Maker Day: Building Trust with Students in Online Courses

In this new series from the Online Education team at the Center for Integrated Professional Development, Maker Days are a space where instructors can work independently and collaboratively to discuss topics related to teaching and develop artifacts that can be used in their courses. Staff will be available throughout to answer questions, brainstorm, and guide the session with brief lectures on specific, timely subjects. Each Maker Day will

focus on a chosen theme with three subtopics that guide and focus the artifacts that you may choose to work on. While we encourage you to come for the entire 3 hours, you may also drop in as interested. Bring a laptop and course materials you’d like to work on!

This maker day focuses on building and fostering trust between students and instructors. The first hour will focus on what you can do as the instructor to build trust with your students. The second hour will focus on evaluating how you are communicating that trust with students. The final hour will focus on how you can use this mutual trust to encourage students to take risks in their learning and support their creativity, while still meeting course learning objectives. Artifacts that can be drafted during this Maker Day include: communication policies, instructor bios, assignment sheets, syllabus policies, draft announcements, plan for technology incorporation, etc. Registration is required.