Hello!

It's June

In May TLi sent out a survey to find out who was interested in learning more about our Summer Programming, to support your preparation for Fall 2021. We are following up. While we hope you are traveling, relaxing, or turning your attention to some projects you've been hoping to tackle, we are excited to invite you to register for our upcoming program, T.L.C. - Teaching for Learning Continuity.

While we are still a few weeks away from getting started, we are sending you this liquid syllabus, so you can get familiar with what lies ahead, and decide if and how you'd like to participate. There's more than one way to engage, so please spend some time exploring the syllabus, and we hope you register for T.L.C.

❤️ Warmly,

Megan Eberhardt-Alstot

TLI Learning Design Lead

You are experts. Your discipline knowledge and teaching experience makes this a rich community of learners where we all have something to gain and much to give. We all bring unique experiences, professional and cultural backgrounds, a variety of skills, and challenges. We see this diversity as an asset for interdisciplinary partnerships, not just between faculty, but between faculty and learning design and instructional technology professionals. Our collective goal is learning together as part of our shared commitment to providing CSUCI students with inclusive, equitable, and excellent learning experiences. We all have more to learn, but the what, where, how, and when differ for each of us, and that's ok. The point is we are all here looking to take our next step, whatever that 'next' is. We want you to make your time and energy invested here meaningful to your next. This experience will be most satisfying if you engage within the community conversations - both to share and encourage, but also to ask and seek support. Realizing learning innovation is an iterative never ending process, so be patient with yourself and your peers. Success is not realized by reaching the 'finish line' but by continually looking back, and celebrating how far we've come.

Carry your innovation forward

Build on what you’ve built!

You worked really hard during a long year of remote instruction. As hard as that has been on everyone you have probably gained some technological skills and online teaching practices you did not have prior to Spring 2020. As you think about your ‘next’ teaching approach, you have a lot to draw on. In fact, many of your courses likely have some type of backbone already. Fully developing that backbone can help you transform your remote courses into strategically designed courses that can serve you and students for the immediate future, but more importantly beyond a pandemic pedagogy.

B.A.C.K.

Simply put, a course Backbone fosters equity through Accessibility & Continuity of Knowledge.

What you can expect from Stacey & Megan:

1. As your lead facilitators, we will be actively present throughout this professional learning experience.

2. We will do our best to respond to your questions within 24-hours and provide individualized support in response to your needs.

3. We will support PLC Facilitators and Faculty Mentors as they support your needs.

4. We will provide feedback on any work submitted for a digital badge.

5. We will create a positive and supportive environment where you will feel safe to experiment.

6. We will recognize the privileges and blindspots we bring to developing this program and strive to grow, while acknowledging that being human – not perfect – is our goal.

7. As educators ourselves, we understand that you are busy and that you have many competing priorities. When needed, we will be flexible to support your successful completion of this program.

What we will expect from you:

1. You will complete a course self-audit and earn your Accessibility Basics Course Design Badge

2. You will invest about 10 hours of time in self-selected learning experiences

3. You will complete all program requirements by the program end date. You will contact us directly early to discuss your concern and come to an agreement about an extension if needed.

4. If necessary, you will apply feedback to tasks necessary for earning a badge and resubmit them.

5. You will be brave and try new things, keep an open mind.

6. You will be patient with yourself and have a sense of humor with technology. Please reach out if you find a glitch or hit a snag.

7. You will be thoughtful in your interactions with peers and facilitators while taking extra care to respect diverse perspectives and support the professional growth of educators with varying years of experience.