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McGraw Hill Sponsors REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit to Support College Instructors as They Prepare for the Fall TermNEW YORK, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning science company McGraw Hill is proud to support REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit, an exciting new virtual conference hosted by Arizona State University that is scheduled for July 13th and 14th, 2020. With colleges developing their reopening plans for the 2020-21 academic year, the REMOTE conference gives university faculty and administrators professional development and opportunities to better understand the pedagogy and best practices of online and remote learning. With only 25 percent of students noting that they feel prepared for a remote freshman year of college, according to a McKinsey survey, university staff and faculty have a big task ahead of them: they must work to create a remote learning environment that fosters academics and social skills and prepares students for their careers. At the 2020 REMOTE conference, leading educators with extensive, practical online and blended teaching experience will present actionable, evidence-backed practices on both subject-specific and general online teaching techniques. Register for REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit "This free virtual summit is a wonderful opportunity for faculty and college administrators to hear about the experiences of leading minds in online learning and work with fellow practitioners who have effectively taught in remote situations," said Michael Ryan, President of Higher Education at McGraw Hill. "We're excited to support and participate in this event and hope the instructors we work with around the world will sign up and take advantage." McGraw Hill is sponsoring the event and providing speakers for two sessions designed to help faculty learn how to teach effectively in online, blended or hybrid classroom environments.
A leader in digital and online learning solutions, McGraw Hill supported more than 7,000 instructors at 1,500 colleges in the spring term of 2020 as they went through the process of moving their courses online due to COVID-19. And the company recently announced a new partnership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) to train and certify a team of McGraw Hill faculty consultants and employees in online teaching and learning. The training program will help McGraw Hill better support, mentor and provide virtual coaching to faculty on effective practices of quality online learning, including course design, facilitation and assessment. McGraw Hill, which delivers its trusted content on sophisticated online learning platforms Connect, ALEKS and others, already serves millions of students and thousands of faculty with its digital products. Through the OLC partnership, McGraw Hill will bring even more expertise to institutions looking to ensure their online learning programs are designed, facilitated and evaluated according to best practices. McGraw Hill Contact: View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mcgraw-hill-sponsors-remote-the-connected-faculty-summit-to-support-college-instructors-as-they-prepare-for-the-fall-term-301086850.html SOURCE McGraw Hill |