Aired August 12th
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Verbit’s EduALL virtual summit returned for a Back To School Edition to engage higher education professionals live. Attendees gained actionable advice to prepare them for the fall semester and ‘new normal’.

Watch these videos to be inspired by higher education leaders such as Karen Yoshino of Van Allen Strategies, JP Moran of Coursera and many others.

Watch now to learn:

  • Key takeaways from shifting all courses online due to the crisis
  • How to prepare for the new academic year while the pandemic continues
  • Which technologies effectively fuel course interaction and student engagement
  • The opportunities and challenges of offering online learning via web conferencing
  • How higher education is likely to be impacted long term
  • How to help students transitioning back into classrooms and campuses

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Meet Our Speakers

Karen Yoshino, PhD, Higher Education Consultant, Van Allen Strategies

Karen Yoshino, PhD

Higher Education Consultant, Van Allen Strategies
Kirsten Behling, Associate Dean, Student Accessibility and Academic Resources, Tufts University

Kirsten Behling

Associate Dean, Student Accessibility and Academic Resources, Tufts University
JP Moran

JP Moran

Global Head of Channels & Coursera for Campus Americas
Kate Sonka

Kate Sonka

Assistant Director of Academic Technology,
Michigan State University
Sherri Restauri

Sherri Restauri

Senior Executive Director, Coastal Office of Online Learning, Coastal Carolina University
Nazely Kurkjian

Nazely Kurkjian

Coordinator of Disability, Diversity, and Nontraditional Student Services, SUNY
Korey Singleton

Korey Singleton

ATI Manager, George Mason University
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Yolene Ors

Product Manager, Blackboard Collaborate
Amanda

Amanda Jackson

M.Ed. | Learning Specialist, Disability Resource Center, University of Florida
Misty

Dr. Misty Cobb

Customer Success Advocate, Verbit
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Scott Ready

Senior Customer Success & Accessibility Strategist, Verbit

Virtual Summit Agenda

Wednesday, August 12th

11-11:45 am EST

Welcome & Falling Back Into The School Year Inclusively

The fall semester is fast approaching. How are university leaders preparing for this new academic calendar year while the COVID-19 pandemic continues? Are their school’s plans for all courses to be held online, offline or via a hybrid approach? How can they continue to make inclusivity top-of-mind?

Amanda Jackson

M.Ed. | Learning Specialist, Disability Resource Center, University of Florida

Scott Ready

Senior Customer Success & Accessibility Strategist, Verbit

Kirsten Behling

Associate Dean, Student Accessibility and Academic Resources, Tufts University

11:50 - 12:20 pm EST

How To Cope: Addressing Student Concerns

This fall will surely be one-of-a-kind. Students and faculty alike are facing learning environments new to most of us. What are the implications for our students? What steps can faculty take to better assist students, and themselves, for learning in this environment? Why should we care about accessibility now more than ever?

Sherri Restauri

Senior Executive Director, Coastal Office of Online Learning, Coastal Carolina University

Kate Sonka

Assistant Director of Academic Technology, Michigan State University

Dr. Misty Cobb

Customer Success Advocate, Verbit

12:25 - 12:55 pm EST

Key Learnings from Going Fully Online

The need to teach remotely presented challenges for schools and professors who had never taught in online environments. However, COVID-19 offered learnings to be applied to courses once the crisis ends. What advantages does online learning present? What technologies fuel student engagement that we should continue to utilize?

Nazely Kurkjian

Coordinator of Disability, Diversity, and Nontraditional Student Services, SUNY

Korey Singleton

ATI Manager, George Mason University

Scott Ready

Senior Customer Success & Accessibility Strategist, Verbit

1 - 1:30 PM EST

Web Conferencing & Online Learning: Tools & Security

From Zoom to Blackboard Collaborate to GoToMeeting to Coursera, different platforms present different tools and capabilities. We’ll discuss the key advantages and challenges that these platforms offer to teachers, students and university leadership. We’ll also address how to ensure your online virtual environment keeps students and shared course materials safe and secure.

Yolene Ors

Product Manager, Blackboard Collaborate

JP Moran

Global Head of Channels & Coursera for Campus Americas

1:35 - 2 pm EST

Rethinking Higher Education

Hear from an expert with decades of experience in competency-based program design, outcomes assessment, online program strategy and analytics. Yoshino will explore what the future of higher education will look like past the fall semester. The global health crisis has students, teachers and the general public rethinking the way they approach every facet of their lives. How will this transform higher-ed processes and offerings long term? Will more offerings be on-demand versus live? Will more technologies be embedded into the learning process, and how?

Karen Yoshino

PhD, Higher Education Consultant, Van Allen Strategies

Dr. Misty Cobb

Customer Success Advocate, Verbit

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