Sloan-C Webinar Series: Teaching Interviewing and Assessment Using a Combination of Asynchronous…

Teaching Interviewing and Assessment Using a Combination of Asynchronous and Synchronous Assignments

This webinar will focus on the use of asynchronous and synchronous assignments in teaching interviewing and assessment skills. Based on practical application of delivering course content using this format with students in a human services graduate program, participants will gain knowledge of scaffolding an asynchronous process through use of a self-assessment and a peer-assessment tool. Participants will also learn how to set up and moderate synchronous interview assignments that assist students in mastering interviewing and assessment skills.
The presenter began integrating synchronous assignments into a fully on-line graduate level interviewing and assessment course during the fall 2010 semester. After overcoming initial anxieties about the use of Elluminate Live!, student response to the assignments has been positive. The students seem to appreciate having the opportunity to work in real-time with peers and the professor. Students are assigned the role of interviewer, interviewee, and peer consultant and are expected to provide relevant feedback in each of these roles.
This webinar highlights the inherent complexities of teaching an interviewing and assessment course in a fully on-line format while providing participants with a framework for balancing asynchronous and synchronous assignments. Participants will understand the benefits and constraints of teaching interviewing and assessment in a fully on-line course.
Participants will gain knowledge of scaffolding an asynchronous process through use of a self-assessment and a peer-assessment tool.
Participants will learn how to set up and moderate synchronous interview assignments that assist students in mastering interviewing and assessment skills.

Facilitators:
Dr. Jenene Case Pease taught her first on-line course after joining the faculty at University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) in August, 2009. She is an assistant professor of human services (child and family studies concentration) in the College of Education and Human Services. She is credentialed as a Human Services –Board Certified Practitioner (HS-BCP) and also is a clinical member and approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). She enjoys teaching in the on-line and blended format.