Many SPS faculty collaborate as co-teachers. This allows us to offer unique courses to our adult student population due to their combined expertise. Read on to hear about some of our faculty’s experiences as co-teachers.
Profile Jackie Wickham Smith
This month, we’re spotlighting the Distance Learning team’s administrative assistant, Shai Mason. Read on to find out more about Shai!
How long have you worked here? How did you come to higher education?
I have worked at Northwestern University for … Read More
This month, we’re spotlighting the newest member of the Distance Learning team, content specialist Nathan Schmidt. Read on to find out more about what brought Nathan to Northwestern!
How long have you worked here? How did you come to higher … Read More
This month’s issue of our department’s newsletter, The DL Digest (subscribe here!) continued our exploration of SPS’ High Impact Teaching practices, focusing on feedback.
We asked four distance learning team members to share their favorite feedback styles with … Read More
This August, we’re spotlighting Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs Kyle Einck. Kyle oversees the Biological Sciences and Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree programs, along with ten post-bacc programs and several additional certificates and concentrations.
How long have you worked here? How … Read More
How can AI help us create more personalized and meaningful authentic student assessments? Are we ready to embrace AI not just as a tool but as a creative partner in our course design?
These questions were posed when we recently … Read More
It takes a village to launch an online course – in addition to the Distance Learning Team, our courses are supported by staff from Graduate, Undergraduate, and Professional Development Programs. In the coming months, we’ll be spotlighting staff who work … Read More
Distance Teaching and Learning Summit for Online Leadership & Administration Plus Roundtable, Presented by UPCEA, July 25-27, 2023, Madison, Wisconsin.
Our presentation, “You Belong Here: Building an Equitable and Inclusive Online Learning Community,” delivered to over 50 attendees, addressed the … Read More
Several DL team members attended the The United States Distance Learning Association’s National Distance Learning Week November 6-10, 2023: “How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Distance Learning in The Year 2023.” Here are their highlights:
“Finding the Yin-Yang in Faculty Development … Read More
When designing courses, many course developers have told me that the introductions discussion seems like an unnecessary task for students because it does not contribute to their achievement of the course goals. I believe there are several benefits for building … Read More