Online Teaching Faculty Mentors
The faculty members listed here are experienced teaching online and have volunteered to be Online Teaching Faculty Mentors. As you prepare to teach online this year, please feel free to reach out directly to mentors from any of the colleges listed with your questions.
Do you have experience teaching online and would like to volunteer to be an Online Teaching Faculty Mentor? Submit the Online Teaching Faculty Mentor form with UIC Extended Campus and they will contact you with more information.
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Sample Questions
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- Can you show me your online class?
- How do I do face-to-face course activities online?
- How do I increase student engagement online?
- How do I email students and post messages through Blackboard?
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Online Teaching Faculty Mentors
Name Department Email Areas of Expertise Diem-My Bui UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dbui@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, General Help Jamie Chriqui UIC School of Public Health mjchriqui@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Alternative Assessment Options, Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Developing Short Videos Margaret Czart UIC College of Applied Health Sciences mczart1@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Alternative Assessment Options, Discussion Boards Ed Garay UIC School of Public Health garay@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Alternative Assessment Options, Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Developing Short Videos, General Help Lois Hitchcock UIC College of Applied Health Sciences lmhitch@uic.edu Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, Using Respondus, General Help Chris Kanich UIC College of Engineering ckanich@uic.edu Making the Most of Live Sessions , Using Blackboard Collaborate for Group Discussions•Discussion Boards, General Help Julia Kim-Cohen College of Liberal Arts and Sciences juliakim@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives Alternative Assessment Options Making the Most of Live Sessions Using Zoom for Group Discussions Discussion Boards Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard Supporting successful online collaboration among students for group projects Available to Faculty for Questions (Name Listed on Resources Website) Scheduled One-on-One Faculty Consultations Leading Small Group Faculty Discussions Hosting Q&A Sessions Dick Liu UIC College of Applied Health Sciences dlui2@uic.edu Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Discussion Boards, General Help Saria Lofton UIC College of Nursing slofto4@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using Blackboard Collaborate for Group Discussions, Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Developing Short Videos, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, General Help Jennifer Maffucci UIC College of Nursing maffucci@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using Blackboard Collaborate for Group Discussions, Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, General Help Michelle Parker-Katz UIC College of Education mparker@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Alternative Assessment Options, Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using Zoom for Group Discussions, Using Blackboard Collaborate for Group Discussions, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Developing Short Videos, General Help Laura Mills UIC College of Applied Health Sciences lmills16@uic.edu Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, Using Respondus, General Help Ishani Mukherjee College of Liberal Arts and Sciences imukhe2@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives Alternative Assessment Options Using Zoom for Group Discussions Using BB Collaborate for Group Discussions Discussion Boards Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard Developing Short Videos Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard General Help Karen Patena UIC College of Applied Health Sciences patena@uic.edu Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, Using Respondus, General Help Dale Reed UIC College of Engineering reed@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Alternative Assessment Options, Discussion Board Janet Riddle UIC College of Medicine jriddle@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Discussion Boards, Developing Short Videos, General Help Catherine Tredway UIC College of Nursing catred@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Alternative Assessment Options, Discussion Boards, General Help Felecia Williams UIC College of Applied Health Sciences feleciaw@uic.edu Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using Zoom for Group Discussions, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, Using Respondus Harry Rhodes UIC College of Applied Health Sciences hr7@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Alternative Assessment Options, Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using BB Collaborate for Group Discussions, Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Developing Short Videos, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, Using Respondus, General Help Rebecca Teasdale UIC College of Education rteasd2@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using Zoom for Group Discussions, Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Developing Short Videos, General Help Cathy Ryan UIC College of Nursing cryan4@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using Zoom for Group Discussions, Using Blackboard Collaborate for Group Discussions, Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Developing Short Videos, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, General Help Alan Schwartz UIC College of Medicine alansz@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using Zoom for Group Discussions, Using Blackboard Collaborate for Group Discussions, Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Developing Short Videos, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, General Help Sandra Gibbons College of Liberal Arts and Sciences gibbonss@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Alternative Assessment Options, Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Developing Short Videos, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, Using Respondus, General Help Marsha Snyder UIC College of Nursing snyderm@uic.edu Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using Zoom for Group Discussions, Using Blackboard Collaborate for Group Discussions, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard Nancy Sislow UIC College of Nursing nsislow@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Alternative Assessment Options, Discussion Board Joe Hummel College of Engineering jhummel2@uic.edu Alternative Assessment Options, Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using BB Collaborate for Group Discussions, Discussion Boards, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, General Help Yeow Siow College of Engineering yeowsiow@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Alternative Assessment Options, Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using Zoom for Group Discussions, Using BB Collaborate for Group Discussions, Developing Short Videos Lindsey Strieter College of Applied Health Sciences lstriete@uic.edu Alternative Assessment Options, Using BB Collaborate for Group Discussions, Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, General Help Theresa Williams College of Nursing trw3015@gmail.com Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Alternative Assessment Options, Discussion Boards•Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Developing Short Videos, Using Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, Use Screencastify videos to show student how to do a task, General Help Stephanie Shapiro Berkson School of Public Health sshapi5@uic.edu Increasing Student Engagement/Creative Student Engagement Techniques, Developing Online Weekly Module Objectives, Making the Most of Live Sessions, Using BB Collaborate for Group Discussions, Discussion Boards, Emailing Students and Posting Messages Through Blackboard, Developing Short Videos, General Help