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.

Free Webinar: Proactive and Positive Ways to Engage Students about Academic Integrity

Virtual Only

Hosted by Pearson Proactive and Positive Ways to Engage Students about Academic Integrity February 15, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET Live Online Jessica Bernards, Portland Community College Wendy Fresh, Portland Community College Elaine W. Tan, PhD, Senior Learning Designer - Pearson How can educators help students understand what academic integrity means and learn…

Pedagogy Pack! Authentic and Automatic Assessments: Building Quality Multiple-Choice Questions

Virtual Only

Grading is often referenced as the most time consuming part of teaching. While meaningful feedback is important, valid, effective assessments do not always need to be personally graded. Many instructors already use automatically graded multiple choice tests, quizzes, and activities to assess their student’s learning. This event will: Equip you with the knowledge and skills…

Free

Free Webinar: Transforming Workforce Programs with OER and Open Practices

Virtual Only

Sponsored by the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) as part of their series of webinars. Community colleges train students to enter the workforce in skilled professions from early childhood education to machine tool technology.  With over a million occupational credentials awarded each year, community colleges are the primary workforce education engines but many programs…

Social Status- Keeping a Healthy Relationship with Social Media

Virtual Only

February's topic will be 45 min or less and help you recognize: Explaining the algorithm and why you see specific content. Recognizing how to identify reliable, verified information. Knowing when it’s time to take a break from social media.   This event is through Magellan, please register at least a week in advance here: https://events-na4.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/825364167/en/events/event/shared/default_template_simple/event_registration.html?sco-id=2291184555&_charset_=utf-8…

Free Webinar: Teaching With Presence and Compassion

Virtual Only

Hosted by NISOD Reboot Your Class by Teaching With Presence and Compassion As faculty enter the post-Covid teaching arena, there are many strategies available to bring life and engagement to their classes. Contrary to what students think, online courses are not effortless. Online courses require students to have self-management, discipline, and inner motivation. Faculty can…

Free Webinar: The Changing Professor-Student Dynamic

Virtual Only

Presented by The Chronicle of Higher Education Brief Teaching is hard work, and too often, professors go it alone. Traditional approaches to lectures, assignments, and grading aren’t always effective. Students have complicated lives outside of class. Faculty members have to decide how much flexibility to give them, and how accessible to be. All of that…

Free Webinar: Teaching critical thinking and application skills through the use of formative assessment

Virtual Only

Hosted by Pearson Teaching critical thinking and application skills through the use of formative assessment January 25, 2022 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Live Online Dr. Jeff Sarbaum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Join Dr. Jeff Sarbaum to learn how the use of formative assessment can not only help students learn economics course content, but…