give students hands-on, real-world experience that will strengthen learning, create connections to the larger community, and improve student retention rates. Sessions will be facilitated by Laurie Walker and Daniel Tome. The curriculum for this program aims to: Introduce faculty to best practices in community-based and problem-based learning pedagogy Introduce faculty to best practices in engaged online teaching and building community online Explore the potential benefits and challenges, as well as best practices, of using community-based learning in online courses Introduce faculty...