Excellence in Online Teaching Symposium

Description

Johns Hopkins is pleased to host the first Excellence in Online Teaching Symposium through the generous funding of the Provost's DELTA Teaching-with-Technology Grants. The Excellence in Online Teaching Symposium brings faculty and instructional staff together to share best practices in designing and facilitating online courses and programs. This is an open, online event in which members of the Johns Hopkins community hope to learn from and engage with colleagues from institutions across the globe.

The keynote speaker is [Flower Darby](https://flowerdarby.com/0, who celebrates and promotes effective teaching in all modalities to advance equitable learning outcomes for all students. She's an associate director of the Teaching for Learning Center at the University of Missouri. In her current work and publications, Darby empowers faculty to teach inclusive and equity-focused classes in all modalities. Her recent books include The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching (2023) and Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes (2019), and she's an internationally sought-after keynote speaker.