Full Name
Swati Ramani
Title
Faculty Development Specialist
Institution/Organization
University of California Riverside
Bio

Swati has more than nine years of faculty development and instructional design related professional experience in Higher Education. She has a very strong background in instructional design through which she guides faculty in matters relating to pedagogy/andragogy, assessment, and curriculum design. For her role at UC Riverside, she plans, develops, recommends, and implements professional development programs, in coordination with the instructional design team. She coordinates with the assessment & evaluation office to train faculty on evidence-based assessment practices and closing the loop for course improvement. She trains and mentors faculty on how to track their student learning outcomes through available technical tools and how to read their student data to close the assessment loop. Throughout her career, she has worked closely with a variety of faculty to develop curriculum that aligns with course learning outcomes/course learning objectives and helped instructional design or technical support teams develop faculty professional development opportunities that provide effective solutions to promote student engagement and interaction.

 

Swati Ramani