CTSE Event

The Center for Teaching and Scholarly Excellence invites you to attend a presentation and discussion:

Issues of faculty presence, community building, and participation are among the main reasons that faculty reject distance learning categorically and dislike it when they first try it. Faculty new to on-line teaching and learning frequently struggle with the challenges of promoting class participation and creating a sense of their own presence in the electronic classroom. This workshop focuses on practical strategies for coping with these challenges, ranging from course design to pedagogical approaches.

Dr. Scorza directs an academic division encompassing the arts and humanities at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He earned his Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton University and is author of numerous papers and articles on citizenship and civic education, as well as a book, Strong Liberalism: Habits of Mind for Democratic Citizenship (Tufts University Press, 2007). Dr. Scorza has been a major contributor to Fairleigh Dickinson’s global education and distance learning initiatives and is co-recipient of the Instructional Technology Council (ITC) award for best on-line course and recipient of the Sloan Consortium award for outstanding on-line instructor. He is presently visiting Hofstra University as a Fellow of the American Council on Education..

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Please RSVP to Jeanne Racioppi at x3-6221 or via e-mail by Oct. 26.