Symposium Series
Every fall, the University of Rochester hosts a series of open forums to provide insight and promote dialogue about Online Learning with the community. Videos from prior events are available below.
Questions - Adele Coelho - adele.coelho@rochester.edu
2023
Friday, November 17 (10-11 am)
Faculty experiences with Online Learning at the University of Rochester
Dr. Margaret Carno
Professor of Clinical Nursing
School of Nursing
2022
Friday, November 4 (11am-noon)
Faculty experiences with Online Learning at the University of Rochester
Dr. Nahoko Kawakyu-O'Connor
Assistant Professor
Director of Program Evaluation
Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Dr. Michael Rosario-McCabe
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
Director of RN-BS Completion Program
School of Nursing
Dr. Michael Anderson
Professor and Chair of Musicology
Eastman School of Music
Daniel Keating
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Simon School of Business
2021
Tuesday, November 9 (noon -1pm)
Faculty experiences with Online Learning at the University of Rochester
Dr. Jeffrey Choppin
Professor of Mathematics Education
Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Dr. John Kapusta
Assistant Professor of Musicology
Eastman School of Music
Dr. Andrea M. Barrett
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
Warner School of Education and Human Development
Rachel Roberts
Director, Institute for Music Leadership
Associate Professor, Music Leadership
Eastman School of Music
2020
Wednesday, October 14 (noon -1pm)
Faculty experiences with Online Learning in the Health Sciences at the University of Rochester
Christopher Seplaki, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine
Luis A. Rosario-McCabe, DNP, RN, CNE, CNL, WHNP-BC, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, Specialty Director for the CNL Program, School of Nursing
Margie Hodges Shaw, JD, PhD, HEC-C, Associate Professor, Law and Bioethics, Division of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, School of Medicine
Cynthia L. Wong, DMD, MS, FRCD(C), Associate Professor of Clinical Dentistry and Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Eastman Institute for Oral Health
Wednesday, October 28 (noon -1pm)
Faculty experiences with Online Learning in the Humanities at the University of Rochester
Guoming Tian, PhD, Assistant Professor of Instruction in Chinese, College of Arts & Sciences
Denise Malloy, JD, EdD, Assistant Professor, Writing Speaking and Argument Program, College of Arts & Sciences
Heather Layton, Senior Lecturer, Sage Arts Center, College of Arts & Sciences
Jonathan Dunsby, PhD, Professor of Music Theory, Chair of Music Theory, Eastman School of Music
Monday, November 9 (noon -1pm)
Faculty experiences with Online Learning in STEM at the University of Rochester
Andrew Berger, PhD, Professor of Optics; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering
Lewis Rothberg, PhD, Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Arts & Sciences
John Kessler, PhD, Professor; Department Chair, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
John Lambropoulos, PhD, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Materials Science, Hajim School of Engineering
2019
Thursday, October 10- Online Learning at St. John’s University– Dr. Elizabeth Ciabocchi, Vice Provost for Digital Learning and Executive Director of Online Learning & Services, St. John’s University
Thursday, December 12 - Faculty and student experiences with Online Learning at the University of Rochester
Dr. Edwin Vanwijngaarden, Professor, Public Health Sciences
Laura Jones, Lead Instructor, Writing, Speaker and Argument Program
Dr. Sarah Peyre, Professor, Surgery and Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Dr. Stephen Uebbing, Professor, Educational Leadership
Stephanie Venturino, Doctoral Student, Eastman School of Music
2018
Thursday, October 11 - Online Learning Initiatives at Yale University – Lucas Swineford, Executive Director of Digital Education, Yale University
Thursday, November 8 - Quality Matters for Faculty – Dr. Deb Adair, Executive Director - Quality Matters
Thursday, December 13 - Faculty and student experiences with Online Learning at the University of Rochester:
Dr. Patricia Chess - Professor - Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology - School of Medicine;
Dr. Andrea Cutt - Assistant Professor - Warner School of Education;
Rebecca Wolf - Instructor of Clinical Nursing - School of Nursing;
and UR students:
Judith Van Alstyne -
Sofia Tokar - MS student - Warner School of Education
2017
Thursday, October 5 - Online Learning at Cornell University – Paul Krause, CEO
Thursday, December 7 - Faculty and student experiences with Online Learning at the University of Rochester
Dr. Martha Mock, Associate Professor & Director of the Institute for Innovative Transition, Warner School of Education
Dr. Holly Brown - Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing & Specialty Director, Child/Adolescent Psychiatric NP Program, School of Nursing
Dr. Ricky Roet-Green, Assistant Professor, Simon School of Business
Dr. Ahmed Ghazi - Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine and Student in the Health Professions Education program
Linh Dang, Ph.D. student Educational Policy in the Warner School of Education
2016
Thursday, November 10 - Online Learning Initiatives at Vanderbilt University – Dr. John Sloop, Associate Provost for Digital Learning & Professor of Communication Studies
Thursday, December 8 - First-hand experiences with Online Learning at the University of Rochester
Dr. Susan
Jim Doser, Director of the Eastman School of Music's Institute for Music Leadership;
Dr. Raffaella Borasi, Dean and Professor of the Warner School of Education;
Dr. Alexandra Tsigarida, Assistant Professor - Department of Dentistry;
Nicholas Palumbo,
2015
October 27, 2015 - Online Learning Initiatives at New York University – Robert Ubell, Vice Dean - Online Learning, NYU School of Engineering
December 11, 2015 - Stories and experiences with Online Learning at the University of Rochester
Dr. Tobie Olsan, Professor of Clinical Nursing
Dr. Christopher Niemiec, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
Dr. Alicia Van Borssum, Warner School of Education
UR Students - Steve Clary - Simon School of Business and Caitlin
2014
October 21, 2014 – “Coursera – Vision
November 14, 2014 – “Vision and Directions of Online Learning in Higher Education” by Dr. Darcy Hardy – Associate Vice President at Blackboard
December 12, 2014 – “In their own words – online learning experiences from professors and students at the University of Rochester”
2013
October 30, 2013 - Not a Secret Anymore: Online Courses at the University of Rochester!
November 11, 2013 - Enabling Your Teaching and Your Students’ Learning with Free Online Resources: A Taste of MERLOT
December 12, 2013 - Phelps Colloquium - To MOOC or Not to MOOC? Opportunities and Perils in Online Teaching
2012
August 27, 2012 - Online Learning: New Frontiers in Education
November 5, 2012 - Open Faculty Forum: Online Education with 2U
December 13, 2012 - Open Faculty Forum: Online Learning Initiatives at Duke University
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- Policy for Student Identity Verification
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- Announcements
- COOL - Committee on Online Learning
- About Online Learning
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May 12, 2023