Using Microsoft Teams to Enhance Engagement and Learning with Any Class: It’s Fun and Easy

Presenter Information

Janice Poston, Bellarmine UniversityFollow
Shawn Apostel, Bellarmine UniversityFollow
Keith Richardson, Bellarmine UniversityFollow

Publication Date

2020

Abstract

Microsoft Teams is a great tool for meeting virtually, collaborating and even recording class sessions. Acting as a hub for all Office 365 apps it allows for easy uploading of the videos to Stream (the organizations You Tube). MBA and graduate classes are often composed of working professionals who frequently miss class. Teams allows them to easily review class sessions so that they do not fall behind. This article discusses the experiences of one professor who collaborated with the Faculty Development Center at a small, private university to allow for a more blended, flexible classroom using Teams.

Author Biography

Dr. Janice Poston is an instructional developer at Bellarmine University where she provides Moodle training and support for faculty along with instructional technology support for many different academic software systems including Office 365. She has spent over 30 years as an educator and librarian. She regularly presents on diversity and inclusion in online courses, the flipped classroom model, Adobe Spark use in the classroom, and Office 365 Teams.

Dr. Shawn Apostel is the Design, Arts, and Technology program director and associate professor of communication at Bellarmine University. He teaches courses in Multimedia Communication and Technical Communication. His work is published by IGI Global, CCDigital Press, Lexington Books, New Forums Press, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, and Computers and Composition Online.

Dr. Keith Richardson is professor of Accounting at Bellarmine University. He has been at Bellarmine for twenty-one years. His current teaching areas are Principles of Financial Accounting, Financial I, and Masters of Business Administration. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Puget Sound, an MBA from Pacific Lutheran University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. Previous professional experience includes: audit manager, Dwyer Pemberton & Coulson, CPA; staff accountant, Arthur Andersen & Co.; controller and operations manager, Ostrom’s Mushroom Farms; and financial vice president, Affiliated American Corp.

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