Category: Teaching Portfolio and Philosophy

Completion of Module Making Workshop with the Department of Online Education!

I completed the Module Making Workshop with the Department of Online Education at Touro University.

In order to teach online courses as an instructor at Touro College,I wanted to learn more about how to elevate setting up course modules for your online course(s). The Module Making Workshop is a 4-week course guided me through the essential components of creating an online module including creating measurable learning objectives, adding critical design elements (e.g., headers), and creating a logical flow to course content.

The components of this workshop adhere to the standards outlined in Touro’s Rubric for Online Education, which is the instrument used to evaluate the quality of online courses at Touro.

Touro University Online Summit 22 Presentation  by Jasmin Cowin, Ed.D. on “AI, Avatars and 21st Century Simulation Training for Educators”

AI and intelligent systems are positioned to become change agents in education through ushering in profound changes in institutional administrative and teaching functions, systemic strategic planning, and program planning. Post-pandemic, the explosive growth of fully-accredited online degrees has also reached teacher education programs. However, any online teacher education program needs alternative pathways to support teacher candidates in their online journey at Touro University and towards teacher certification. This lightening talk focused on alternative meeting, teaching and advising spaces in metaverses such as Agora World. Meeting in such alternative, closed-loop spaces fosters positive faculty-candidate interaction, provides pathways for collaborative experiences, nurtures self-efficiacy, and the ability to partner authentically through talking, presenting, debating within groups in a constructed safe metaverse space.

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VOICE22 on Demand Session Recordings: Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin – AI, Avatars and 21st Century Simulation Training for Educators

Session recordings are now available to watch On Demand. Keynotes, interviews and panel discussions from top brands explore real world examples of those successfully integrating conversational AI and automation to drive innovation throughout their organizations. Catch any sessions you may have missed or watch your favorites again! You can register here to get access to VOICE22 and my presentation recording from Agora World:

Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin – AI, Avatars and 21st Century Simulation Training for Educators

AI and intelligent systems are positioned to become change agents in education through ushering in profound changes in institutional administrative functions, systemic strategic planning, and program planning. Post-pandemic, the explosive growth of fully-accredited online degrees has also reached teacher education programs. However, any online program in teacher education needs alternative pathways to support teacher candidates who are required to complete practicum and fieldwork hours.

This lightning talk focuses on reviewing, contrasting, and framing two distinct immersive ecosystems. Mursion and simSchool. While both platforms offer immersive experiences simSchool is AI-driven while Mursion employs mixed reality simulations. Both provide preservice teachers a platform to practice and rehearse the art and skill of teaching within a controlled simulation setting using avatars. Insights on evidence-based practices by teacher candidates are generated through data from both AI and candidates’ in-world experiences. Such data aggregation offers institutions informed decision-making through a systematic review using technology to improve teacher education programs.

Presenting at the TESOL 2023 International Convention & English Language Expo in Portland, Oregon, USA

Together with my dear colleagues and peers Ching-Ching Lin, Ed. D. and Nikki Bell we will be presenting on our NYS TESOL e-book project “Enacting culturally responsive pedagogies through community assets mapping: A NYS TESOL Story,” which has been included in the TESOL 2023 convention program, held on 21–24 March in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Join a global community of English language professionals for the TESOL 2023 Convention & English Language Expo, 21-24 March!

Through engaging in-person events, you will be able to:

  • Connect with our global community of English language professionals. 
  • Choose from 900 in-person sessions.
  • Access 200 virtual sessions. That’s right, in-person registration includes access to the Virtual Convention!   
  • Interact with exhibitors showcasing the latest ELT products and services.
  • Press reset and get away from your classroom or office.

Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin presents “The Three Pillars: Strategic Augmented Reality Digital Technologies Implemetation” at the International Conference on Innovation in Basic – Higher Education, İstanbul, Türkiye

It was my honor to present “The Three Pillars: Strategic Augmented Reality Digital Technologies (ARDT) Implementation” at the International Conference on Innovation in Basic – Higher Education (September 8-11, 2022) İstanbul, Türkiye (Republic of Turkey).


The purpose of this presentation was to frame and share my thoughts on The Three Pillars: Strategic Augmented Reality Digital Technologies (ARDT) Implementation for institutions of Higher Education. To offer ARDTs with functional 3D immersive spaces such as metaverses requires a robust institutional system-wide Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) discussion. TEL integrations not only ask for a highly qualified educator workforce but also demand articulated, interconnected institutional, educator, and learner cultures. The podcast would articulate the three different cultures institutions, educators, and learners to engage in meaningful conversations around ARDTs. The goal was to explore, discuss and debate the purposeful implementation of 21st Century technologies such as metaverses into Institutions of Higher Education while analyzing their positive potential and possible dangers they bring to higher education institutions.

