QC Monthly Calendar

Workshop materials are posted to the "on demand" area of the TLC web site following each workshop.

Choose a month:

• 2009: December, November, October, September, August, June May April, March, February, January
• 2008: December, November, October, September, August, April, March, February, January

December 2008

• Orientation to BHC - QC Sites
  
  See the series description here.
  December 1, 12:30 - 4:00PM, Q4 - Restaurant
  Jo Johnson and Collaborating Staff
  Target Audience: New BHC Employees (open to all employees)
  Learn about the College's Crisis Intervention Manual as well as important Safety and Security information. Participants will also have an opportunity to get their benefits questions asnwered and visit QC satellite locations. This session culminates in a reception with the President's Cabinet.

  
  
• Ambassador Cross-Training
  
  December 5, 8:00-10:30AM, Restaurant
  Jo Johnson, Molly Baker, and Coordinating Staff
  Share how your department functions with colleagues around campus, breaking down "silos," building a more collaborative work place, and making new friends in the process. Participants will be selected by department heads.
  
  
• Critical Incident Response (non-supervisory)
  
  December 8, 2:00 - 4:00PM, Outreach Center - Room 204
  December 11, 2:30 - 4:30PM, Q4 - Conference Rooms 1 & 2
  Rick Fiems, Professor and Chief of Public Safety
  Target Audience, All BHC Employees
  This program is intended to familiarize BHC Employees with the current College plan for responding to emergencies of all types, sizes, and varieties.
  
  
• People Admin for Supervisors
  
  December 8, 2:00 - 3:00PM, Q1-311
  Trish Anderson, HR Coordinator; Cal Tingle, HR Assistant
  Target Audience: Supervisors and Department Chairs
  This training provides an introduction to BHC’s online job application system. To prepare for the role of Hiring Authority, supervisors will have the opportunity to get into the web-based PeopleAdmin system and practice using it.
  
  
• Supervisor Development - Institutional Module
  
  See the series description here.
  December 9, 12:30 - 4:30 PM, Q4 - Conference Rooms 1 & 2
  Jo Johnson and Collaborating Staff
  Target Audience: New and Newly Promoted BHC Supervisors and Department Chairs
  This session covers supervisor responsibilities related to information technology systems, unit planning, and the prevention of harassment and discrimination.
  
  
• Hiring Committee Training
  
  December 11, 8:30 - 9:30AM, Q1-B15A
  December 16, 3:30 - 4:30PM, Q1-B15A
  Jo Johnson, Manager of Training & AA/EEO Officer; HR Staff
  Target Audience: Any employee preparing to serve on a hiring committee
  Participants review BHC hiring procedures and discuss Equal Employment Opportunity considerations as they relate to the screening and hiring process.
  
  

November 2008

• Designing Rubrics for Portfolio Assessment
  
  November 6, 2:00-3:30PM, T/LC
  Michelle Johnson, Assessment Coordinator and Molly Baker, Teaching/Learning Center staff
  This session will focus on how to develop a rubric for evaluating portfolios, whether your students are developing portfolio items for class work, employment, or program-level assessments.



• People Admin for Supervisors
  
  November 7, 2:00 - 3:00PM, Q1-313
  Trish Anderson, HR Coordinator; Cal Tingle, HR Assistant
  Target Audience: Supervisors and Department Chairs
  This training provides an introduction to BHC’s online job application system. To prepare for the role of Hiring Authority, supervisors will have the opportunity to get into the web-based PeopleAdmin system and practice using it.
  
  



• Hiring Committee Training
  
  November 13, 8:30 - 9:30AM, Q1-B15A
  November 18, 3:30 - 4:30PM, Q1-B15A
  Jo Johnson, Manager of Training & AA/EEO Officer; HR Staff
  Target Audience: Any employee preparing to serve on a hiring committee
  Participants review BHC hiring procedures and discuss Equal Employment Opportunity considerations as they relate to the screening and hiring process.
  
