Faculty Development Opportunities 10/14–10/21/2020

Faculty Development Opportunities At-a-Glance 

Sign up for UEN sponsored $200 gift card by Oct. 16

Flower Darby: Small Teaching Online Oct. 16 1–2 p.m.

Tech Tips for Teaching    Oct. 20 12–1 p.m.

Creating Equity in Writing Assignments Oct. 22 12–1 p.m.
Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Jane Drexler Oct. 23

Because Internet L&A Community Oct. 27 12–1 p.m.

Get Writing Workshop Series Oct. 28 12–1 p.m.

How to Be An Antiracist L&A Community Oct. 29 3–4 p.m.

Faculty Dashboard Training Oct. 30 1–2 p.m.

Online Learning Consortium Virtual Conf. Nov. 9–18

Quality Matters @ SLCC Annual Mtg Nov. 19 1–2 p.m.

See descriptions of above titles below; register through the SLCC Registration System under Faculty Development, unless otherwise mentioned. 

 

Flower Darby, virtual keynote address 

Co-author of Small Teaching Online 

Sponsored through USU, supported by SLCC

Oct. 16

1:00-2:00pm; virtual

Register in SLCC Registration System

Flower Darby is a well-known expert in online instruction.  Listen to her speak about best practices for online learning.

Program Extended to Oct. 16:  How does a $200 Amazon gift certificate sound?  

  

Utah Education Network’s  Reimagine Teaching program has $200 gift cards for educators that complete four hours of professional development they have not already been compensated for. Follow these steps:  

1. Sign Up  by Oct. 16  to qualify and get updates  
2. Complete four clock hours of professional learning between Jun. 1–Dec. 1, 2020.  
3. Submit Proof  of completion such as a certificate, email from the instructor, or department letter.  
4. Accept recognition — $200 Amazon gift card (limited quantity available)   

For more information click the link above or contact facultydevelopment@slcc.edu  

Could you use Technology Tips to help in your online or hybrid teaching? 

 

Online Learning Webinar Series with SLCC Faculty

Oct. 21–23

Join SLCC Faculty presenting webinars that address online learning in all courses. No registration in the SLCC Registration system, but you will need to register on TYCA-GSOLE’s website: gsole.org/News-and-Events. No compensation is available for adjunct faculty.

Tech Tips for Teaching 
Oct. 20  
12–1 p.m.; virtual 
Join Deidre Tyler for tech tips that promote sustainable development. In this new teaching environment, the questions that are asked are:  What can I do to create a learning environment that is sustainable? What are some things that we can do in the educational environment that does not change each semester? One theory that we will discuss Replacement, Amplification and Transformation (RAT model). The tools that we will discuss are hyperdocs, Ted-x talks, Break-out rooms and reflection. 

Looking for more inclusive teaching resources?  

  

Creating Equity in Writing Assignments  
Oct. 22  

12–1 p.m.; virtual  

Learn to use the Writing Across the College Transparent Writing Assignment Template to turn your equity talk into an equity walk.  

 

Do you want to gather with colleagues in a safe, online format? Participate in a Learning & Action Community.  

 

            

Because Internet: Understand the New Rules of Language 

Oct. 27 and Nov. 10 

12–1 p.m.; virtual 

Many people think the internet is ruining language and writing abilities, but this learning community will show you that language and writing is more alive and dynamic than ever before! Session one has passed, but we invite you to join us for session two: Chapters 4–5 and session three: Chapters 6–8. 

 

How to be an Antiracist 

Oct. 29

3–4 p.m.; virtual 

Join the Humanities and Languages department in a discussion for the book titled How to be an Antiracist, by Ibram Kendi. The group will read the first 150 pages for this first meeting. All staff and faculty are invited to attend.

 

Contact facultydevelopment@slcc.edu for a copy of either of these books. 

Do you want to focus on your own writing? 

 

“Get Writing” Workshop Series  
This month’s sessions: Oct. 28 
12–1 p.m.; virtual 
This workshop series provides an introduction to publishing (academic and trade), provides structure for your project, and helps you through the process with monthly sessions and writing time 

September: Finding Your Writing Project — Sep. 9 & 23 
October: Exploring Publication Options — Oct. 14 & 28 
November: Getting Through Writer’s Block — Nov. 11 & 18 
January: Submitting Queries — Jan. 13 & 27 
February: Dealing with Responses — Feb. 10 & 24 

 

Need Canvas skills? 

Canvas User Credential Course 
Register by Nov. 10; complete by Dec. 10 
This course is a 12-hour, self-paced, fully online course. Look for course code DCUC in SLCC’s training registration system under eLearning.  

Looking for additional online teaching resources? 

 

OLC Accelerate 2020 Virtual Conference 
Nov. 9–18; virtual 
See schedule below 
You are invited to attend VIRTUALLY the Online Learning Consortium's Accelerate 2020 conference. SLCC’s eLearning team has purchased an “unlimited” all campus pass to the eight-day conference. Sessions will be streamed live from the OLC national conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. You are welcome to view any session from wherever you are as your schedule allows. Registered participants also get access to recordings of all sessions, which will be available within 24 hours after each session concludes and are available for one year after the conference. Most sessions will be webcast via Zoom.

The general high-level schedule of activities is available here — eLearning’s registration does NOT cover any pre-conference workshops. 

The detailed schedule of sessions is available here — click the STREAMED SESSIONS tab to view the sessions available virtually. Note that all session times in the online program are listed in EASTERN STANDARD TIME.  

Virtual sessions are available on the following days — times below are converted to MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME. At any given time there are several sessions running concurrently to choose from. 

Monday, 11/09/20, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
Tuesday, 11/10/20, 7:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. 
Wednesday, 11/11/20, 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
Thursday, 11/12/20, 6 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. 
Friday, 11/13/20, 6 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 
Monday, 11/16/20, 7:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
Tuesday, 11/17/20, 6 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. 
Wednesday, 11/18/20, 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. 

There is no compensation for attending this event.  

Registration is required. Look for course code DOLC in SLCC’s training registration. After registering, you will receive instructions for accessing the conference sessions in a separate email.  

 

Quality Matters at SLCC—Annual Update Meeting 2020 
Nov. 19 
1–2 p.m.; virtual 

Join us for eLearning's annual update on the Quality Matters initiative at SLCC. This meeting is for: 

• All full-time faculty who are interested in the Quality Matters initiative at SLCC
• All full-time faculty who have conducted Quality Matters course reviews, or who are interested in doing these reviews 
• All eLearning staff who have conducted QM course reviews 

The purpose of this meeting is to: 

• Review the status of Quality Matters and QM reviews at SLCC 
• Review the qualifications for QM reviewers at SLCC 
• Discuss QM standards that might be difficult to interpret, so we can be more consistent course reviewers 
• Answer your questions about Quality Matters 

This meeting will be held virtually on Microsoft Teams. You will receive instructions for accessing the meeting in a separate email. 

Registration is required. Look for course code DQYR in SLCC’s training registration system.

 

Additional Resources: 

 

ACUE: Inclusive Teaching Practices Toolkit 

ACUE is excited to introduce a set of free resources — including videos and downloadable planning guides — that can be immediately put to use to benefit both faculty and their students. These practices are tailored for online teaching but are also relevant to the physical classroom. 

https://acue.org/inclusive-teaching-practices-toolkit/