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Faculty Development Opportunities — 12/09/2020

 



Faculty Development Opportunities At-a-Glance

Canvas User Credential Course Deadline    Dec. 10

Journaling During Difficult Times    Dec. 11 11-12:00

Canvas User Credential course opens            Jan. 4

ePortfolio Bootcamp    Jan. 7  1-4:00


*Additional Faculty Portfolio Consultations. Dates/times vary; see below.


Register now for Spring Semester Canvas User Credential Course or Online Teacher Credential Course.


Have you taken the “Creating a Faculty Professional Portfolio” online course?

Creating a Faculty Professional Portfolio Online course
This self-paced, three-hour Canvas course provides you with information, guidance, and instructions that will help you create an effective full-time faculty professional portfolio. Register in the SLCC Registration System under the department “ePortfolio.”
Professional Portfolio Consultations (after completing course)
Jan. 12 1:00-2:00 pm
Jan. 15 2:00-3:00 pm
Jan. 20 12:00-1:00 pm
Jan 22 10:00-11:00 am
All consultations are virtual
If you have taken the Creating a Faculty Portfolio course, join Emily Dibble from ePortfolio and Tiffany Rousculp from Writing Across the College for a consultation on your professional portfolio.  If you have not taken the course, do that first as it will answer many questions you may have.  Register for both the course and a consultation in the SLCC Registration System under the department “ePortfolio”.


Take a few minutes for yourself…

Journaling During Difficult Times
Dec. 11, 2020
11:00am-12:00pm; virtual
Learn how writing can reduce stress, how to get started and keep going! 
No doubt about it: we are all under a lot of stress right now. Did you know that writing can be useful tool for coping with it? In fact, writing regularly has been shown to reduce anxiety and improve one’s mood. In this workshop, you’ll learn:
Learning Objectives
• Why writing can help reduce stress
• Different ways to use writing to reduce stress
• Strategies for getting started and keeping going

Zoom link will be sent out prior to the meeting. 


Do you want to increase your Canvas skills?
Canvas User Credential course
Register anytime now–Apr. 6
Course opens Jan. 4, 2021
In this online, facilitated, self-paced course, you will learn to use the key features of Canvas. This 12-hour course is designed for all faculty, including full-time and adjunct instructors. The course is self-paced, so novice and experienced Canvas users can complete this course as quickly as possible. This course is facilitated by SLCC instructional technologists and instructional designers who are available to answer questions and provide feedback. Successful completion of this course satisfies the Canvas competency requirement for eLearning’s companion course, the Online Teacher Credential course. For more information about the Canvas User Credential visit https://tinyurl.com/slcc4cred

Register for this course in the SLCC Registration System under the dept. titled “eLearning”


Online Teacher Credential course
Register anytime now–Feb. 3 (or until course fills)
Course runs Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 2021
This course is a fully online, 6-week course. You will spend approximately 1-3 hours each week engaged in this course for a total of 16 hours. Adjunct instructors will be compensated for 16 hours.
This training is for all faculty who want to teach online at SLCC. Faculty should complete this training prior to teaching an online course. The course is taught in an online cohort so the participants can experience what it's like to be an online student and learn research-based best practices and expectations of being an online instructor at SLCC.

Register for this course in the SLCC Registration System under the dept. titled “eLearning”


Looking to make ePortfolio more relevant to your course?

ePortfolio Bootcamp
Jan. 7, 2021
1:00-4:00pm
This intensive ePortfolio training will help faculty more effectively explain and use ePortfolios in their courses. Participants will learn how to integrate ePortfolios in course syllabi, signature assignments, and develop effective reflection activities and prompts. Faculty will also learn how to model ePortfolio pages for their students using the school’s ePortfolio platform, Digication. In addition, there will be a brief introduction to the benefits of creating your own professional portfolio. Those who complete this training will be eligible for the ePortfolio pedagogy badge.


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/

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