Distance Learning Research conducted by MSUM’s Department of Leadership and Learning

By Caitlin Wilts, Marketing Intern As the COVID-19 crisis unfolded, the Department of Leadership and Learning at MSUM saw how the levels of stress and expectations of school staff were elevated. Faculty members teaching in the doctoral educational leadership program—Julie Swaggert, Ximena Suarez-Sousa, Boyd Bradbury, Mike Coquyt, and Chris Mills—developed a survey to learn about teachers’ and administrators’ experiences transitioning […]

Humanizing your Online Course

Tuesday, May 1 | 2 p.m. | Library 124 Online & Extended Learning is excited to offer the last workshop on this year’s theme, “Supercharge your Courses with D2L Brightspace!” Humanizing your Online Course MSUM is about heart, but how do we convey that in an online course? Join Alicia Swanson and Mike Coquyt, along with Catherine Artac, exploring translating the self […]

Dr. Julie Swaggert and Dr. Mike Coquyt (Educational Leadership) present at the Minnesota eLearning Summit

Dr. Swaggert and Dr. Coquyt presented at the University of Northwestern on July 30th. Their session was titled, “Building Community and Relationships in the Online Classroom.” Their session focused on teaching strategies and techniques online educators can use to enhance student engagement, collaboration and relationship building. Creating authentic learning experiences, personal and timely feedback, asynchronous and synchronous teaching strategies and […]

Academic service-learning volunteer hours reach 5,200 for fall semester

Seventeen MSUM Academic Service-Learning practitioners are taking the commitment to complete 125,000 volunteer hours very seriously. They, and close to 400 students, participated in a variety of service-learning activities this fall. The reasons to incorporate Academic Service-Learning include improving their student’s understanding of class topics, promoting critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and learning more about social issues and their causes. […]