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SDD21: What Students Are Saying About Remote Learning: Using ACC Student Feedback to Enhance the Distance Education Experience
Hours: 1
As completion counselors, we are uniquely positioned to hear what students really think about remote learning during our academic counseling sessions. Additionally, as instructors, we understand the challenges that faculty face in delivering their courses online. We will share anonymized feedback from ACC students about their distance learning experience as well as easy-to-implement strategies to enhance student engagement and persistence. Topics will include course structure, use of technology, and ways to build community in your online classroom. There will also be opportunity for Q&A and consultation.
A participant walks away with:
- An understanding of key factors that affect student engagement in an online learning environment
- Actionable strategies to implement in a virtual classroom to enhance student success
Presenter(s):
Sharon Goh has been a counseling faculty member at Austin Community College since 2009, most recently as a Completion Counselor providing academic counseling to specialized populations. For the past fourteen years as an adjunct professor, she has taught over fifty sections in the General Studies and Student Development and the English for Speakers of Other Languages departments.
She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education from Vanderbilt University, a Master of Education in Counseling from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Education in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Sam Houston State University.
Her background and experience in both teaching and counseling drive her constructivist teaching philosophy, which emphasizes inclusive needs analysis, collaboration, authentic materials, meaningful activities, and evaluative outcome measures. Her passion for creating culturally responsive curriculum led her to most recently participate in the Digital Fellows Institute and Globalizing Curriculum Faculty Learning Community. She is committed to researching and implementing equity best practices in her teaching.
Dr. Sarah Porter is a licensed psychologist who has served on the counseling faculty of Austin Community College since 2011. In addition, she has taught as an adjunct professor in the General Studies and Student Development department. Sarah loves helping individuals navigate the big questions of life from figuring out the roadblocks to their academic success to pursuing a satisfying career. She has special interests in perfectionism, social anxiety, women’s and LGBT+ issues, wellness programming, and training. She recently developed a positive psychology-based toolkit to help students persist in school with a focus on self-compassion, grit and hope, gratitude, and self-care.
Sarah received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in Sociology and Feminist Studies as well as a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from Stanford University. She worked as a management consultant and a career counseling center director prior to earning a second Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, a Certificate in College & University Teaching, and a Ph.D. in Counseling/Clinical/School Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Sarah has published research in multiple peer-reviewed journals, presented extensively at national conferences, guested on podcasts, and served in leadership positions within her profession, including as a member of the Commission for Counseling and Psychological Services directorate for the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). Sarah was awarded ACPA's Early Career Achievement Award for her work in college student mental health.
This workshop will be held online during Spring Development Day. To access the workshop, go to the Spring Development Day webpage and click the "Connect" button on the day of the conference.
If any accommodations are needed for this workshop, please email facdev@austincc.edu as soon as possible but at least five days before the workshop. Please include the name of the workshop. You will be contacted by a member of our staff to discuss your specific needs. |
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