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Upcoming Professional Development

Week of November 1-5

This week’s spotlight:

Key Metrics

November 2, 2021 2:00 pm

Watch on your own or together with other ACC Employees

This webinar is sponsored by Ready Education and hosted by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

All content presented during the event is provided by Ready Education.

Topic: The Key Metrics for Tracking Student Community & Sense of Belonging

Description: Students who feel a sense of belonging are more likely to seek out and use campus resources. Their connectedness to the campus community protects them from stress and has positive downstream impacts on retention. Yet, despite the emphasis many institutions place on the role of the campus community in the academic experience, few adequately measure and track the health of that community. What key metrics can higher ed leaders use to track campus connectedness?

We plan to use a large classroom space to view the webinar together and have a short discussion afterwards for anyone who would like to join us (location: B204-EMS Classroom), Zoom link for the Q&A portion if you prefer to participate via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84969850802

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Josefvon Jones: Director of Diversity and Inclusion

Come watch the webinar together! As a group we will watch the webinar together in a space at ACC and then have a short discussion after. Josefvon Jones will be moderating the discussion. More info coming next week!

You don't want to miss this!

Who you "otter" know!

Way to go Michelle!

Michelle Perry

Instructor

Mathematics

Michelle Perry implements innovative teaching techniques in order to increase student success in her courses. Michelle created a version of HyFlex in her own courses to meet the needs of students who missed class time due to COVID requirements. The innovative way that Michelle found to remove barriers for students while increasing success in the courses she teaches is inspirational and has served as a model when other faculty have experienced the negative impacts of COVID on student attendance in their courses and has led to more flexible opportunities for the way we offer courses in the future. Thank you, Michelle for going above and beyond to meet students where they are so they can achieve the outcomes for your courses. It matters!

Nominated by Dr. Lisa Johnson

Click here to nominate someone for next week's "Who you otter know."

Upcoming Trainings at ACC

Aviso Trainings

Mon, Nov 1 @ 11am - New User Training

Tue, Nov 2 @ 4pm - Filtering

Wed, Nov 3 @ 10am - Notes & Alerts

Thur, Nov 4 @ 2pm - Creating Tasks

Fri, Nov 5 @ 11am - Adjuncts Only

Link to sign-up: https://forms.gle/wA5hB3XcBJKqbqC97

Distance Learning Trainings

October 29 at 10:00 AM in Zoom - Facilitator: Mercer Bufter

Communication and Organization in Online Courses - In an online course, clear communication and user-friendly organization go hand-in-hand. This session offers strategies and techniques for creating a Moodle course that is easy for students to navigate and easy for you to share information.

Link to session - https://zoom.us/j/92264930187

November 2 at 3:00 PM in Zoom - Facilitator: Jennifer Jones

Mediasite for Instructors - Mediasite is a video creation and storage solution in Moodle and Zoom. This workshop will provide an overview of using Mediasite to create and share videos in your online course, as well as using Mediasite's assessment tools.

Link to session - https://zoom.us/j/9226493018

November 5 at 10:00 AM in Zoom - Facilitator: Jennifer Jones

Making Learning Accessible - This workshop will explore steps for identifying and utilizing strategies in order to create an optimal learning environment to teach all learners.

Link to session - https://zoom.us/j/92264930187

(Coming up!--Newly added!) November 8 at 2:00 PM in Zoom - Facilitator: Monica Isbell and Jennifer Jones

Selecting Accessible Materials - This workshop will provide an update on accessibility laws, ACC accessibility practices, and guidance on selecting instructional materials that meet accessibility standards.

Link to session - https://zoom.us/j/92264930187

PD Opportunities Outside ACC

DEI-Growth, Understanding, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (G.U.I.D.E.) Conference

Who: Rowan Cabarrus Community College

What: DEI-G.U.I.D.E. Conference

The Diversity and Inclusion Committee at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College wants to invite you to attend our second annual virtual Growth, Understanding, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (G.U.I.D.E.) conference this fall. The G.U.I.D.E Conference is FREE.

The conference aims to advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (D.E.I.) Issues in Higher Ed, K-12 schools, communities, and workplace industries by building community and competency among all levels of employees and will cover the D.E.I. subjects such as:

Implicit Bias
Norms/Discomfort in D.E.I. Conversations
Strategies and Potential Trends with African American Males in Higher Ed
Breaking Down Present-day Barriers
Gender Identity
Equity and Engagement
B.G.T.Q.I.A. and more

When: Thursday, November 18, 2021, 9am–4 pm, and Friday, November 19, 2021, 9am–1pm.

Where: Click this link to register

Questions: Rowan Cabarrus Community College Diversity & Inclusion Committee (diversity&inclusion@rccc.edu)

Planning and Producing Educational Video (Technology Bootcamp Series)

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Educational videos effectively convey much more information to a more diverse audience of learners than a printed handout, but require planning, execution, polish, and posting to a reliable platform—far more than simply recording a video on a smartphone and posting it to social media. In this second video bootcamp, teachers will take a giant step toward creating and delivering video that will further the educational mission in their subject area. Working in a supportive group atmosphere, participants will practice the techniques of planning, producing, and sharing video that is designed to quickly and effectively communicate a message.

Note: Video production is time-consuming and computer intensive. Participants will need a modern multimedia computer with at least 8 GB of memory.

Session I

November 12 – December 17, 2021

Open enrollment begins Oct. 25

Open enrollment is now open.

The Yellow Star

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If you are aware of additional professional development opportunities please send them to ctl@alamancecc.edu.

For information about the Center for Teaching and Learning or to submit upcoming trainings,

please contact Jennifer Jones at ctl@alamancecc.edu

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