  
• BHC Finance 102 (Prerequisite: BHC Finance 101)
  
  See the series description here.
  November 14, 8:00 - 12:00PM, Q1-313
  BHC Finance and Payroll Staff
  Target Audience: This session of Supervisor Development is open to BHC Supervisors and non-supervisory staff wtih finance responsibilities.
  This second session on BHC financial management focuses on budget development, travel procedures, finance forms, grants, accounts receivable, insurance, and record retention.
  
• Ambassador Cross-Training
  
  November 14, 8:00-10:30AM, Restaurant
  Jo Johnson and Molly Baker, Coordinating Staff
  Share how your department functions with colleagues around campus, breaking down "silos," building a more collaborative work place, and making new friends in the process. Participants will be selected by department heads.



• Orientation to Black Hawk College - EC Tour
  
  See the series description here.
  November 17, 12:30 - 4:30PM, E2-107
  Jo Johnson, Manager of Training & AA/EEO Officer
  Target Audience: New BHC Employees (open to all employees)
  In this session, participants will become familiar with the BHC Organizationl Chart and key Administrative Guidelines, learn how to navigate myBlackHawk to find important College information, and discover which modes of internal communication to use in specific situations. A tour of the East Campus will be provided.
  
  
• Critical Incident Response (non-supervisory)
  
  November 18, 2:00 - 4:00PM, Q4-Conference Rooms 1 & 2
  Rick Fiems, Professor and Chief of Public Safety
  Target Audience, All BHC Employees
  This program is intended to familiarize BHC Employees with the current College plan for responding to emergencies of all types, sizes, and varieties.
  
  

October 2008

• Hiring Committee Training
  
  October 2, 8:30 - 9:30AM, Q1-B15A
  October 16, 8:30 - 9:30AM, Q1-B15A
  October 21, 3:30 - 4:30PM, Q1-B15A
  October 30, 8:30 - 9:30AM, Q1-B15A
  Jo Johnson, Manager of Training & AA/EEO Officer, HR Staff
  Target Audience: Any employee preparing to serve on a hiring committee
  Participants review BHC hiring procedures and discuss Equal Employment Opportunity considerations as they relate to the screening and hiring process.
  
  
• Ambassador Cross-Training
  
  October 3, 17, 31
  8:00-10:30AM, Restaurant
  Jo Johnson and Molly Baker, Coordinating Staff
  Share how your department functions with colleagues around campus, breaking down "silos," building a more collaborative work place, and making new friends in the process. Participants will be selected by department heads.



• Hybrid Teaching and Course Design
  
  Hybrid: Online + 2 Face-to-face Sessions Scheduled by Participants
  October 6-November 7
  Molly Baker and Andy Olson, Teaching/Learning Center
  Thinking about converting a class to a hybrid format? This course will explore best practices for hybrid teaching, emphasizing before/during/after design, optional hybrid course models, and extensive online resources.



• Classroom Assessment Techniques
  
  Four Session Course: September 12, 26, October 10, 24
  1:00-3:00PM, T/LC
  Mary Beth Kwasek and Karen Hindede, HJFL Faculty
  Discover the power of Angelo and Cross's multiple ways to collect ongoing, meaningful information from your students so that your can afjust your teaching and their learning strategies to enhance learning.
  
  
• Critical Incident Response (non-supervisory)
  
  October 6, 2:00 - 4:00PM, Q4 - Conference Rooms 1 & 2
  October 29, 2:00 - 4:00PM, ORC - Room 204
  Rick Fiems, Professor and Chief of Public Safety
  Target Audience: All BHC Employees
  This program is intended to familiarize BHC Employees with the current College plan for responding to emergencies of all types, sizes, and varieties.
  
