Webinar Series Archive
Building Interest, Agency, and Interaction in Online Learning Environments: A Toolkit for Superb Online Courses
Building Interest, Agency, and Interaction in Online Learning Environments: A Toolkit for Superb Online Courses Online learning allows for the flexible use of class-time for nontraditional students and telecommuting instructors while offering a [...]
From Koala to Kangaroo: Getting Your Students Hopping With Active Learning
From Koala to Kangaroo: Getting Your Students Hopping With Active Learning During this fun and interactive webinar, participants learn icebreaker activities and active-learning strategies that increase student engagement, encourage higher-level thinking, enliven classroom discussions, [...]
It’s More Than JUST “Flipping” the Class
It’s More Than JUST “Flipping” the Class Using the terms flipped and model in “flipped model” can cause newcomers to this style of teaching and learning to dismiss trying it out, simply because they [...]
Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels: How to Prevent Cheating in Online Classrooms
Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels: How to Prevent Cheating in Online Classrooms Cheating is a widespread and perennial problem in college classrooms, especially those online. Learn why students cheat, ways that online faculty knowingly or unknowingly [...]
Online Orientation Content Associated With Online Student Success
Online Orientation Content Associated With Online Student Success This webinar presents research that establishes the need for requiring online orientation prior to students enrolling in their first online course. Discussed are testing students’ reading, [...]
Coaching for First-Generation College Students: Unifying Students to Appreciate Diversity
Coaching for First-Generation College Students: Unifying Students to Appreciate Diversity With the recent incidences of intolerance, misunderstanding, and violence on college campuses and in some communities, the first-generation-to-college movement is a way to heal, [...]
Mindfulness in the College Classroom to Increase Success and Well-Being
Mindfulness in the College Classroom to Increase Success and Well-Being Many of our college students experience great stress and adversity in their lives. Science clearly shows that practicing yoga and mindfulness soothes the body [...]
SOS LMS: Using Your LMS as an Adjunct Connector
SOS LMS: Using Your LMS as an Adjunct Connector Using a learning management system (LMS) is a cost-effective and inclusive way to connect with your adjunct faculty members. An LMS portal can benefit your [...]
Making Adjuncts Part of the Family
Making Adjuncts Part of the Family Without adjunct faculty members, our students will suffer. Participants in this webinar discuss how to make adjunct faculty members feel more like part of the “educational family” and [...]
Effectively Serving the Male Student Population: Keys to Success
Effectively Serving the Male Student Population: Keys to Success Are we satisfied with the opportunities provided to and personal and professional outcomes realized by our male students? What toolkit do we give our male [...]
Creating Connections Among Dispersed Faculty Webinar
Creating Connections Among Dispersed Faculty Webinar Each panelist, all of whom have experience as adjunct faculty members, adjunct coordinators, or both, discuss ways to create community for and among dispersed faculty (adjuncts faculty member [...]
Accelerating College Readiness and Student Completion
Accelerating College Readiness and Student Completion In response to state-level changes in Texas, Clarendon College set out to change the way developmental education is offered to students by creating TSI Success Camps and combining [...]
Meeting Faculty Needs Through a Curriculum for Active Learning Series
Meeting Faculty Needs Through a Curriculum for Active Learning Series Houston Community College’s Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence supports over 3,500 full- and part-time faculty members’ instructional design needs through collaborative partnerships across [...]
Using Google Web Apps to Improve Student Engagement
Using Google Web Apps to Improve Student Engagement This webinar, based on the article found at http://nisod.cc/1NLFGcz, provides an overview of Google web apps that are useful for in-class collaboration, as well as tips for [...]
Five Secrets to Spectacular Student Engagement
Five Secrets to Spectacular Student Engagement Are you looking for a way to effectively use technology in your classroom? Even the best teachers struggle to keep the attention of distracted students browsing their email and [...]
What Our Students Need Most: The 7 Fundamental Conditions of Learning
What Our Students Need Most: The 7 Fundamental Conditions of Learning Anyone who works at a teaching-focused institution knows that learning is not a passive activity, for students or instructors. Gone are the [...]
Activating Communication Theory in the Classroom
Activating Communication Theory in the Classroom Learn to modify your own and your students’ communication behavior by experiencing basic communication theories as they really occur. Gain insight into your comprehension of and reaction to common [...]
Community College Facilities Unleash the Power of Engaged Learning
Community College Facilities Unleash the Power of Engaged Learning We know that community college students learn through their engagement with student activities such as clubs, athletics, and travel. Some two-year institutions have been [...]
Engaging New Faculty Through an Instructor Preparation Academy
Engaging New Faculty Through an Instructor Preparation Academy Transitioning from industry to academia represents a unique type of career change. Examine how Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) uses an Instructor Preparation Academy to prepare and [...]
Community Colleges and Educational Technology: What Lies Ahead
Community Colleges and Educational Technology: What Lies Ahead It is critical for community colleges to look ahead to see what technology advances will impact their institutions. This webinar examines the trends, challenges, and [...]
Critical Thinking in Action: A Step-by–Step Approach to Using Content to Construct Argumentative Essays in Any Class
Critical Thinking in Action: A Step-by–Step Approach to Using Content to Construct Argumentative Essays in Any Class This webinar begins with a summary of research that shows the specific flaws in how people use evidence. [...]
Building Academic Tenacity
Building Academic Tenacity According to Dr. Gregory Walton of Stanford University, academic tenacity is not about being smart, but about learning smart. Webinar participants review the implications of using psychological interventions to address student achievement [...]
Engaging Higher Education Students Using Differentiated Instruction
Engaging Higher Education Students Using Differentiated Instruction Differentiated Instruction is an instructional theory that allows faculty members to take diverse student factors into account when planning and delivering instruction. Based on this theory, faculty members [...]
Instructional Strategies: Engaging All Learners
Instructional Strategies: Engaging All Learners This webinar highlights researched-based instructional strategies designed to help instructors move away from PowerPoint and lecture to create a more dynamic learning environment. Strategies include name tents; think-pair-share; [...]
Engaging Practices, Engaging Students: High-Impact Practices in Community Colleges
Engaging Practices, Engaging Students: High-Impact Practices in Community Colleges Based on findings from focus groups conducted in colleges across the nation and the integration of results from its four complementary survey instruments, The [...]