Basic Sciences
Racheal Tomco Novak, M.S. Ph.D.
Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine – South Jordan, Utah
Michael Schmidt, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine
Anita Joy-Thomas, Other B.D.S, Ph.D.
University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston
In typical classrooms, learners fall within five levels of engagement described in the literature, including rebellion/disruptive, retreatism/checked-out, ritual/passively compliant, strategically compliant, and fully engaged. The pandemic encouraged educators to rethink strategies used in traditional classrooms to enhance student engagement. In this educational session, educators from across the biomedical and clinical sciences will present innovative student engagement activities used in virtual and hybrid learning models. Special focus will be placed on the challenges faced, lessons learned, and future opportunities to inform the audience, as dental schools rethink content delivery to substantially increase virtual and hybrid teaching/learning platforms.