  
• People Admin for Supervisors
  
  October 8, 9:00 - 10:00AM, Q1-311
  October 20, 2:30 - 3:30PM, Q1-313
  Trish Anderson, HR Coordinator; Cal Tingle, HR Assistant
  Target Audience: Supervisors and Department Chairs
  This training provides an introduction to BHC’s online job application system. To prepare for the role of Hiring Authority, supervisors will have the opportunity to get into the web-based PeopleAdmin system and practice using it.
  
  
• Preventing Sexual Harassment
  
  OCTOBER: New employees complete the training within the first two months of employment. All other employees complete the training annually in October.
  Access the training through myBlackHawk. Click on the Employees tab, then Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Institutional Training channel.
  Optional lab-assisted sessions:
  October 14, 8:30 - 10:30AM, QC T/LC
  October 28, 2:30 - 4:30PM, QC T/LC
  Target Audience: All Black Hawk College employees; REQUIRED ANNUALLY
  This training provides information regarding Equal Employment Opportunity laws related to sexual harassment and other types of harassment. Participants will complete a mastery test at the end of the training.
  
• Designing Rubrics for Portfolio Assessment
  
  October 15, 2:30-4:00PM, T/LC
  Michelle Johnson, Assessment Coordinator and Molly Baker, Teaching/Learning Center staff
  This session will focus on how to develop a rubric for evaluating portfolios, whether your students are developing portfolio items for class work, employment, or program-level assessments.



• BHC Finance 101
  
  See the series description here.
  October 17, 8:00 - 12:00PM, Q1-313
  BHC Finance and Payroll Staff
  Target Audience: This session of Supervisor Development is open to BHC Supervisors and non-supervisory staff wtih finance responsibilities.
  Learn the elements of BHC financial management, including the Banner finance system, fund accounting, payroll, purchasing, and asset control.

  
  
• Orientation to Black Hawk College - QC Tour
  
  See the series description here.
  October 20, 12:30 - 4:30PM, Q1 - Library Lab
  Jo Johnson and Collaborating Staff
  Target Audience: New BHC Employees (open to all employees)
  Become familiar with the College's Vision, Mission, Values, and Goals. Find out how your work fits into the insitiution's Strategic Objectives. Learn about the BHC student and the College's philosophy on the student as learner. This session includes a tour of the Quad City Campus.
  
• Universal Design and Accessibility: What Do Faculty Need to Know?
  
  Hybrid: Online + 1 Face-to-face session
  October 21, 3:00-5:00PM, 2-115
  Janet Peters, Great Lakes AD, Harper College and Penn State Staff
  Make this the semester to learn about course designs that reach all students, including those with disabilities. Harper College's online class, Penn State's online "In Their Shoes" experiences, and Janet Peters will be on campus during Disabilities Awareness Week.

September 2008

• Learning Styles: Implications for Course Design and Presentation
  
  September 2-30, Online
  Molly Baker, Teaching/Learning Center Staff
  Learn about various types of learning styles, how to assist students in taking advantage of their style preferences, and ideas for integrating teaching and learning activities that reach all types in one course.


• Hiring Committee Training
  
  September 4, 8:30 - 9:30AM, Q1-B15A
  September 18, 8:30 - 9:30AM, Q1-B15A
  September 23, 3:30 - 4:30PM, Q1-B15A
  Jo Johnson, Manager of Training & AA/EEO Officer; HR Staff
  Target Audience: Any employee preparing to serve on a hiring committee
  Participants review BHC hiring procedures and discuss Equal Employment Opportunity considerations as they relate to the screening and hiring process.
  
• Critical Incident Response for Supervisors
  
  September 8, 2:00 - 4:00PM, Q4 - Conference Rooms 1 & 2
  September 11, 2:30 - 4:30PM, Q4 - Conference Rooms 1 & 2
  September 29, 2:00 - 4:00PM, Q4 - Conference Rooms 1 & 2
  Rick Fiems, Professor and Chief of Public Safety
  Target Audience: Supervisors and Department Chairs
  This program is intended to familiarize BHC supervisors with the current College plan for responding to emergencies of all types, sizes, and varieties.
  
