Teaching Resources for Converting Your Course to Online Delivery

Prepared by E. Nicole Meyer, Vice-President Women in French

Given that most of us have suddenly been told to convert our classes to online delivery, we would like to share resources with our members of Women in French. Please submit further suggestions to Dr. Meyer at nimeyer@augusta.edu and she will consolidate and post both through WIF List and on the WIF webpage.

• "How to Make Your Online Pivot Less Brutal" (Kevin Gannon, Chronicle of Higher Ed, Mar. 12, 2020)
• "Going Online in a Hurry: What to Do and Where to Start" (Michelle D. Miller, Chronicle of Higher Ed, Mar. 9, 2020)
• "Keep Teaching During Prolonged Campus or Building Closures" (Indiana University)
• "Pandemic Prepping in the Language Class: Instructional Contingency Planning for Emergency Situations" (The FLTMAG)
• "Educator Temporary School Closure for Online Learning" (Facebook group)
• "Pandemic Pedagogy" (Facebook page)
• "A 5-Step Guide to Making Your Own Instructional Videos" (Kareem Farah & Robert Barnett, Edutopia, Aug. 20, 2019)
• "Online Teaching Resources" (H-France)
• "Bringing Your Course Online" (MLA, Mar. 2020)
• "Île en île" (online collection of works by francophone authors)
• "Keep on Teaching: Academic Continuity Plan for Prolonged University or Building Closures" (Upstate University of South Carolina) 
• "Accessible Teaching in the Time of COVID-19" (Mapping Access, Mar. 10, 2020)
• "Please do a bad job of putting your courses online" (Rebecca Barrett-Fox, March 2020)
• "Preparing for the Coronavirus on Campus" (HigherEdJobs, Marc. 10, 2020)
• "Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption, for SIS and PWR" (Stanford University, Mar. 17, 2020)
• "Online Language Pedagogy" (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)
• "Suggested Best Practices and Resources for the Implementation of Hybrid and Online Languages Courses" (ADFL) 
• Global Society of Online Literacy Educators + "Need to quickly convert a face-to-face class to an online class?"
• #InstructionalContinuity (Twitter hashtag)

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Remote Teaching/Learning Survey (created and adapted by Leah Holz and E. Nicole Meyer)

If at some point _____________’s campus has to move to remote/online learning due to the spread of COVID-19, many things will be affected besides just your classes. There will be, of course, anxieties about travel, about loved ones who are far away, about income from work on campus or off, about the national or your personal economy, about food, and many other things. I will do my best to make space for discussions of those concerns, and to help direct you to resources as I am able, and as things evolve. As I am thinking about contingency planning, I would like to have a clear idea of your access to technology, as well as your concerns.

 

1. Do you have your own computer, or unlimited access to a computer, that you can use for things like class meetings, readings, homework exercises, quizzes, etc. (WebEx is set up for you on our course page on our Learning Management System—zoom is also a great option). Please do not assume that you can rely on the library as they are overburdened with demand. The computer labs are closed. The question asks about private access, not our university-owned computing power.

__ Yes

__ No

__ I have a computer I can use, but not unlimited access to it. 

2. If you are unable to join in a real-time WebEx or conference call class [synchronous] during our class period, what seems to you a good method of accessing something that would approximate class discussion? Please check all the things you would be willing to try:

__posting responses to a discussion board

__using google docs to group write a response or set of discussion notes with a few classmates [not available here, but possibly for some WIFians]

__something else (please describe in the next question)

3. Given the learning goals of this class, and the ways our class has gone so far, what suggestions do you have for making remote/online classes work well?

4. What are the things you are most  worried about, related specifically to class, as we move to remote/online learning?

5. What are the things that worry you most, beyond this class, about this situation, and the possibility of quarantine or other degrees of social distancing or mandatory isolation due to this situation?

6. Is there anything else you would like me to know as I am thinking about contingency planning, this course, or your situation, that might have an impact on your participation in online versions of this course?

 

As Vice President, E. Nicole Meyer is reinvigorating and expanding the WIF mentoring program. She imagines expanding it from grad students all the way through Full professors, as all levels might have aspirations with which they would appreciate input.

To help her in the quest to offer the best mentoring program possible, please send her your responses to the following:

• What would you like personally?
• Would you like a mentor?
• Would you serve as a mentor?

Please send responses to nimeyer@augusta.edu at your soonest convenience.

 

1. MLA Committee on the Status of Women in the Professions: "Changing Departmental and Institutional Culture for Equity" 

Click on the following link to access their flyer: MLA Sessions 2021.pdf.

2. George Sand Association Panel: "Writing Alongside and After George Sand" 

This is an over-asked question and an under-estimated question : What was George Sand’s relationship to being a woman writer and how did she relate to and influence other women writing in her generation and beyond? She was a writer among writers, not a « woman writer » but she remains the « doyenne » of French women writers after the Revolution. What are the important tensions, dialogues, and intertextualities that make Sand’s body of work so important for women writers of the nineteenth century and beyond? Send titles and brief abstracts (200 words, in French or in English) to rcorkle@bmcc.cuny.edu by March 15.

