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.

Event Series Teachers Talking Teaching

Teachers Talking Teaching

Join Physical Science Instructor Jared Durden and Mathematics Adjunct Instructor Alysia Swearengin at an informal gathering centered around sharing and camaraderie. We’ll be brainstorming ways to engage students through collaboration. More importantly, we’ll share what we’re experiencing in the classroom and support each other through reflective teaching practices. Faculty-led, ALL faculty welcome. Tuesday, October 31st…

National Distance Learning Week

The United States Distance Learning Association will present a week of complimentary webinar sessions focused on how artificial intelligence is impacting distance education. Registration is open now! Interested in watching an NDLW webinar with others? The Center for Academic Innovation would be happy to arrange a watch party for you! Email facdev@otc.edu to get started.

Integrated Planning Open Lab

Springfield Campus 1001 E Chestnut Expy, Springfield, MO, United States

For those areas who are completing a comprehensive plan during the fall 2023 semester, there are open lab times scheduled to help you through the process. Not completing the comprehensive plan? We’re still here to help with your annual plan that is due December 1. Join us in Simmons Conference Room (Springfield Campus – ICE…

Free

Reducing Anxiety in the Moment and Beyond

Virtual Only

This webinar is presented by Magellan Healthcare and includes the following topics: Define signs and symptoms of anxiety. Identify skills you can develop to manage anxiety. Describe how to implement these techniques on a day-to-day basis. Click HERE to register for this free webinar.

Event Series NISOD

Escaping the Classroom: Designing Digital Escape Rooms for Learning

Escaping the Classroom: Designing Digital Escape Rooms for Learning Escape rooms require players to complete tasks, retrieve clues, and solve puzzles in order to escape a locked room. Digital escape rooms function much like their physical counterparts except they take place entirely online. Because digital escape rooms don’t require any physical equipment, they have become…

Event Series Microsoft Teams for Teaching

Microsoft Teams for Teaching – Basic Training

Center for Academic Innovation Information Commons 104

Session Title: Microsoft Teams for Teaching - Basic Training Dates & Times: Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 11:00 AM Monday, September 25, 2023, 2:00 PM Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 10:00 AM Monday, October 23, 2023, 3:00 PM Friday, November 10, 2023, 12:00 PM Location: Center for Academic Innovation, Information Commons 104, or virtually via Microsoft Teams Presenter: Philip Arnold, Director…

Event Series NISOD

Strategies for Promoting Engagement in the Online Classroom

Strategies for Promoting Engagement in the Online Classroom Are you struggling with students in your online classes staying on task? Do you find that students don't read the syllabus? Are you looking for ways to have better retention and success in the online classroom? If this is you, I get it. I have been teaching…

Event Series Innovation Celebration Q&A Workshop

Innovation Celebration Q&A Brainstorming Workshop

Innovation Celebration Q&A Brainstorming Workshop Join us Wednesday, October 11th from 3:30 to 4:30 PM in PMC-103 or on Microsoft Teams for an Innovation Celebration workshop! You'll have the opportunity to talk with a team of experts to: Brainstorm ideas Ask questions about applying for a Game Changer or Student Success Mini-Grant Find potential collaborators…

Event Series Teachers Talking Teaching

Teachers Talking Teaching

Join Physical Science Instructor Jared Durden and Mathematics Adjunct Instructor Alysia Swearengin at an informal gathering centered around sharing and camaraderie. We’ll be brainstorming ways to engage students through collaboration. More importantly, we’ll share what we’re experiencing in the classroom and support each other through reflective teaching practices. Faculty-led, ALL faculty welcome. Tuesday, October 31st…

Event Series Faculty Unplug & Network (FUN)

Faculty Unplug & Network (FUN)

Center for Academic Innovation Information Commons 104

Sometimes you’ve got to unplug to connect. There’s no objective. There’s no agenda. These meetings are just a place for Faculty to Unplug & Network. Hosted by Dr. Megan Weaver Thursday, September 7, 2023 11:00 AM LCN-122 Hosted by Dr. Matt Hudson Friday, October 13, 2023 11:00 AM ITTC-211 Hosted by Dr. Tracy McGrady Wednesday, November 15,…