Programs & Events

These are informal discussions about whatever attendees want to talk about. Sometimes I’ll suggest a topic or we’ll have special guests. Other times, we talk about teaching ideas and solutions, I can give a little bit of tech help, or we just hang out.

No registration needed, just click the button to join in.

• Monday Sept. 20, 2:00 - 3:00pm, Open discussion
• Wednesday Sept. 29, 2:00 - 3:00pm, Hosted by Lisa Kessler, special topic sharing best practices for inclusive teaching
• Tuesday Oct. 5, 3:00 - 4:00pm, Hosted by Lisa Kessler, Canvas Q&A until 3:30, then special topic exploration of mindfulness & wellness

Join the Faculty Zoom Session

Join us Fridays at 11:00am during Fall Semester to get settled in with Canvas as we explore a variey of features and best practices in our new learning management system.

Topics will include:

• Sept. 17, 11:00am - 12:00pm, Grading and Rubrics in Canvas
• Oct. 8, 11:00am - 12:00pm, Canvas Ally & Accessibility
• Oct. 22, 11:00am - 12:00pm, Spruce Up Your Canvas Course: Technical How-to
• Nov. 5, 11:00am - 12:00pm, Inclusive Imagery & Language in Canvas
• Nov. 19, 11:00am - 12:00pm, Grading and ending the term

Register for each session separately.

Join us Fridays at 11:00am during Fall Semester to explore various learning technnologies and best practices in teaching.

Topics will include:

• Sept. 24, 11:00am - 12:00pm, GoReact
• Oct. 15, 11:00am - 12:30pm, Peer Review of Mixed Modality Courses
• Oct. 29, 11:00am - 12:00pm, Best Practices for Inclusive Teaching
• Nov. 12, 11:00am - 12:00pm, Wall of COOL Speaker Series, featuring Giselle Navarro-Cruz & Eden Haywood-Bird (Early Childhood Studies), & Sally Romero (Library)

Register for each session separately.

These excellent short sessions offer practical and timely advice. See descriptions. Watch in real time or use recordings later. In November, we'll have informal discussion sessions based on these presentations.

• Tuesday Sept. 21, 10:00 - 11:00am, Designing Student-Centered Flexible Assignments While Meeting Curricular & Pedagogical Goals
• Wednesday Oct. 6, 12:00 - 1:00pm, Creating Inclusive Classroom Environments: Addressing Implicit Bias, Microaggressions & Exclusion
• Wednesday Oct. 13, 10:00 - 11:00am, Supporting Students Through Grief: Understanding The Symptoms, Behaviors & Feelings Related To Loss
• Thursday Oct. 14, 12:00 - 1:00pm, Designing Effective Micro-Learning Lectures To Engage & Inspire

Register for each session separately.

The CO's well-received certificate courses for Quality Learning & Teaching and Quality Matters are back for a fall offering. See Professional Development Courses for the whole schedule and details. The courses are a serious commitment and are excellent; one per person, free of charge.

All courses are 3-weeks in length, online, asynchronous, require 15-20 hours, with a structured course schedule and due dates that must be followed.

This short-form community of practice, supported by the NSF-funded PASSION project, will support participants to review their course content, find and adopt content that is culturally responsive, and to revise syllabi to reflect research-backed inclusive course practices.

Victoria Bhavsar (CAFE, PLT) will facilitate this community of practice. Other faculty such as Librarians will join occasionally to support us.

We will meet every 3 weeks for 1 hr on the following dates, 3:00 - 4:00pm: Fridays Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Nov. 19, Dec. 17, Jan. 14 (optional), and Jan. 28. Meetings will be via Zoom, with option to attend in person if you are on campus. Please plan to attend all meetings. For each group meeting, expect to spend 2-3 hours researching course materials for one course (preferably for Spring 2022), giving feedback to others, and revising a syllabus, for a total of 20-25 hours.

Apply by Oct. 5.

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