Teaching Professionals to Become Better Designers, Instructors and Leaders with Florence Martin

Today, Maria talks with Florence Martin, Professor in Learning, Design and Technology at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Florence serves as the Program Coordinator of Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, Learning, Design and Technology concentration and Program Director of the Post-Master’s Certificate of University and College Teaching. 

If you are interested in instructional design, educational technology and online learning facilitation, this episode is for you. You will learn the most effective online teaching strategies derived from various research studies to help you enhance your online presence, design a 21-first century classroom and prepare your students for success. 

Florence unpacks the skills and competencies of award-winning online instructors and defines the eight roles you need to perform to thrive as an online educator. She shares good practices and recommendations on how to design online learning environments to improve student engagement. 

This is a wonderful conversation with a higher education leader who wants to train professionals to become better designers and instructors through her teaching and research. And in doing so, she continues to impact more students in classrooms around the world.

 

Where to find more about Florence Martin:

LinkedIn

Faculty Website    

Google Scholar 

 

 Mentioned in this episode:

Florence’s Publications 

M.ED in Learning, Design and Technology

Ed.D. in Educational Leadership

Post-Master’s in University and College Teaching

A systematic review of research on online teaching and learning from 2009 to 2018

Bichronous Online Learning: Blending Asynchronous and Synchronous Online Learning

 

 Listen to this episode and explore: 

Florence’s fond memories going to school in South India (4:20)

Her love for math and her bachelors in Electrical Engineering (6:20)

Working as a network engineer before going to the US to continue her higher education (7:15)

Her decision to study Educational Technology for her Masters and PhD (8:30)

Experiencing student-centered and technology-based Education in grad school (10:00)

Her experience in corporate and the decision to become an academic (11:10)

Becoming a Professor in Design, Technology and Learning (13.30)

Designing the post-Master's Certificate for College & University Teaching (15:20)

Training professionals for leadership roles in K12, higher Ed and centers of teaching and learning (18:45)

Florence’s experience and insights into the evolution of Instructional Design (19:35)

The design of blended (in-person and online) synchronous learning (21:35)

Florence’s transition and experience in asynchronous online learning (22:50)

Best strategies for student engagement in various learning modalities (26:00)

How to transition successfully from in-person to online learning (29:30)

The elements of effective learning: design, facilitation, evaluation and assessment (33:00)

Award-winning online strategies