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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Oliha-Donaldson, Hannah <hannah.oliha.donaldson@ku.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 30, 2020 12:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Haider-Markel, Donald Patrick <dhmarkel@ku.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Urata, Toshiyuki <turata@ku.edu>; Meston, Jenine <jmeston@ku.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Supporting Faculty Through the CTE</font>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dear Don, </span>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">My name is Hannah Oliha-Donaldson. I am a faculty member in Communication Studies and a member of the Center for Teaching Excellence’s Faculty Consultant Network (FCN). The FCN is a group
of faculty from various disciplines tasked with supporting colleagues as we all negotiate the increase in online teaching demands and the transition to distributed classrooms.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">As your FCN representative, I am part of a larger support team that includes Toshi Urata, a member of the Center for Online and Distance Learning (CODL), and Jenine Meston, a member of the
IT department.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">My role is to be a thought partner for faculty needing a sounding board, ideas, and tools for transitioning their content online and into hybrid formats. Here are a few practical ways I
can help:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Serve as a thought partner as faculty redevelop and shift content online</span></li><li class="x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-left:0in; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Serve as a sounding board as faculty work through ideas for supporting student learning and fulfilling course objectives</span></li><li class="x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-left:0in; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Share insights from my own experiences
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Offer ideas to enhance pedagogical flexibility</span></li><li class="x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-left:0in; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Offer ideas for aligning course goals and instructional practices in online and hybrid contexts</span></li><li class="x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-left:0in; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1; text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Offer ideas about different tools for meeting pedagogical objectives in an online learning environment
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Direct faculty to helpful resources to enhance online and hybrid teaching</span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Toshi and Jenine are available to offer technical expertise. Here are a few practical ways they can help:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Answer specific questions about Blackboard and what may/may not be possible (I have sent Toshi many an email and he is always helpful!)</span></li><li class="x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-left:0in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Offer insight about the best platform/tool for fulfilling learning objectives</span></li><li class="x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-left:0in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Troubleshoot and help with technical challenges</span></li><li class="x_MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-left:0in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Redirect faculty to necessary technical support and resources
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Beyond this, the Center for Teaching Excellence will be offering workshops over the summer and fall addressing best practices for enhancing the teaching and learning process, various aspects
of online education, and the new landscape we are all negotiating. Finally, following is a link to an instructor guidebook offering information on designing courses so they can readily shift between teaching contexts (online, hybrid, and in-person):
<a href="https://flexteaching.ku.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#DCA10D">https://flexteaching.ku.edu</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Please do share this helpful resource with faculty in your department.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Should any faculty need support in any of the areas listed above, please do share my contact information with them. Finally, should you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. Though
times are uncertain, our capacity to support each other, learn, and grow together remain sure.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Best wishes,
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Hannah</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Hannah Oliha-Donaldson, Ph.D.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">University of Kansas</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Hannah.Oliha.Donaldson@Ku.edu</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">(785) 864-1383</span></p>
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