  
• People Admin for Supervisors
  
  September 10, 3:00 - 4:00PM, Q1-301
  Trish Anderson, HR Coordinator; Cal Tingle, HR Assistant
  Target Audience: Supervisors and Department Chairs
  This training provides an introduction to BHC’s online job application system. To prepare for the role of Hiring Authority, supervisors will have the opportunity to get into the web-based PeopleAdmin system and practice using it.
  
  
• Ambassador Cross-Training
  
  September 19
  8:00-10:30AM, Restaurant
  Jo Johnson and Molly Baker, Coordinating Staff
  Share how your department functions with colleagues around campus, breaking down "silos," building a more collaborative work place, and making new friends in the process. Participants will be selected by department heads.



• Death by Meeting
  
  September 18, 3:00-4:30PM, 2-101
  Molly Baker, Teaching/Learning Center Staff and Lavon Franklin, DL Support Staff
  Learn strategies for leading meetings that are more focused and effective. Templates for recording outcomes (aka minutes) and tips for making DL meetings more inclusive for remote site attendees also included.



• Classroom Assessment Techniques
  
  Four Session Course: September 12, 26, October 10, 24
  1:00-3:00PM, T/LC
  Mary Beth Kwasek and Karen Hindede, HJFL Faculty
  Discover the power of Angelo and Cross's multiple ways to collect ongoing, meaningful information from your students so that your can afjust your teaching and their learning strategies to enhance learning.



• Maximizing Advisory Committee Contributions
  
  September 18, 2:00-3:00PM, T/LC
  September 24, 3:00-4:00PM, T/LC
  Michelle Johnson, Assessment Coordinator and Collaborating Staff
  Learn effective ways to facilitate your Advisory Committee meetings so that you maximize attendance and garner the involvement, feedback, and input that your department needs to strengthen career programs.


• Orientation to Black Hawk College - QC Sites
  
  This three-session course is designed to orient the new employee to Black Hawk College. Topics covered include an overview of the College, BHC vision, mission, values, and goals, the BHC student, internal communication, performance appraisal, crisis intervention, safety, and security, and a reception with the President’s Cabinet. Sessions are scheduled monthly in different campus locations to afford an opportunity to tour most campus sites, and participants can join at any session. Travel is arranged and paid for by the Manager of Training.
  
  September 22, 12:30 - 4:00PM, Q4 - Restaurant
  Jo Johnson and Collaborating Staff
  Target Audience: New BHC Employees (open to all employees)
  Learn about the College's Crisis Intervention Manual as well as important Safety and Security information. Participants will also have an opportunity to get their benefits questions asnwered and visit QC satellite locations. This session culminates in a reception with the President's Cabinet.
  
• Supervisor Development - Human Resources Module
  
  This four-module course provides participants with information and skill development specific to the supervisor function at Black Hawk College. Modules are presented by internal experts from the BHC Finance, Human Resources, ITS, and Planning & Institutional Effectiveness Departments. Supervisors will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on practice related to their various day to day responsibilities. BHC Finance 101 is a prerequisite to BHC Finance 102. Otherwise, participants can join at any session.
  
  September 24, 12:30 - 4:30PM, Q4 - Conference Rooms 1 & 2
  Human Resources Staff
  Prepare for success by learning the HR functions of a BHC supervisor. This session will cover job descriptions, hiring procedures, performance appraisals, employee coaching, union contracts, workers compensation, accident reporting, and FMLA.
  

• April 2008

  Join us for professional development events, the last of this academic year. Sessions will be held in the T/LC unless otherwise indicated. Full-time and adjunct faculty, as well as staff, are welcome.

