MAGNA 20-MINUTE MENTOR
Wren Mills
Wren A. Mills, PhD, is a pedagogical assistant professor teaching in the Organizational Leadership and Adult Education programs in the Educational Administration, Leadership, and Research Department at Western Kentucky University (WKU). She previously served as the assistant director for the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, where she prepared graduate students for their first teaching assignments and worked with faculty to integrate technology into their pedagogy. She also taught English for both WKU (21 years) and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (14 years).>Last Updated: 07-23-2020
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Classroom Management, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons
- How Can Understanding Group Dynamics Lead to Better Group Work?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- For educators who are looking to maximize productivity and success in their student group work, this 20-Minute Mentor explores free resources that benefit group dynamics and can be implemented into your classroom to ultimately improve successful group work.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Seminars
- “Help! I’m Moving My Course Online!”– Practical Advice for New Online Instructors
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- Do you need to rapidly transition to online instruction? Can’t afford the trial and error approach? This free Magna Online Seminar will give you practical advice about the need-to-have basics for quickly and successfully transitioning your course online, from an experienced online educator.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, Magna Commons, On-Demand Seminars
- Engage Early, Build Trust, and Gain Student Retention and Success
- $39.00 – $697.00
- What happens during the first week of class sets the tone for the entire term and can affect retention and student success. For students to work well together in classes, a degree of trust must exist between them, and building this trust quickly is key. Learn about the concept of swift trust, which comes from business but applies to education as well.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons
- How Can I Use Microactivities to Engage Students and Improve Learning and Retention?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- This program explains, through the lens of the literature, how the brain processes information, and identifies why microactivities are a great method of formative assessment to check in with your students learning and move information closer to long-term memory.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can I Create an Effective Syllabus for My Online Class?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- The syllabus can not only help a student navigate the course content, but it also can become a substitute for first-day-of-class conversations, detail major assignments, and explain online-specific requirements such as technology required, netiquette, or recycled writing policies. Learn how to make an effective syllabus for online courses that will help you create a smoothly running class.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Classroom Climate, COVID-19 Resource, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
- How Can I Build Community in My Online Classes?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Discover effective, easy-to-implement techniques to help instill in your online students the cooperation, trust, respect, and enthusiasm that are hallmarks of strong learning communities.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- How Do I Create Social Presence in My Online Classes?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Learn the tools and techniques for successfully building social presence in online courses.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Classroom Climate, COVID-19 Resource, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
- How Can I Earn Swift Trust in My Online Classes?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Discover how the core elements of creating trust—communicating fully and openly, delivering on promises, building confidence, recognizing concerns—can be accomplished in an online course setting.
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