Central Arizona College Workshops

This workshop is designed to assist participants in understanding the facts about today’s college students in order to create a productive learning experience for them. Millenials have been described by Howe and Strauss (2007) as “special, sheltered, confident, team-oriented, conventional, pressured, and achieving.” In the course of this workshop, we will explore the implications of these characteristics on the teaching and learning environment at ASU.

EDU 211/CRN T1336  (Pre-requisite for EDU 212, 213, 216) This course will provide a basis for discussion on Distance Learning Concepts, giving the participant information on comparisons between face-to-face (local) and distance learning, pros and cons of distance learning, and the components of a variety of distance learning modalities. The course is designed for faculty at community colleges, universities, colleges and public schools who wish to teach in online programs.

EDU 298Q2/ CRN 30506  This course covers ADA, FERPA, and Plagiarism, all regulatory or ethical issues related to teaching in both online and face-to-face environments.  Participants will complete ADA, FERPA, and Plagiarism tutorials and receive certificates for successful completion of the respective quizzes.

According to Angelo and Cross, "Classroom Assessment consists of small scale assessments conducted continuously in college classrooms by discipline-based teachers to determine what students are learning in that class. CATS are meant to be used between teaching and testing, to find out how well students are doing in time to help them improve." This series of 6 workshops is designed to explore a variety of classroom assessment techniques that will help teachers select techniques suitable to their own teaching style and to be prepared to understand and gauge the student learning effectiveness in their courses. These workshops can be taken independently or as a series. All are designed to enhance effective learning and teaching.

Are your students asking you to make grades available online, but you’re not sure where to start? New features available in Blackboard make it very easy to add and manage grade book items. We’ll discuss and practice strategies for setting up a grade book, whether you use a straight point system or weight grades. Topics include adding, modifying and deleting gradebook items, weighting grades, changing the grading scale, and changing the grade display options.

This is a hands-on workshop designed for instructors already familiar with the Blackboard course management system. Blackboard Hands-on I is recommended as a prerequisite. The workshop is conducted in a computer lab where each participant has a workstation and works through examples in a practice Blackboard course shell.

Blackboard’s test and survey engine is feature rich and powerful. This workshop will teach you how to effectively build and use Blackboard tests and surveys in your online and face-to-face course. You can use Blackboard tests and surveys in place of paper/pencil exams, to assess mastery of a concept, or to prepare students for in class exams.

EDU 213/ CRN T1337  This course will familiarize the learner with the methods, best practices, and media tools used to teach an online course using the Blackboard Internet interface. Participants will create online discussion questions and facilitate online, interactive threaded discussions as part of the course. This course is designed for faculty at community colleges, universities, and public schools who are interested in teaching in online programs. (Prerequisite:  EDU 211)

The focus of this workshop is to develop strategies and guidelines for the practice of mentoring as it relates to helping students. There are many types of mentoring relationships and this workshop will focus on topics ranging from understanding the definition of mentorship to exploring the basics and best practices of the mentoring relationship. Strategies for virtual mentoring and other mentoring resources will also be explored.

EDU 212/CRN T1338  This course will familiarize the learner with the methods, best practices, and media tools used to teach an iTV course. The learner will develop a sample syllabus and lesson plan and will teach a sample lesson as part of the course. This course is recommended for all faculty wishing to teach an iTV course. Prerequisite: EDU 211

EDU 298N3/ CRN 30505  This course explores the differences between pedagogy (teacher driven learning) and andragogy (student driven learning). Student development theory will be explored as it can be used to develop andragogical practices within the curriculum.

According to Angelo and Cross, "Classroom Assessment consists of small scale assessments conducted continuously in college classrooms by discipline-based teachers to determine what students are learning in that class. CATS are meant to be used between teaching and testing, to find out how well students are doing in time to help them improve." This series of 6 workshops is designed to explore a variety of classroom assessment techniques that will help teachers select techniques suitable to their own teaching style and to be prepared to understand and gauge the student learning effectiveness in their courses. These workshops can be taken independently or as a series. All are designed to enhance effective learning and teaching.

A two hour hands-on workshop designed for instructors interested in learning about the Blackboard course management system. The workshop is conducted in a computer lab where each participant has a workstation and works through examples in a practice Blackboard course shell.

Topics include requesting Blackboard course shells, adding course announcements, adding a course syllabus and other course materials, creating folders, copying or moving content, customizing course settings, and sending e-mail through Blackboard.

