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SIS Clinical Associate Professor Cindy Welch was chosen by the University of Tennessee\u2019s Teaching & Learning Innovation to be a Teaching Innovator for 2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it comes to Teaching & Learning Innovation, I never say no because they\u2019re so great at what they do,\u201d Welch said.
\nTLI provides support to faculty members, teachers, and staff through programs, services, and partnerships to enrich student learning.<\/p>\n
The project she\u2019s working on with TLI entails creating scripts for short audio clips \u2013 about one or two minutes long \u2013 that can be played in settings where faculty are gathered, such as faculty meetings. These short scripts will promote inclusion, especially with regard to teaching online.<\/p>\n
\u201cCindy has a history of being interested in and promoting inclusive teaching, both face-to-face and in the online context. She\u2019s been a strong supporter of our work here at Teaching & Learning Innovation. It just made perfect sense when we were talking about faculty innovators for this semester to bring her on as one of those individuals,\u201d said Ferlin McGaskey, director of Faculty Development.<\/p>\n
McGaskey said he and his colleagues have been working on extending their reach to faculty on campus, and to make teaching more inclusive and welcoming. Workshops continue to be a good way to accomplish this, but they wanted something more \u2013 that\u2019s where these sound bites, or \u201cmini podcasts\u201d come into play.<\/p>\n
Another component of Welch\u2019s role is to help create something like a handbook for online teaching, which will live on TLI\u2019s website. Her experience with online teaching spans 15 years, and McGaskey said he believes her advice will resonate with faculty on campus.<\/p>\n
Welch has seen many iterations of online systems and methods, and is very comfortable with teaching online. UT is starting to expand its online teaching offerings, and faculty who have not previously taught online will start doing so.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re essentially inviting me to work with them to translate my experience into workable tips for people just beginning to teach online,\u201d Welch said.<\/p>\n
She said the timeline for this project is to have it done in time to be used by the fall semester of 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited to see what she comes up with in regards to that, particularly since we are moving to having more online programs overall on campus,\u201d McGaskey said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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