  Teaching and Learning Circle: Cheating and Academic Integrity
  
  April 9, 3:00-4:30PM Jay Pearce, Doug Davidson, Paula Tigerman and Marsha Albracht, panel members
  Join four of your colleagues in discussing an issue that concerns us all. Each panel member will share their experiences and strategies for preventing and handling cheating and other academic integrity issues through an active panel discussion. Time will be allowed for questions, answers and sharing with the entire audience, as well. Beverages provided.

  Tech Tips in 30 minutes! This series zeros in on a variety of topics which the T/LC staff often get questions about. Pick and choose or come to them all!

  • Clickers in the Classroom
    
    April 16 3:00-3:30PM or April 22, 2:00-2:30PM, Building 1-412 Nancy Smith, instructor.
    Clickers are hand-held remote control-like devices that can be used for polling and anonymous quizzing during face-to-face, live classes. During this tip session, Nancy Smith (Sociology) will demo how and for what the clickers can be used in class, how the students acquire them, and how the instructor displays the composite results for the entire class to see. Handout provided.
    
    
  • Digital Photos: Taking Your Own
    
    April 24, 1:00-1:30PM Mike Winter, instructor
    Do you have a digital camera, and would like some tips on how to use it more effectively? Mike Winter will cover tips and tricks for taking great pictures, maximizing the features available on most digital cameras, and saving the pictures to a computer. Bring your own camera, if you’d like or use the TLC’s camera for checkout.
  
  
• Finding (free) Stuff Out There Series This series continues this month. Resources on Finding Learning Objects and Finding Images (sessions from earlier months) are available on the TLC Web site: http://facweb.bhc.edu/tlc/events/ondemand/OtherTools.html
  
  
  • Finding Video E-clips
    
    April 3, 2:30-3:30PM
    Thousands (millions?) of video clips are available online for educators like yourself to use in your face-to-face, hybrid or online classes. This session will help you locate key sources of good ones for your classes and learn about the Creative Commons license for using them.
    
    
  • Finding Podcasts
    
    April 14, 2:30-3:30PM
    Individual podcasts are available (learn how to find them), but also, many podcasts are published on a recurring basis. This session will focus on where to find interesting podcasts by topic and by free subscription, as well as how to access or download them for use in your classes or your own professional development.
    

• March 2008

  Join us for individual sessions or a full series of professional development events in the T/LC. To register, click on the "Register for an Event" link in the Quick Links area of the T/LC Web page (http://facweb.bhc.edu/tlc) or by calling 309-796-5045. Credit toward Quality Points will be recorded. Sessions will be held in the T/LC unless otherwise indicated. Full-time and adjunct faculty, as well as staff, are welcome.

  Triumphs and Terrors of Putting a Course Online

  A unique 4-week, online class for faculty new to creating or revising courses for online delivery. As our online degree launches and more classes are being developed in key areas of the AA/AS curriculum, this learning opportunity can be especially valuable for those of you venturing into online course design for the first time. Enrollment is limited. Course content will focus on BHC resources for online course development, best practices as applied in current online classes, and a design project for the first couple of weeks of your own online class. 1 credit hour/quality point. $100 stipend. Dorothy Beck, instructor.

  Online class begins March 17, following spring break, and concludes April 11.

  Tech Tips in 30 minutes!
  This series zeros in on a variety of topics which the T/LC staff often get questions about. Pick and choose or come to them all!

  
  
  • Outlook Filters, March 3, 2-2:30PM or March 6, 2-2:30PM

    Do you subscribe to a listserv, get frequent mail from one person or from many students with myBH email addresses? Would you like Outlook to filter them so that all of these messages go into their own folder for easier access later? This session will show you how to set up a filter in Outlook.

  • Easy Scanning, March 27, 1:00-1:30PM or March 27 2:30-3:00PM

    Did you know that the TLC has a scanner you can use? It is great for scanning in an image or photo from your textbook, to put into PowerPoint slides or handouts. It is also great for scanning in a document that you picked up at a conference and you’d like an electronic, editable copy of it. This session will show you the very easy steps for scanning either type of piece.

