Using Rubrics for Teaching First-Generation College Students

Wednesday, March 16, 2022
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

This workshop is a webinar ONLY – please do not come to the CTE office.

To attend the webinar, log-in as a guest at https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/26138929cc6249b49375333b9dc5c049. This is a Blackboard Collaborate Session.

The webinar starts at 10:30 a.m. and we kindly request participants to enter the webinar at least 15 minutes prior to the start time and no later than 10:35 a.m.

Late arrival and/or early exit from the workshop invalidates receiving credit.

Details

First-generation college students often face unique challenges in their higher education journey. Using rubrics, instructors can foster an inclusive learning environment and deploy grading tools to create the best learning environment for students. Rubrics provide a clear outline of expectations, assisting students in the achievement of learning outcomes that enable them to complete their educational goals. This session focuses on rubrics as one strategy to support first-generation college students.

By the end of this session, participates will be able to:

Improve the learning experience of first-generation college students
Define rubrics and identify the types of rubrics
Create an interactive rubric in Blackboard and apply it to an assignment for grading

This workshop is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Teaching Towards Inclusive Excellence.

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Facilitator

Gloria Washington
Instructional Designer
Center for Teaching Excellence

Gloria Washington is an instructional designer at the Center for Teaching Excellence with 24 years of experience in higher education at the University of South Carolina. She serves as a co-chair for the Provost Advisory Committee for Women Initiatives (PACWI). She is a Blackboard Certified Trainer and a Blackboard Exemplary Course Program Reviewer. Washington completed the Quality Matters’ Applying the QM Rubric and Higher Education Peer Reviewer courses. Before coming to CTE, she worked in Teaching and Technology Services and as a Technology Director for the Ted Mimms Foreign Language Learning Center. Washington serves as Associate Editor for the International Journal of Innovative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. She is the President-Elect of the Association for Distance Education and Independent Learning (ADEIL). Washington also authors the blog, Pedagogy Before Technology. She holds a Doctor of Education, a Master of Arts in Education, and a Master of Business Administration. Her expertise is in the pedagogical use of technology to support teaching and learning. Her instructional design philosophy is “pedagogy first, technology second.”