CTLI Back To School PD Offerings 2021
Best Practice Guide
We have complied resources on three topics we know many instructors are interested in. These are a great place to start when you want to improve your instruction. Included in these guides are articles written by CTLI experts, key takeaways from our review of the research, and an annotated bibliography.
Group Synchronous Training
Session 1 - Maintaining Rigour with Reduced Hours
How do you maintain rigour in a course that now has reduced hours? Come and learn about the value of blended delivery and how intentional design can help you use the hours you have to support mastery of concepts and skills.
Facilitated by: Tatiana Kloster
Date: September 3rd at 11 AM
HyFlex in AN1801 and on Zoom, will be recorded
Session 2 - Impactful Teaching Strategies for Student Learning
During this session, you will explore impactful teaching strategies to add to your list of effective strategies. This session will also demonstrate the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) as a tool to generate ideas for instructor growth and teaching practices.
Facilitated by: Jess Nicol
Date: September 3rd at 1:30 PM
Online only, no recording will be available for this session.
Session 3 - Student Core Competencies in the Classroom
Students learn more in college than just the course content. This session will guide you in integrating the Lethbridge College Student Core Competencies into your course and teaching practices.
Facilitated by: Donna McLaughlin with Jess Nicol
Date: September 2nd at 1:30 PM
HyFlex in AN1801 and on Zoom, will be recorded
Session 4 - Best Practices in Online and Blended Delivery
You learned a lot about online synchronous delivery last year as you taught through the pandemic. Join this session to take your teaching to the next level. Don’t just use technology; leverage it with high-impact teaching strategies focused on building instructor, cognitive, and social presence.
Facilitated by: Lexi Schaerz
Date: August 31st at 1:30 PM
HyFlex in AN1801 and on Zoom, will be recorded
Session 5 - Alternative Assessment Design
Are you ready to expand your assessment practices, but not sure where to begin? This session will begin with reflection on the purpose of assessment and feedback and move into a showcase of tools and strategies that are accessible and engaging.
Facilitated by: Jess Nicol and Cameron Reimer
Date: September 2nd at 11 AM
Online only, will be recorded
Session 6 - Faculty Professional Development – Claims 101
Do you have questions about the Faculty Professional Development Claim Process? Then this session is for you! This session will guide participants through the PD claim process, including documentation, approval requirements, timelines, and eligibility.
Facilitated by: Nancy Barajas
Date: August 31st at 11 AM
Online only, no recording will be available for this session.
Session 7 - Riipen – Integrating Work and Education at LC
Riipen immerses students in industry projects, bringing industry and education together, equipping students with work-ready skills. Join this session to see how Riipen could be used in your course or program area. Riipen presents students with connections, hands on and real-world assessment, and supports the development of student core competencies while saving you time by making all of the industry connections for you!
Facilitated by: Lexi Schaerz
Date: September 1st at 11 AM
HyFlex in AN1801 and on Zoom, will be recorded
Individual Synchronous Training Options for All Instructors (Anytime)
Time with an LXD/ID/Ed Dev
Contact the LXD admin Jana Estey at jana.estey@lethbridgecollege.ca anytime to book a consultation during a time that works best for you. We all have different areas of expertise so letting her know what support you need will help her assign the right person for the job. We can help with:
- Consultation on course and summative assessment design
- Feedback and brainstorming on best practices for online, synchronous and asynchronous instruction and formative assessment
- Navigating the online and blended rubric for course design
- Integrating universal design for learning principles within your courses and assessments
- Maintaining exam integrity
- Using the curriculum alignment framework tool to maintain course and program alignment and quality
- Using educational technology to achieve outcomes
- Brainstorming innovative and new educational practices in your course or program
- Integrating scholarly research and/or designing scholarship of teaching and learning projects
Time with DLT/AV
Contact this team directly at digital.learning@lethbridgecollege.ca anytime. They can support you with all things Canvas and educational technology related.
- Canvas
- Studio
- Zoom
- Teams
- Turnitin
- Hardware
- Explain Everything
- Filming
- Other
Just in Time Options for All Instructors
The Teacher Hive
Central location for all resources from the Digital Learning Team for instructors. Access information about frequently supported technologies like Zoom, Canvas, Studio, and Kahoot, view on-demand recordings of synchronous training sessions, access guides on how to create, edit and upload videos from the AV team, and more. All instructors should have access to this course in Canvas, if you do not see it please contact digital.learning@lethbridgecollege.ca for assistance.
CTLI Website & Teaching Toolkit
This toolkit contains methods and strategies to help learners become active participants in the learning process. Each tool is easy to use; adapt and mix with other learning activities to create more engaging and meaningful learning experiences.
Asynchronous Training for All Instructors
Facilitating Online Learning
This lightly facilitated course will introduce instructors to the teaching, cognitive and social aspects of facilitating courses in the online learning environment. Next offering starts August 15th, but don’t worry if you missed the start, you can still register after that date.
Growing with Canvas
This self-paced course is designed to support staff and instructors at all levels of Canvas experience. Designed into six modules, we recommend that those new to Canvas engage with all material starting from the beginning, while experienced instructors may accelerate through the activities to fill gaps in knowledge and learn about more advanced features.
Universal Design for Learning
Are you looking for a quick introduction to the concept of universal design for learning? Try out our brand-new micro-course! You will learn the fundamental concepts behind this approach to course design that ensures that all students have the opportunity to thrive in your courses.
Effective Teaching Practices
This course is intended to assist both new and seasoned instructors in developing effective and engaging lessons for the classroom. Lethbridge College is committed to student-centred learning; throughout the course, you’ll explore what this means for you as an instructor and how you can design the best possible learning experience for your students.
Introduction to Course Design
This course explores the Curriculum Alignment Framework (CAF); a simple process educators can use to make meaningful course design decisions that align outcomes with instructional strategies and assessment. We’ll guide you through each CAF section, providing background information and useful examples to illustrate how to effectively complete your framework regardless of your specific context. Not only will this course help you fill in a CAF, it will also encourage you to think about your teaching or facilitating style, identify areas for improvement or adaptation, and emphasize best teaching practices. You’ll earn a badge for this course by completing a one-page CAF, including outcomes, assessments, concepts and skills, and teaching strategies for a learning experience you are designing or wish to design for your particular context.
Blueprinting for Learning Experience Design
Using the Project Blueprint Tool, this micro-course demonstrates how the concepts of design thinking can be interwoven into managing the development of a learning experience. The course guides learners through ideas such as planning, identifying the challenge ahead, choosing your team and tracking your budget. Along the way learners are provided with activities to add to their toolkits and project plan templates to have tangible takeaways from the course. The option to submit their own project blueprints is embedded in the course as well as a final assessment to earn a badge.
Introduction to Competency Based Education
This course offers an introduction to Competency-Based Education (CBE) and the features of a CBE program. You’ll learn when a competency-based approach is most appropriate, and when it might not be suitable. This will help you assess the readiness of your own program to be adapted or designed using a CBE approach.
Acronym and Term Legend
LXD: Learning Experience Designer (program and course support)
ID: Instructional Designer (course support)
Ed Dev: Educational Developer (Faculty development support)
DLT: Digital Learning Team (Canvas & educational technology support)
LMS: Learning Management System
Canvas: Lethbridge College’s chosen learning management system
The Teacher HIVE: a Lethbridge College Canvas Community where you can get up to date information about important dates, events, resources and services, or to chat with Canvas community members to find answers to questions you may have!