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Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin will present “The three pillars: Strategic Augmented Reality Digital Technologies (ARDT) Implementation” at the International Conference on Innovation in Basic – Higher Education, September 8-11, 2022 İstanbul, Türkiye (Republic of Turkey)

I am excited to be presenting The three pillars: Strategic Augmented Reality Digital Technologies (ARDT) implementation for International Conference on Innovation in Basic – Higher Education, September 8-11, 2022 İstanbul, Türkiye (Republic of Turkey)

Our conference theme on innovations in basic and higher education will give educators wonderful opportunity to learn more about the latest innovations and cutting-edge research in basic and higher education as well as share best practices in teaching and learning, leadership and administration, and research partnerships.
We look forward to seeing you in Istanbul (8-11 September 2022).

Dr. Patrick Blessinger (President, HETL)

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Hyperlinked Internet Repositories & Resources for Educators Infographic by Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin

There is a plethora of Internet Repositories & Resources available for educators. Yet, curating, vetting and keeping track of all the valuable repositories and resources is a hurdle. This is why I created my Hyperlinked Internet Repositories & Resources for Educators PDF. I hope this resource proofs useful to my peers and colleagues. Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin

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Dr. Jasmin Cowin publishes ‘A Chain of Worlds: Education in the Age of Metaverses’ with the virtual 26th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2022, July 12 – 15, 2022

Introducing AI and intelligent systems into education will have profound effects on not only assessment and administrative functions but also on faculty and learner motivation, engagement, and overall academic performance. Other areas affected will be organizational strategic planning, student acquisition, and retention, curriculum design and Personal Learning Networks.

Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin, A Chain of Worlds: Education in the Age of Metaverses. The 26th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2022, July 12 – 15, 2022 IMSCI 2022, vol. 3, 25-30. https://doi.org/10.54808/WMSCI2022.03 ISBN: 978-1-950492-66-4 (Volume III)
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Cowin, J. (2022). A Chain of Worlds: Education in the Age of Metaverses. The 26th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2022, July 12 – 15, 2022  IMSCI 2022, vol. 3, 25-30. https://doi.org/10.54808/WMSCI2022.03  ISBN: 978-1-950492-66-4 (Volume III)

Visualization of Education Strategies to Support Students’ Well-Being and Academic Excellence

The last few weeks I reflected on several questions.

  1. How can educators support and nurture students’ well-being and academic excellence?
  2. What are student needs and educators responsibilities?
  3. Where do experiences and needs of both educators and students overlap?

In this infographic, I juxtaposed students and educators and connected their perspectives and common needs within multiple contexts. The PDF has links to resources for educators wishing to explore the topics.

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Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin on “Practicing the Philosophy of Abundance: Resources to Support Displaced Learners,” VirtuaTELL Spring 2022 Conference May 14, 2022, NYS TESOL

It was my pleasure to present this workshop for the VirtuaTELL Spring 2022 Conference on May 14, 2022, NYS TESOL

I believe that in alignment with SDG 4.c that teachers are the change agents for the future.

4.c By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States.

Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin
Assistant Professor and TESOL Practicum Coordinator
Touro University
Graduate School of Education, New York, NY

This workshop covered:

The Philosophy of Abundance
Understanding Trauma and Its Impact
The Stress Response System
Words Matter
Teaching materials on refugees, asylum and migration for primary and secondary education
UNHCR Teaching About Refugees 2021 – Language Learning Guidebook
Teaching Techniques for Multilingual Learners
The Teacher Tech Tool Wheel
Google Resources
The Internet Archive
Open Educational Resources
Q&A

I am sharing the workshop with all the global conference participants and educators who support displaced learners. I believe that in alignment with SDG 4.c that “teachers are the change agents for the future. “

Both PDF’s feature embedded links to resources you can click on – go ahead, download and use the abundant resources available to YOU.

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Teaching is an Act of Love

Let us move away from deficit thinking and the scarcity education model where education providers together with a group of experts use expensive resources such as required purchases for materials, texts etc., and paid access to platforms which in essence constitute a social justice issue.

Instead, let us embrace the social and situated nature of learning while embracing and developing an asset-based approach to teaching and learning.

Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin
Assistant Professor and TESOL Practicum Coordinator
Touro University
Graduate School of Education, New York, NY
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