UMW’s Division of Teaching and Learning Technology invites you to our next Digital Liberal Arts town hall conversation. We will be joined by an international group with experience researching online education, teaching online, teaching MOOCs, administering online programs and more. The event will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 4 p.m. in the HCC Digital Auditorium.

PANELISTS:
Elizabeth Losh, William & Mary
Sean Michael Morris, Middlebury College
Kate Bowles, University of Wollongong, Australia
Alan Levine, Independent Speaker and Consultant

Together, they will push us to think about new approaches to online learning. Panelists will each offer short position statements before engaging our community in an open conversation moderated by DTLT Executive Director Jesse Stommel.

Some of the questions we’ll consider include:

What would a liberal arts-inflected online program look like? How can we imagine online learning that is “high-touch,” “socially engaged,” “critical” and “active”? How would such a program be functionally and pedagogically different than a conventional online program? What are some of the models for this kind of work?

What does online teaching look like? What are the possible pitfalls? What are the challenges in administering online programs? How can we effectively integrate online learning at on-ground institutions?

If you can’t make it in person, the discussion will be live-streamed and available here: http://umwdtlt.com/live/

And you can join the backchannel on Twitter with #DoOO.

Full schedule of the Town Halls and Design Sprints in the Digital Liberal Arts Series: http://umwdtlt.com/what-is-the-digital-liberal-arts/