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.

• Tuesday Oct. 19, 3:00 - 4:00pm, Open discussion
• Monday Oct. 25, 4:00 - 5:00pm, Open discussion

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:

• 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:

• Oct. 29, 11:00am - 12:00pm, Best Practices for Inclusive Teaching
• Nov. 12, 11:00am - 12:00pm, Wall of COOL Speaker Series: Supporting Students and Enhancing Family Connections Through Storytime, featuring Giselle Navarro-Cruz & Eden Haywood-Bird (Early Childhood Studies), & Sally Romero (Library)

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.

The Wall of COOL Speaker Series presents Supporting Students and Enhancing Family Connections Through Storytime.

Join the 2021 Wall of COOL award-winning team of Giselle Navarro-Cruz (Early Childhood Studies), Eden Haywood-Bird (ECS), and Sally Romero (Library) as they share their experience working together to provide ECS students the opportunity to collaborate with each other and gain experience working with children and families – all via remote learning!

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