Jessica Riviere

Instructional Designer

Jessica’s research centers on best practices in graduate education, including supporting graduate student instructors. She started at the Hub in August of 2020. Prior to that she was an Instructional Consultant at The Ohio State University. She earned a Ph.D. in German Literature from Vanderbilt University, where she taught the first four semesters of German language courses as well as classes in European Studies. She was a faculty adviser for the College of Arts and Sciences at Vanderbilt before moving to Columbus, OH to work in the teaching center at Ohio State University. Jessica’s dissertation work focused on women’s essayistic writing in German at the time of the French revolution.

Jessica’s Recent Blog Posts

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  A Conversation Around GenAI: The Opportunity to Grow (Guest Speaker Dave Cormier)February 1, 2024
  On November 29th, 2023, the Hub and the Foundations Program together hosted a campus talk given by Dave Cormier, Digital Learning Specialist at the University of Windsor’s Office of Open Learning. Many thanks are due to Patrick Beauchesene, Director of the Foundations Program, and Autumm Caines, Lead Instructional Designer at the Hub, for their efforts… Read More »A Conversation Around GenAI: The Opportunity to Grow (Guest Speaker Dave Cormier)
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  We cannot “Return to Normal”February 23, 2023
  Digital Education Day 2023 Keynote AddressDr. Amy Collier On Feb 10, 2023, UM-Dearborn, UM-Flint, Henry Ford College, and Mott Community College were happy to kick off the seventh annual Digital Education Days event with a keynote by Dr. Amy Collier, Associate Provost for Digital Learning at Middlebury College. With the provocative title “We cannot ‘Return… Read More »We cannot “Return to Normal”
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  Recording available: Time on Task WorkshopAugust 25, 2022
  On Thursday, February 17th 2022, I co-hosted a workshop with special guest Leigh Graves Wolf on “Time on Task – how much is it, really?” This workshop introduced participants to a tool they can use right away to see how long students spend completing work in their classes now and in future courses. We were… Read More »Recording available: Time on Task Workshop
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  Recognizing where we areOctober 11, 2021
  Land acknowledgement statements at UM Dearborn It is Indigenous People’s Day in Michigan and in the United States. There are many ways to use this date to remind ourselves and our students about the intersection between what we teach and its application to addressing current concerns of and historical injustice towards indigenous people here and… Read More »Recognizing where we are
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  Reflection 2021: Responding to the Padlet Posts & the Chat from May 19June 11, 2021
  Guest Post by Dr. Nancy Chick I’ve been reading the Reflection Graffiti posted on Padlet, nodding at every sticky note prompted by the questions, “What questions are you left wondering after this year? What questions do you want to ask other teachers? We are still in a long stretch of time marked by great uncertainty.… Read More »Reflection 2021: Responding to the Padlet Posts & the Chat from May 19