“Building Connections”: Professional Development Summer 2020
Recordings of sessions & additional resources are available to all faculty & staff at The College of Wooster. You can see the full Program here & use the OpenID Connect button to Self-Enroll in the Moodle “Building Connections” Course with your College username and password. For more detailed instructions, watch this 30 second video “How to Self-Enroll into a Moodle Course”
@ Muhlenberg College.
Thank you to the nearly 200 faculty and staff who attended the Building Connections: Course (Re)Design Workshops in June & July 2020 (you can learn more about our inspiration in Inside Higher Ed).
In the wake of Spring 2020–with the advent of the COVID pandemic, continued anti-Black violence, renewed calls for police reform and the removal of Confederate statues, the further tightening of government restrictions on immigration and international travel, and a contentious election season awaiting us in the Fall–we know NOW MORE THAN EVER that our pedagogy needs to center building connections & inclusive community across campus, sharing resources and assignments that can pivot from classroom to remote learning, and providing networks of support for ourselves & our students for what lies ahead.
Program Overview
- Day 1: “Backward” Course Design & Creating Communities of Learners with Lauren Cardon (University of Alabama)
- Day 2: Designing an Accessible & Visually Engaging Course Shell with Anne-Marie Womack (Tulane University), creator of www.accessiblesyllabus.com
- Day 3: Engaging Students: Making Assignments (& Assessments) Meaningful facilitated by our EdTech staff & Faculty Teaching Liaisons (FTLs) & Library Faculty
- Day 4: Building (and Modeling) Resiliancy & Collaboration facilitated by members of Wooster’s Care Team (including staff from the Center for Diversity & Inclusion, Wellness Center, Learning Center, and Dean of Students) + EdTech staff & FTLs
- Day 5: In the Classroom: Strategies for Discussion & Delivery facilitated by EdTech staff & FTLs
- Follow-up: connect regularly with your Teaching Cohort–or during an intensive burst–over the summer)