Are your students asking you to make grades available online, but you’re not sure where to start? New features available in Blackboard make it very easy to add and manage grade book items. We’ll discuss and practice strategies for setting up a grade book, whether you use a straight point system or weight grades. Topics include adding, modifying and deleting gradebook items, weighting grades, changing the grading scale, and changing the grade display options.

This is a hands-on workshop designed for instructors already familiar with the Blackboard course management system. Blackboard Hands-on I is recommended as a prerequisite. The workshop is conducted in a computer lab where each participant has a workstation and works through examples in a practice Blackboard course shell.

EDU 218/ CRN T1339  This course is for all faculty, online and face to face, full time and adjunct. While it primarily focuses on construction of an online syllabus and lesson plans, there are elements that apply to both online and face to face classrooms. Faculty will learn how to construct an academically rigorous syllabus that provides all the information students need to be successful in their classes

This workshop goes over various ways that students can submit work to instructors. Instructors will learn how to manage assignments, submit feedback, use ASU's antiplagiarism software, and maintain their grade book.

Many students learn to 'get by' without actually reading the assigned course readings. Come find out what the barriers are to reading (both student and teacher created) and how to create activities that encourage students to read more for your class! You will leave with easy to implement strategies to increase student success.

This workshop is part of our Large Class Series, helping instructors of large courses increase interaction and student success. During this session, explore how you can set an interactive, motivational tone from day one. Explore ice breakers and activities that encourage peer-peer and peer-faculty interactions in a large group. Learn strategies to keep your many students engaged and excited about learning

This workshop is part of our Large Class Series, helping instructors of large courses increase interaction and student success. Getting participation in large classes can be a big challenge! Come explore activities and prompts to increase the quantity and quality of discussion participation and student interaction in your class.

EDU 213/CRN 22171  This course explores the methods, best practices, and media tools used to teach an online course using the Blackboard Internet interface. (Prerequisite:  Distance Learning Concepts)

A two hour hands-on workshop designed for instructors with some online course management experience.

EDU 216/ CRN T1340  This course is the companion course to Teaching on the Web using Blackboard. It is designed to familiarize the learner with more advanced features in Blackboard, including Assessment Tools, Virtual Classroom, Advanced Control Panel and Troubleshooting Basics. Participants in the class will share best practices through threaded discussions, will have an opportunity to practice hands-on exercises using the tools in Blackboard, and will set up a sample class, enroll a student, and conduct mini lessons in the Virtual Classroom . (Prerequisite:  EDU 211)

Dreamweaver is the industry standard for WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Web editors. This workshop explores the basic functions of Dreamweaver including:

• An introduction to the GUI (graphical user interface) and tool bars
• Creating new Web pages
• Text formatting
• Inserting graphics
• Creating hyperlinks and email links
• Inserting tables
• Publishing content to a Blackboard course

By the completion of this workshop, participants will have each created and published an accessible Web site within Blackboard. This workshop is designed specifically for instructors who wish to integrate custom Web sites within their Blackboard courses.

While rubrics are often used as a scoring tool to make grading easier, they can also be used to enhance communication between the instructor and the student. In this session, you will learn how to develop a rubric and use it to clarify assignment expectations and provide feedback to students.

EDU 212/CRN 22173  This course presents the methods, practices, and media tools needed to teach an interactive television (iTV) course.  This is recommended for all faculty planning to teach an interactive television course.  Online 2/5 - 2/12.  F2F  2/13 in the iTV room near you. (Prerequisite: Distance Learning Concepts)

This workshop is designed to assist participants in understanding the facts about today’s college students in order to create a productive learning experience for them. Millennials have been described by Howe and Strauss (2007) as “special, sheltered, confident, team-oriented, conventional, pressured, and achieving.” In the course of this workshop, we will explore the implications of these characteristics on the teaching and learning environment at ASU.

EDU 214/CRN T1341  This course addresses the concept of assessment and makes many suggestions for ways that it can be fairly addressed. It also suggests a wide variety of types of assessments that help faculty fairly address students’ progress in ways that help them grow.

Make your students’ learning experience more exciting and help them retain more information through active learning. Learn the rationale for active learning and how to manage and implement active learning techniques in your classroom, regardless of your discipline or class size. Leave with tips to implement right away!