September 2022
Workshops
September
9/6/22
Introduction to the Pecha Kucha Method- Create Brief Presentations with Pop and Style.
9/12/22
Digital Fundamentals
Avoiding Plagiarism with SafeAssign for Bb
Writing Great Learning Outcomes
9/13/22
Hypothesis: Creating Assignments That Require Social Annotation in Blackboard
Digital Assessment Matters: Practical Ways to Diversify for Today’s Learners
9/15/22
Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment
9/20/22
Hypothesis: Creating Assignments That Require Social Annotation in Blackboard
9/ 21/22
Exploring Decolonization: Strategies for Teaching, Learning, and Engaging Students (for PT Faculty) RESCHEDULED to 10/5/22
Flipping Out Over Flipped Learning
9/23/22
Bloom’s Taxonomy
9/27/22
Discover the Intelligent features of PowerPoint 365
9/29/22
Engaging Quiet Students: Including Silence in Active Learning
9/30/22
Academy Fall 2022 – Achieving your Teaching Goals through Action Research – (Session 1 of 3)
Academy Fall 2022 – Collaborative and Active Learning Techniques for Equity and Diversity – (Session 1 of 3)
Academy Fall 2022 – Datafication: Incorporating Data Science in Every MC Classroom – (Sessions 1 of 3)
Academy Fall 2022 – Realistic Rubrics to Facilitate the Evaluation – (Sessions 1 of 3)
Tech it Out – September: -Notion, – H5P, and Remind.
9/6/22
Introduction to the Pecha Kucha Method- Create Brief Presentations with Pop and Style.
Blackboard, Self-Paced
Instructor: Michele Knight
Pecha Kucha is a method for developing brief, crisp, lively, and engaging presentations. The owners of a Japanese architectural firm developed this presentation style. The format consists of twenty PowerPoint slides, and the presenter spends twenty seconds talking about each slide. Designed properly, this creates a succinct, well-crafted presentation of 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
College professors in the US and abroad are also using this presentation to revamp how they present PowerPoints to their students. Students can also learn this technique to enliven individual and group presentations they deliver to their peers. During this workshop, participants will review a series of Pecha Kucha videos and explanatory videos that provide inspiration about using this presentation style with students. Faculty must contribute a few ideas to a Pecha Kucha idea gallery (discussion) regarding ways this method can be used with students. Faculty must also contribute a completed Pecha Kucha storyboard consisting of twenty slides and share these slides with their colleagues.
Outcomes:
- Describe the Pecha Kucha format and how it is employed in developing presentations
- Compare and contrast the Pecha Kucha format with traditional Presentation styles
- Discuss ways that Pecha Kucha can be used with students
- Review tips on developing a Pecha Kucha
- Develop part of a storyboard for a Pecha Kucha Presentation
- Post your Pecha Kucha storyboard for your peers
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9/12/22
Digital Fundamentals
Self-paced via Blackboard
Instructor: Tom Cantu
Blackboard and other Learning Management Systems are essential communication, information, assessment, and design tools to support learning and student success. The Digital Fundamentals for Teaching and Learning course assists those who educate students in developing the skills necessary to use Blackboard effectively in a remote teaching environment.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply Blackboard tools to establish an active online presence
- Adapt your course for Digital Teaching in alignment with best practices for the discipline
- Using Blackboard tools to evaluate student learning while considering alternative assessment techniques
- Utilize appropriate video conferencing software to promote student engagement
- Explore multimedia technology for use in the digital classroom
Series Elements
Completing the Digital Fundamentals for Teaching and Learning course will take approximately four weeks. The course contains four interactive modules: (1) Blackboard foundations, (2) communication with students using Blackboard, (3) assessment of student performance using Blackboard, and (4) development and usage of multimedia for Blackboard. Upon completing the course, participants will create a working Blackboard teaching site highlighting instructor presence, multimedia elements to promote student engagement, and other elements taught throughout the course.
Please be advised that this course is required for all full and part-time instructors at MC. Registration for this course is ongoing, and course admission is on a rolling basis.
