Orange County Campus will move to Yellow Status for all operations starting Wednesday, July 9, at 5:00 p.m. Yellow Status means employees will work remotely except for essential personnel and classes that are able to meet remotely.
No other campuses are affected. Normal operations will resume tomorrow.
The bookstore will be closed until July 14 to prepare for the transition to BibliU. If you have any questions about BibliU, please view our Frequently Asked Questions.
Learning Conversations bring together groups of employees to discuss contemporary issues of interest to them and engagement activities geared to building awareness and problem-solving.
These may include, but are not limited to, book clubs or informal and brown bag sessions on topics of interest.
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Presenter: Scott Neal, Instructor, Cybersecurity, Networking & Support Programming
This is a Community of Practice for Faculty to engage in conversations surrounding pertinent topics related to teaching 8-week courses. Meetings occur from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. via .
| Course | Date |
|---|---|
| Fostering Meaningful Student-Instructor Interactions with an 8-week course | February 24, 2025 |
| Maximizing Knowledge in 8 weeks: how to support student content knowledge retention | March 17, 2025 |
| Life Happens: How to manage student attrition in an 8-week course | March 31, 2025 |
| Curating Your Content: how to select and include the most impactful learning experiences in your 8-week course | April 14, 2025 |
| Grand Finale: Student-Faculty Pow-Wow | April 28, 2025 |
Facilitator: Dr. Barbara Clarke, Coordinator, Organizational Development and Learning
The lessons/chapters in Small Bites for Small Teaching are derived from the book 鈥淪mall Teaching鈥 (2nd edition) (Lang, J., 2021). Other materials include resources from Bain鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Best College Professors Do,鈥 and Lang鈥檚 鈥淪mall Teaching Online鈥 and 鈥淥n Course," articles published in the Chronicle of Higher Education (COHE), and other instructional texts. The premise of this course is that small, incremental changes in your instruction can yield significant positive results for your students. The changes recommended do not require changes to your curriculum or significant pre-planning and administration.
Meetings occur biweekly from 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. via or in Phillips (Building 3), room 3-125.
| Week | Date |
|---|---|
| Introduction and Chapter 1: PREDICTING | January 29, 2025 |
| Chapter 2: RETRIEVING | February 12, 2025 |
| Chapter 3: INTERLEAVING | February 26, 2025 |
| Part II: Understanding and Chapter 4: CONNECTING | March 12, 2025 |
| Chapter 5: PRACTICING | March 25, 2025 |
| Chapter 6: EXPLAINING | April 9, 2025 |
| Part III: INSPIRATION and Chapter 7: BELONGING | April 23, 2025 |
| Chapter 8: MOTIVATION | May 7, 2025 |