External Professional Development Opportunities
External Professional Development Opportunities
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Other great resources to develop your online teaching prowess!
During this time of rapid change and transition, many organizations, vendors, and other groups are offering more webinars, workshops, support materials and general learning opportunities to assist faculty in their development of becoming the best online teacher and course developer they can be. We have curated the best of these here. We encourage you to take advantage of these excellent learning resources.
During this time of rapid change and transition, many organizations, vendors, and other groups are offering more webinars, workshops, support materials and general learning opportunities to assist faculty in their development of becoming the best online teacher and course developer they can be. We have curated the best of these here. We encourage you to take advantage of these excellent learning resources.
Brightspace Resources
Brightspace Resources
D2L offers a wide range of opportunities for customers to develop professionally, including their skills using the platform. We highly encourage you to take advantage of these resources.
Webinars - Archives and Upcoming and On-Demand Virtual Events
Brightspace Community - Join the Community to access Subscription Training and the myriad of other tutorials, documentation, and on-demand materials.
Quality Matters
Quality Matters
QM offers many opportunities to enhance your knowledge and skills specifically on developing online courses. Wilkes University is a member of QM, so create an account to access all that is available.
QM Professional Dev. Opportunities - A listing of all their PD opportunities.
QM Success Stories - Find free workshops and webinars on various topics.
Respondus
Respondus
Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor are both available for faculty to add academic integrity measures to their online or even in-person proctored exams. They provide many training opportunities to learn how to use their tools.
View the Wilkes-only introduction to Lockdown Browser.
Panopto
Panopto
Create an account with Panopto Support to access to the monthly training webinars and Friday Live Office Hours with a trainer. Webinar topics change every month. The Advanced Topic webinars are a great way to learn new features and deeper functionality of the Panopto platform.
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Remote Summit - A free virtual conference held this summer focused on providing significant jut-in-time information for faculty preparing for the fall semester. Included many faculty presentations of strategies and tools they used within their academic disciplines. Many great presentations! On-demand recordings only available for 6 months so don't wait to review this site!
EDUCAUSE - Search and filter through the Event Finder for either upcoming or on-demand webinars. Be sure to use the filters to find events specific to online teaching and course design as well as other technology in education topics. An excellent ongoing resource! Paid workshops are also available. Wilkes is a member so be sure to create your account using your Wilkes email to get connected to our membership and take advantage of discounts and members-only resources.
Teaching Online Podcast (TOPCAST) - Listen to Drs. Tom Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson, two highly respected professionals in the field of online teaching and learning, discuss current topics, provide tips and resources, and interview other experts about teaching online. Another excellent resource to continue learning!
Inside HigherEd - Browse Events to find upcoming and recorded webcasts, leadership events, etc.
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