One Book, One WIF

Call for nominations

With this initiative, WIF North America and WIF UK seek to foster international collaboration by the members of and participants in our two organizations and conferences. In addition, our goal is to draw the attention of scholars to the work of deserving, lesser-­known women authors in France and throughout the Francophone world. Our hope is that this will lead to increased readership for and scholarship devoted to these authors. To the extent possible, it is our goal to include authors from all periods and countries. Finally, when living authors are chosen, we will encourage conference organizers to explore the possibility of the author attending the conference. We realize that this final goal will be a challenge due to availability, funding, etc. and thus, the choice of books will not be contingent upon the author's ability to attend the conference.

Nominating a Book

Eligibility: Any student or scholar who is a member of WIF North America or who has attended a WIF North America or WIF UK conference is eligible to propose a book for selection in this initiative.

Books nominated should be books that are either lesser-­‐known themselves or written by lesser-­known authors.

Please send the following information to Stephanie Schechner at saschechner@widener.edu by March 1, 2020 for full consideration. 

Your name:

Name of author:

Author's Date of Birth/Date of Death (if applicable):

Country of origin:

1-­2 sentences about the author

Book Title and Year of publication:

List of themes raised by this book:

Explain in 250 words or less why this book should be read

Name of a scholar(s) who might be able to lead discussion of the book at a conference:

*This question is asked for informational purposes only and will not factor in the selection of the book for the initiative.

WIF sends warmest congratulations to the newly-elected members of our board: 

• President: Arline Cravens

• Vice-President: E. Nicole Meyer

• Regional Representative for the Midwest: Jennifer Howell 

• Regional Representative for the Rocky Mountains: Courtney Sullivan

Thank you to all who participated in the election. We also send a special thanks to the nominating committee, Annabelle Rea and Colette Trout, as well as to Stephanie Schechner for setting up the elections. 

10th International Women in French Conference: “Margins: Voices and Pathways”
Iowa State University | May 14-16, 2020

The conference organizers have received a prestigious CEAH Symposium grant from ISU that allows them to now offer free registration for graduate students, postdoctoral students and independent researchers who present a paper at the conference.

Thanks to this grant, all participants, whether they present a paper or not, will also be able to attend the reception and banquet free of charge.

To make up for the delay, they extended the early bird registration fee to January 30, 2020.

The registration fee includes breakfasts, lunches and transportation to the conference location and events for all three conference days.

You may register at the following link:  https://registration.extension.iastate.edu/emc00/PublicSignIn.aspx?&SessionID=ejpffofhkfe0ejnfelfbp&Lang=*

And reserve your hotel room here:  https://register.extension.iastate.edu/wf2020/hotel-and-travel

Please be advised that on the evening of December 17, and on the morning of December 18, the registration system software will be updated. During that timeframe, you will not be able to register for the conference.

Important deadlines:

• December 12, 2019 through January 30, 2020: early bird rate
• January 1, 2020: Participants must be members of WIF by January 1, 2020 to participate in the conference
• January 31 through February 29, 2020: full rate
• March 1, 2020: registration online ends; registration on site will be available (full rate)
• March 15, 2020: deadline to be fully reimbursed in case of a cancellation
• March 16, 2020: starting on this date, there will be no more refunds for cancellations

We are looking forward to welcoming you to Ames!

The Organizing Committee:

Michèle Schaal, Iowa State University

Arline Cravens, Saint Louis University

Susan Ireland, Grinnell College

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Chers/chères collègues,

Les organisatrices de la conférence viennent  de recevoir une bourses des plus prestigieuses d’ISU, la CEAH Symposium Grant. Celle-ci permet aux doctorant.e.s, postdoctorant.e.s, et chercheur.e.s indépendant.e.s qui présentent une communication de s’enregistrer sans frais aucuns.

Grace à cette bourse, tou.te.s les participant.e.s pourront également assister gratuitement à la réception et au banquet, qu’iels présentent ou non une communication à la conférence.

Elles ont prolongé l’application du tarif préférentiel jusqu’au 30 janvier 2020.

Les frais d’inscription comprennent les petits-déjeuners, les déjeuners, de même que le transport sur les sites de la conférence pour les trois jours où celle-ci a lieu.

Vous pouvez vous inscrire en cliquant sur le lien suivant :https://registration.extension.iastate.edu/emc00/PublicSignIn.aspx?&SessionID=ejpffofhkfe0ejnfelfbp&Lang=*

Et réservez votre chambre d’hôtel en cliquant sur celui-ci : https://register.extension.iastate.edu/wf2020/hotel-and-travel 

Dates butoirs importantes :

• Jusqu’au 30 janvier 2020 : tarif préférentiel
• 1er janvier 2020 : les intervenant.e.s sélectionné.e.s par le comité scientifique devront obligatoirement être membre de WIF avant le 1er janvier 2020 pour pouvoir participer à la conférence
• 31 janvier au 29 février 2020 : plein tarif
• 1^er mars 2020 : fin des inscriptions en ligne, un enregistrement à la conférence même sera disponible (plein tarif)
• 15 mars 2020 : date butoir pour un remboursement en cas de désistement
• 16 mars 2020 : à partir de cette date, aucun remboursement ne sera effectué pour désistement

Nous nous réjouissons de vous accueillir à Ames ! 

Le comité organisateur :

Michèle Schaal, Iowa State University

Arline Cravens, Saint Louis University

Susan Ireland, Grinnell College