    More coming in April. Let us know what you’d like to learn

  Finding (free) Stuff Out There Series
  This series continues this month with finding images. In April, we’ll continue with finding video e-clips and relevant podcasts.
  
  • Finding (free) Stuff: All Types of Images, March 19, 2:00-3:00PM (Library Classroom)
    

    Looking for some new and exciting visual resources for your classes? The ARTstor online database, available to all of us through the BHC Library, contains hundreds of thousands of art images. But ARTstor also has complete collections of scanned documents and historical photos, Civil War cartoons, sheet music, ornithology books, illuminated manuscripts, theatre scenery, medical illustrations, advertisements, and much more! Find out how to take advantage of ARTstor for your class. A handout of additional sources of searchable, free images will also be provided. Melissa Hebert, Fine Arts and Charlet Key, Library, instructors

  • Note: If you are unable to attend one of our scheduled events, please let us know and we’ll arrange an individual lesson or reschedule another session around the availability of interested folks. We can also bring any of these sessions to your building.

  Office 2007, Individual Appointments
  Have a new copy of Office 2007 on your computer? Schedule an individual session with Andy in your office for a “getting started” lesson and customized feature setup session. Or thinking about having ITS update your machine with this new version? Schedule an individual lesson with Andy in the T/LC to check out the new version so you can decide if you want it.

• February 2008

  • Hybrid Teaching Series

    
    

    If you are interested in learning more about teaching hybrid courses, this series is for you. Last month, we began with best practices for hybrid learning environments in a nutshell, focusing on face-to-face/online hybrid options. If you missed it and would like to join the series, please contact the TLC staff to catch up. Specific dates for the rest of the sessions in the series were determined by the January workshop participants. Contact the TLC or watch the T/LC E-news for those dates. If you are choosing to develop a hybrid class with face-to-face and some other format than online, you can skip Session III. Each session is 1.5 hours.

    January 30
    I. Hybrid Teaching: What’s new and is it for you?

    February 15
    II. Designing Courses: Hybrid Course Models and the Before, During and After Concept

    
    

    February 15
    III. Hybrid Course Models: Integrated Active Learning Strategies for the Online Portion of your Class

    
    

    February 22
    IV. Hybrid Course Models: Integrated Strategies for the Face-to-face Portion of your Class
    

    February 29
    V. Tips and Best Practices for Key Class Elements: Communication, Assessment, Site Design

    
    
  • Tech Tips in 30 minutes!
    This series zeros in on a variety of topics which the T/LC staff often get questions about. Pick and choose or come to them all! Notice that some of these locations are not in the T/LC!
    
    I. Bookmarking and Tagging, Feb 5, 1-2PM (Library) or Feb 22, 12-1PM (3-204)
    Have you been thinking about putting your bookmarks/favorites into de.lic.ious.com so that you can access them from any computer? This session will review (1) how to do that and also demonstrate how to (2) effectively “tag” your bookmarks so they are easier to find by others and (3) automatically receive notice when others post bookmarks consistent with your interests
    II. myBH Best Practices, Feb 14, 2-3PM (TLC) or Feb 15, 12-1PM (2-110)
    Are you one of those folks that hasn’t used myBH much? Maybe it’s been a while since you were there and now it seems overwhelming? This session will focus on core activities/resources/features that faculty or staff can find most useful. Questions welcome!
    III. Your Laptop and You, Feb. 20, 9-10AM (TLC) or Feb. 29, 12-1PM (3-204)
    Whether you have a laptop of your own or one that belongs to the college, you have probably wondered about how to best handle file storage, transfer, synching, and keeping track of which file is your most recent version! If so, this session is for you! Be sure to bring your laptop with. More coming in March. Let us know what you’d like to learn!
    
