Theme: Student Voices: Successes & Opportunities

The Lightning Talks speaker event is a reflection and learning forum where Boston University faculty and invited guests identify areas of challenge and opportunity and share strategies for engaging educational experiences in the in-person environment. The speaker series, co-hosted by Digital Learning & Innovation and The Center for Teaching & Learning, is open to BU faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars.

Summer 2020 Speaker Series: Remote teaching is only half the story. Students in leadership roles, undergraduate and graduate students, share their remote learning experiences, discuss what they miss about the on-campus experience, and elements of remote instruction they most appreciate.

Video Topics

Watch the individual, five-minute video presentations:

• Technology Beyond the Pandemic
• Implications of Remote Learning for Access
• Sharing the Learning Environment
• Mental Health During Unprecedented Times
• The Importance of Breaks

“This talk drives home so many good classroom management skills — pacing, re-visiting unique needs of students, importance of timing in presentation, importance of variety and types of breaks, ways students can participate. – Student Voices Lightning Talk Attendee

About the Moderator: Rachel Spekman

Rachel Spekman was the Program Director of Business Ventures at the Innovate@BU Initiative. While at Boston University she managed programming for the for-profit ventures and works across the university on a variety of initiatives.

Rachel is passionate about improving the quality of life for Bostonians, as well as creating an inclusive culture, especially for female founders and entrepreneurs from under-served communities. She has a background in education, non-profit, and marketing, and was selected as part of the Greater Boston Future Leaders Program.