For the 2019-2020 academic year, eCampus was awarded $5,400 for the Chancellor’s Learning Scholars program. The funds will be used to obtain resources for the Faculty Learning Community. This year’s eCampus Chancellor’s Learning Scholars are Dr. Amy R. Austin, Dr. Sarah Kuck, and Dr. BethRené Roepnack.
The purpose of the Chancellor’s program is to create and support a faculty support communities across the USG. The program will facilitate various educational communities, leading to innovation and change throughout Georgia's classrooms. Their design resembles a community environment offering small group (8-10) engagement opportunities for faculty to explore and discuss areas of interest. Interactions include sustained, meaningful teaching and learning themed conversations regularly scheduled among colleagues.
Scholars included in the program stem from each USG institution tasked with facilitating learning communities on their campuses for faculty members. They are uniquely designed to allow faculty (who teach primarily in an online) to collaborate as a forward-thinking education-based community.
Each Chancellor’s Learning Scholar will lead a Faculty Learning Community and will focus on one (or more) of the following topics:
Encouraging student-to-student interaction and increasing student engagement is the desired goal of these communities. In doing so, the program strives to support the USG Complete College Georgia initiative, Momentum Year, which works to guide first-year college students successfully to degree completion. Overall, faculty are dedicated to ensuring that students are successful and have a positive learning experience.
Each Chancellor’s Learning Scholar will lead a Faculty Learning Community and will focus on one (or more) of the following topics:
- Brain-Based Learning
- Growth Mindset
- High Impact Practices (HIPs)
- Small Teaching
- Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT)
Encouraging student-to-student interaction and increasing student engagement is the desired goal of these communities. In doing so, the program strives to support the USG Complete College Georgia initiative, Momentum Year, which works to guide first-year college students successfully to degree completion. Overall, faculty are dedicated to ensuring that students are successful and have a positive learning experience.
Dr. Austin is the Director of Online Faculty Development, Dr. Kuck is the Executive Director of Academics, and Dr. Roepnack is the Senior Academic Instructional Support Specialist.
by Mia B. Fanning
Media Contact: Katie Black, kblack@ecampus.usg.edu
by Mia B. Fanning
Media Contact: Katie Black, kblack@ecampus.usg.edu
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