    
    
  • Office 2007, Individual Appointments
    Have a new copy of Office 2007 on your computer? Schedule an individual session with Andy in your office for a “getting started” lesson and customized feature setup session. Or thinking about having ITS update your machine with this new version? Schedule an individual lesson with Andy in the T/LC to check out the new version so you can decide if you want it.
    
    
    
  • Finding Stuff Out There Series
    This series begins this month with finding learning objects. In March, we’ll continue with finding images, finding video e-clips, and finding podcasts.

    I. Finding Learning Objects for your Hybrid or Online Class, Feb 8, 12-1PM
    What are learning objects? How can I use them to enhance my classes? Where do I find good ones that others have created? Can I make my own?
    
    

• January 2008

  • Midcareer Faculty Focus Group
    January 7, 10:45-11:45AM:
    The Teaching/Learning Center staff are working on putting together a Midcareer Faculty professional development program. We’d like your input! If you have taught for 4-9 years, come share your ideas and thoughts about our emerging ideas!

  • Great Tech Tips That Save Time
    January 7, 1:00-2:30PM
    Most users of our core BHC software tools (that’s almost all of us!) do not have time to learn all of the nuances of the tools. But, how about learning some true time savers? Andy will walk us through some of the best that he has discovered or learned from many of the CIT faculty! Handout provided. Repeated on Wednesday.
    
    
  • Great Tech Tips That Save Time
    January 9, 10:30-12:00PM
    Most users of our core BHC software tools (that’s almost all of us!) do not have time to learn all of the nuances of the tools. But, how about learning some true time savers? Andy will walk us through some of the best that he has discovered or learned from many of the CIT faculty! Handout provided.(also available on Monday)
    
    
  • Brown Bag Book Brag
    January 9, Noon-1:00PM
    Bring your brown bag lunch and a great book you have read in the past year. You’ll have 5 minutes to share your book’s contents in a nutshell and why you thought it was a great read. The rest of the time you can nibble your calories and hear about all kinds of other great books! The TLC/Library staff will take notes and follow up with a full list of the shared books for all participants. Bottled water and a snack surprise will be provided.
    
    
  • BHC’s Online Degree: Q & A
    January 9, 1:30-2:30PM
    Deans Bettie Truitt, Vicki Fitzgerald, Dick Vallandingham, and Kendall Dolly will share the current plans for launching the AA/AS online degree through BHC. Catch up on the facts and get all of your questions answered!
    
    
  • Senior Faculty Focus Group
    January 10, 10:45-11:45AM
    The Teaching/Learning Center staff are working on putting together a Senior Faculty professional development program. We’d like your input! If you have taught for 10 years or more, come share your ideas and thoughts about our emerging ideas!
    
    
  • Lunch & Learn: Online Faculty Community Gathering
    January 10, 12-1PM
    Join the Online Faculty Community for its twice-a-semester gathering (lunch, sharing, discussion, Q&A, etc.). Open to faculty who are thinking about teaching online or hybrid too! Bruce Leblanc will be joining us to answer your questions about the new BHC hybrid process and we’ll be brainstorming ideas about the online orientation module that Andy and I are developing. Bring your own ideas for discussion topics too!
    
    
  • GIFTS (Great Ideas For Teaching Students)
    January 10, 1:15-2:15PM
    Come watch us kick off a podcasting/vodcasting series through the T/LC! We’ll be interviewing one of you on an innovative strategy you have used in one or more of your classes. Visitors will provide us with a live audience, see how easy it is to create a podcast or vodcast, and learn how and where our new GIFTS series will be “published” this semester so you can access it from your home or office.
    
    
  • Hybrid Teaching: What’s New and Is it for You?
    January 30, 3:00-4:00PM
    Thinking about developing a hybrid course, now that the Senates have determined a definition and process? OR thinking about developing a hybrid option for students to complete your department’s certificate or degree program? This session will review what is known about best practices for hybrid learning environments in a nutshell. Interested faculty will determine a date for a more in-depth, hands-on workshop when they can work with their own course materials later in the semester.