Abstract

The Faculty Seminars in Online Teaching are returning with a series of sessions focused on the critical aspect of Assessments in online education. These sessions will provide faculty members with an opportunity to explore the meaning, purpose, and uses of assessment, as well as the essential principles and practices that can enhance online teaching and learning. Credentialed Online Teaching Faculty and Adjuncts may register below.

In this first seminar, facilitated by Dr. Roslyn Miller and Dr. Richard Jerousek, participants will:

1. Understand the Meaning and Purpose of Assessment: Delve into the role assessments play in the educational process, helping both instructors and students measure progress, inform teaching strategies, and guide future learning.
2. Examine the Uses of Assessment: Explore various ways assessments are employed to evaluate student learning, support instructional improvement, and promote active engagement, helping to create a rich learning experience.
3. Discuss the Principles of Assessment: Learn about key principles that ensure assessments are fair, transparent, and supportive of diverse learning needs and outcomes.
4. Identify Four Essential Practices of Online Assessment: Discover and apply four critical assessment practices—designed specifically for the online environment—that improve both student learning experiences and outcomes, ensuring that assessments are meaningful and effective.

Join us in these seminars to expand your understanding of assessments in the online learning context and gain practical insights that can transform the way you assess and support your students in virtual classrooms.

Presenters

Instructional Designer
Roslyn.Miller@ucf.edu

Roslyn joined the Center for Distributed Learning in 2018 with more than 20 years’ experience as an educator in public, private, military, and university settings. She holds a BA in mathematics from Harding University, an MS in secondary education from Mississippi State University, and a PhD in curriculum and instruction from Mississippi State University. Roslyn brings to UCF experience designing and teaching online courses, conducting faculty development, researching educational initiatives, evaluating educational programs, and developing large-scale performance assessments.

Roslyn’s research focuses on faculty development, quality instructional design, effective teaching in STEM disciplines, and online assessment.

Associate Lecturer
Robinson Observatory Director
Richard.Jerousek@ucf.edu

Richard Jerousek earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Central Florida in 2018. His research interests include the dynamics and structure of planetary rings and the origin of planetary systems. He worked on the Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) team from 2008 until the end of the Cassini mission in 2017 studying the characteristics of the individual particles that make up Saturn’s rings as well as various ring structures which are were too small to be observed directly using Cassini’s cameras (< ~100 m) but significantly larger than the largest individual particles that make up the rings. He continues to analyze and interpret the wealth of data collected during the Cassini mission.

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