Jan. 7, 2022 – 12:00-1:00 pm:  Walkthrough of all CofC academic application and how they can help you

This session will be a quick walkthrough of all of the applications CofC “owns” that may help you and your students in the teaching and learning process.  I’ll talk about each application and how you can use it.  We won’t have time to learn that software but it will give you the information you need to decide if it’s right for you.

Jan. 14, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm:  OAKS Tips & Tricks

Jan. 21, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Using the CofC Library’s Special Collections in your Teaching

conducted by Mary Jo Fairchild, Research Services Coordinator of Special Collections and Archives and Kelly Kerbow Hudson, Director of Special Collections and Archives

Learn how to incorporate the College of Charleston’s Special Collections into your teaching. Mary Jo Fairchild, Research Services Coordinator of Special Collections and Kelly Kerbow Hudson, Director of Special Collections and Archives, will walk you through the resources we have and how you and your students can take advantage of them.

Jan. 28, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Top Trends in Education 2022

Feb. 4, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Successful Group Work

Learn some tips and tricks for creating successful groups for group work in your teaching.  These tips come from years of working with CofC faculty and learning what works best in our environment.

Feb. 18, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Incorporating Student Choice

Feb. 25, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Getting your students to think  deeply with the Question Formulation Technique

The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is a strategy to encourage students to question more deeply and to look at a problem in a new and different way.

Mar 4, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Discussions about discussions

Mar 25, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Working with submission views in OAKS

Learn how to allow students to see their OAKS quizzes after they have been graded, including all of the options for which types of questions and answers they are allowed to view as well as what time periods they are allowed to view the quiz. 

Apr. 1, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Gimme A Tech Break

Join us for a lively open discussion on the importance, tips, strategies, and technology for meaningful, necessary breaks for you and your students.

Apr. 8, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Evaluating your Online Class
In this session, we’ll review the Quality Matters (QM) Higher Ed Course Design Rubric and discuss ways to meet the forty-two Specific Review Standards.

Apr. 15, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Demystifying Interactive Lectures

Moving lectures from dissemination of information to helping students engage with the information.

Together we will explore easy solutions to increasing student interaction for increased student learning and retention.

Apr. 22, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Universal Design for Learning

conducted by various faculty who participated in a 2022 Professional Learning Club

Oct. 8, 2021 – 12:00-1:00 pm:  Improving Student Engagement

Do students appear to be engaged and motivated to learn in your class?  Whether you are teaching in the classroom, online or hybrid, you want to ensure your students are engaged in your class and motivated to learn.  In this course, we will discuss several strategies that might help to increase student engagement and motivation including ARCS, the 6 C’s and ways to make learning more fun.  Come prepared to share some of your own classroom experiences.

WATCH RECORDING: Improving Student Engagement Workshop

Oct. 15, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm:  Creating Student Learning Objects using Lumi & H5P

Learn to create interactive learning objects that you can use to help your students learn, engage them, and test their knowledge.  Lumi and H5P work together to allow you to quickly and easily create these learning objects that can be used in and out of OAKS.

Oct. 22, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Recording your classes with PURPOSE

Recording zoom sessions efficiently, both teaching fully online and hybrid. Recording your classes can benefit you in the future.

Oct. 29, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Tricks and Treats in Zoom

Learn how to do closed captioning and transcript options in zoom. Share other tricks and treats you’ve learned!

Nov. 5, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Best Practices in Assessment

Let’s explore some new possibilities for assessments together. We’ll focus on current, best practices such as formative assessment, active learning, and higher order thinking skills. We can also share your successes and ask for advice.

Nov. 12, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Customize your Online Classes

Learn some useful and fun tips and tricks within OAKS to enhance your abilities to customize your online class

Nov. 19, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Creating Quick Google Forms for your Teaching

Learn how to use Google Forms to easily and quickly create study guides, choose your own adventures, etc.

Dec. 3, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Ideas for Deterring Cheating

 In this session we will explore ideas on how to prevent cheating on tests, quizzes and exams.  We will talk about question types, randomization, Turnitin, and Respondus Lockdown browser.  Please come prepared to share your ideas, too!