Grants are available year-round from the Teaching/Learning Center to support research in exploring eLearning and/or emerging effective practices/methodologies in teaching. Additional Faculty Development grants are available (Part-Time Faculty and Full-Time/Adjunct Faculty).
Deadline: Thursday, the 3rd week of each semester
Eligibility: All full-time, adjunct, and part-time faculty who have taught for a minimum of 1 year at Otis College are eligible.
Target Audience: This course is beneficial to any faculty
View the application for more information.
"Bricks, Clicks, and Learning," whether in a traditional and/or virtual classroom, has evolved to include many diverse practices and methodologies. This course will introduce you to new and emerging pedagogies. Many theories and tools presented and discussed in this course are not discipline-specific and can be applied in any instructional environment.
This is a 6-week online asynchronous course with 1 mandatory synchronous orientation designed for Otis College BFA/MFA faculty.
Offerings:
Course Requirements:
Successful completion of "Bricks, Clicks, and Learning" is required for all BFA/MFA faculty to teach eLearning courses at Otis College.
Completion of "Bricks, Clicks, and Learning" does not guarantee that you may teach an eLearning course. Department Chairs determine which and how many eLearning courses are offered each semester.
Upon successful completion, BFA/MFA faculty are awarded a grant of $600.00. Completion is determined by course participation and required coursework.
Questions: Contact tlc@otis.edu.
As of 2.3.2023
have completed Bricks + Clicks since spring 2012.
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A digital badge is earned for the successful completion of "Bricks, Clicks, and Learning" as a way to mark the achievement and acquisition of new skills and knowledge.
We encourage recipients to share digital badges on LinkedIn to showcase these new skills and knowledge.
Deadline: None. You can sign up to join a workshop at any time.
Eligibility: All full-time, adjunct, and part-time faculty at Otis College are eligible.
Attendance: You can attend via Zoom at https://otis.zoom.us/my/otistlc (653-795-0187).
Topics: Check back often as new topics, days, and times will be added to the RSVP form on an ongoing basis.
View the RSVP for more information.
The Teaching/Learning Center launched in summer 2022 the Curricular Innovation Series - a sequence of specialized workshop offerings. Topics will be announced on an ongoing basis through the fall, spring, and summer terms. Examples include: creating online learning environments, understanding learning and motivation, integrating universal design for learning (UDL) principles into course instruction, classroom assessment, and much more.
Each workshop in the Curricular Innovation Series is 1 hour.
Upon successful completion of any 4 workshops in the Curricular Innovation Series, BFA/MFA faculty are awarded a grant of $400.00. Completion is determined by participation in the workshop and completion of a post-workshop activity, which is estimated to take an additional hour.
Grants are also available to staff during the term in which they are actively teaching in the BFA/MFA program. Per the Employee Handbook, all activities related to teaching should occur outside staff hours, and this includes participation in Teaching/Learning Center Curricular Innovation Programming. Please check with your manager before you participate to ensure there are no conflicts with your staff schedule or responsibilities.
Questions: Contact tlc@otis.edu.
A digital badge is earned for the successful completion of each workshop in the Curricular Innovation Series to mark the achievement and acquisition of new skills and knowledge.
We encourage recipients to share digital badges on LinkedIn to showcase these new skills and knowledge.
You can track workshops you have completed in the Curricular Innovation Series by logging into the Nest and selecting "Awards" from the drop-down menu.
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