Education Workshop 4: Blending Synchronous, Asynchronous and Face to Face Modalities

9:00 to 11:00 AM

This workshop will offer guidelines for blending synchronous, asynchronous and face-to-face modalities in the classroom. Strategies for engaging online students will be explored and specific tools for collaboration will be examined and applied. Participants will consider methods for presenting instruction, assessing student learning, supporting learning, and providing feedback both online and face-to-face.

Objectives:

  • Participants will identify and apply tools appropriate for synchronous, asynchronous and face-to-face collaboration
  • Participants will master email, instant messaging, discussion board forums, social networking sites, streaming video, and video chat services. 
  • Participants will identify and apply synchronous, asynchronous and face-to-face assessment designs to ensure successful formative and summative evaluation of student learning.

Registration:

  • The single workshop price is $95.
  • The series of 10 workshops price is $750.
  • As of July 8, 2020, please contact Patrick Litzinger or Tina Gitelman directly at corporateprograms@rmu.edu or 412-397-6383 to register for any individual workshop in the series.

Instructor: Dr. Lawrence Tomei

Dr. Lawrence Tomei is a Professor of Education at Robert Morris University. Dr. Tomei also serves as the Director of the RMU Center for Cyber Research and Training and Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Cyber Research and Education. He holds an Ed.D. (USC – Los Angeles, CA), master’s degrees in Education and Public Administration (University of Oklahoma, Norman), and bachelor’s degree in business administration (University of Akron, Ohio). He served in the US Air Force from 1972 until his retirement as a lieutenant colonel in 1994. He moved to Pittsburgh and took a position as a senior administrator, then education faculty member at Duquesne University. He joined RMU in 2004 as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs until 2017 when he returned to full-time faculty. His research interests include educational psychology and learning theories, instructional technology, and cyber security.