Courtesy of Wellesley College
Roberta Schotka (center left), who oversees peer tutoring services at Wellesley College, trains peer educators at the Pforzheimer Learning and Teaching Center.
As the coronavirus pandemic forced college campuses to shut down last March, Tiana Iruoje scrambled to quickly transition peer tutoring services at Indiana University s Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering to online-only appointments.
Iruoje, director of student engagement and success for the school, needed to be able to track student check-ins and tutor hours. She nearly hired a computer science student to develop from scratch a system that could do so.
“The time and resources we would’ve spent to have him do it were outrageous,” she said.
Featured Speakers Discuss How Their Colleges Adapted to the Pandemic and the Choices Made to Support Their Students
Austin, TX (PRUnderground) February 23rd, 2021
Upswing, an online student engagement organization, knows colleges are curious about what other institutions are doing to support students during the pandemic and is hosting a free webinar, ‘COVID Conversations in Higher Ed with Blinn College and Robeson Community College’ on Thursday, February 25, 2021, at 12 pm – 1 pm EST.
Register for the live webinar to hear featured speakers Joyce Langenegger, Executive Director of Academic Success at Blinn College, Vonda Graham, Director of Academic Success at Robeson Community College, and Marissa Rodriguez, Engagement Manager at Upswing, detail the challenges the colleges faced this past year, share strategies and best practices for adapting to the pandemic, and discuss how Upswing supported their academic experiences during COVID-19.