Welcome to the OTC Employee Development calendar where current employees can browse and register for available training opportunities. Events are added throughout the semester so please check back often.

Faculty Unplug & Network (FUN)

Join Dr. Tracy McGrady and your fellow faculty for the next Faculty Unplug & Network meeting. There’s no objective. There’s no agenda. These meetings are just a place for FUN. Please RSVP below so we’ll be sure to order enough snacks! See you in PMC-216D!

Free

Creating Inclusive Virtual Learning Environments for Deaf Students

Center for Academic Innovation Information Commons 104

Join the Center for Academic Innovation and your OTC colleagues for a NISOD Webinar Watch Party in IC-104! Please RSVP below so we can forward you an Outlook invite with meeting details. Webinar Description: The pandemic brought about a mandatory shift to online and virtual activities. Many entities were not prepared, nor did they have experience providing quality…

Free
Event Series Faculty Fridays

Faculty Fridays

Grab your lunch or favorite beverage and connect with your peers in an informal space to share tales from the classroom and all things teaching and learning. Sept 16 - Meet in IC-104 or Microsoft Teams. Sept 23 - Meet in IC-104 or Microsoft Teams. Oct 7 - Meet in IC-104 or Microsoft Teams. Oct…

Event Series It’s a Collaboration Collaboration!

It’s a Collaboration Collaboration!

It’s a Collaboration Collaboration! (like a club, minus the weird handshakes, matching t-shirts, or secret passwords). Jared Durden (Physical Science) and Jennifer Dunkel (English) are hosting informal get-togethers for anyone interested in visiting about using collaborative learning in their courses. Do you already use collaborative learning with your students? Do you want to use collaborative learning…

Embracing the Issues of a Typical Student to Create a Welcoming Classroom

Webinar Description: This webinar is aimed at understanding the issues that students face in a pre-post pandemic period. The facilitator works toward laying down a foundation of terms and topics aimed at assisting educators at all levels to create a welcoming and safe classroom for students to help promote attendance, learning, and self-awareness. Attendees are…

Teaching Alongside AI: A Discussion for Integrating ChatGPT into Writing Activities and Assessments

Title: Teaching Alongside AI: A Discussion for Integrating ChatGPT into Writing Activities and Assessments Facilitators: Jennifer Dunkel, Allison Oberle, and Barrie Talbott When: 10 AM - Friday, January 13, 2023 Where: PMC216A and https://otc.zoom.us/j/99664520999 Description: In this exploratory session, presenters share ideas and tools for integrating the innovative and disruptive artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT into…

First, Do No Harm: Equitable Grading Practices That Support Mastery

Webinar Description: Our traditional systems of grading tend to reward behavior rather than knowledge, to be demotivating, and to demand that instructors perform endless workarounds to improve student outcomes. In this webinar, the presenters introduce an approach to grading that aims to equitably assess student learning and motivate student persistence. Presenters share details on grading…

Event Series Perusall 101

Perusall 101

Would you like your students to come to class ready to participate? With Perusall, an online social annotation platform, you can increase student engagement, collaboration, and community within your course. Plus, Perusall works with your favorite course content including books, articles, web pages, videos, podcasts, and images. The Perusall 101 training webinar is designed for…

Event Series Faculty Fridays

Faculty Fridays

Grab something to eat or your favorite beverage and connect with your peers in an informal space. We'll be sharing tales from the classroom and discussing all things teaching and learning. Date Time Location Join Virtually Discussion Topic 01/27/2023 11:00 AM Teams Click here to join the meeting Attendance and the impact on financial aid…

Event Series It’s a Collaboration Collaboration!

It’s a Collaboration Collaboration!

It’s a Collaboration Collaboration! (like a club, minus the weird handshakes, matching t-shirts, or secret passwords). Jared Durden (Physical Science) and Jennifer Dunkel (English) are hosting informal get-togethers for anyone interested in visiting about using collaborative learning in their courses. Do you already use collaborative learning with your students? Do you want to use collaborative learning…