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9/12/22
Avoiding Plagiarism with SafeAssign for Bb
Self-paced via Blackboard
Instructor: Gloria Barron
SafeAssign is a plagiarism prevention service offered by Blackboard and used primarily to detect unoriginal content in electronically submitted papers. It compares submitted assignments against a set of academic papers using a text matching algorithm capable of detecting matching material between a paper and source material from the Internet, ProQuest ABI/Inform database, Institutional Documents Archives, and a Global Reference Database. This training covers how to create an Assignment in Blackboard Learn and utilize the SafeAssign originality review tool within the Assignment to determine the level and source of plagiarized content. By the completion of this online course, you will be able to create Safe Assignments in a Blackboard course as a means to collect written work from students while at the same time checking for plagiarized content.
Outcomes:
- Define SafeAssign for Blackboard
- Identify reasons why students may plagiarize
- Understand how SafeAssign works
- Create a Safe Assignment in a Blackboard course
- Describe how students upload work to a SafeAssignment
- Identify the purpose for using the Direct Submit feature of SafeAssign
- Analyze and interpret Originality Reports
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9/12/22
Writing Great Learning Outcomes
Self-paced via Blackboard
Instructor: Gloria Barron
In this workshop, instructors will have the opportunity to review information about writing great student learning outcomes. Well-defined student learning outcomes will help explain what the student should take away from an instructional experience. We will also practice using good student learning outcome language.
Outcomes:
- Define student learning outcomes
- Explain the pedagogical importance of having clear, measurable, learner-centered outcomes.
- Differentiate among levels of student outcomes.
- Write clear, measurable, learner-centered outcomes that align with the course and/or program outcomes.
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9/13/22
3-4 p.m.
Hypothesis: Creating Assignments That Require Social Annotation in Blackboard
Instructor: Gloria Barron
Adding hypothesis as an external tool to readings in Blackboard supports student success by placing active discussion on course readings, enabling students and instructors to add comments and start conversations in the margins of digital texts. This workshop is an excellent opportunity to learn about the potential of social annotation as a learning tool and discuss creative ways to increase engagement in your courses.
Attend this session to get everything you need to begin your implementation of hypothesis assignments. Create engaging and interactive reading assignments in Blackboard or expand your knowledge with the new ability to access Blackboard files and create student groups.
Outcomes:
- Describe how to get started with hypothesis and feel comfortable creating a graded assignment.
- Create assignments that require students to read socially and make annotations or replies to other contributors.
- Gather some fun ideas for expanding the use of collaborative annotation to improve student success.
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9/13/22
3-4 p.m.
Digital Assessment Matters: Practical Ways to Diversify for Today’s Learners
Instructor: Michele Knight
Thanks to being able to use online tools, faculty now have more strategies to personalize the Assessment experience so that students get the most out of their Learning. Digital Assessment tools can help students with their critical thinking skills and content mastery by allowing faculty to create content targeted to a specific knowledge or skill set and to give students detailed and descriptive feedback. In addition to standard online testing tools and strategies, there are also free online tools that can be used to give students alternative assessments, thus allowing today’s students freedom of expression and autonomy over their learning and assessment process.
Objectives
- Discuss the role of formative and summative assessments and the role that each type of assessment plays in student understanding.
- Demonstrate the areas in Blackboard Assessments Tool that can be used to give targeted feedback to students depending on correct and incorrect answers.
- Discuss tools such as Screencast-o-Matic and Insert from Webcam (in Blackboard) to provide personalized feedback.
- Provide a cheat sheet of digital tools for creating Alternative Digital Assessments for students
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9/15/22
3-4 pm
Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment
Instructor: Laurent Ndeze
When preparing a course or lesson, every educator hopes to maximize learning or impress the learner. The challenge is how to satisfy the broad range of expectations or needs that the learner will bring. There is abundant literature to show that most people learn best from an inclusive classroom, whether online or in-person. In this workshop, we will discuss evidence-based steps for creating an inclusive learning environment.
Outcomes:
- Promote interactivity and collaborative learning
- Apply Universal Learning Design principles
- Use multiple assessment tools and techniques
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9/20/22
4-5 p.m.
Hypothesis: Creating Assignments That Require Social Annotation in Blackboard
Instructor: Gloria Barron
Adding hypothesis as an external tool to readings in Blackboard supports student success by placing active discussion on course readings, enabling students and instructors to add comments and start conversations in the margins of digital texts. This workshop is an excellent opportunity to learn about the potential of social annotation as a learning tool and discuss creative ways to increase engagement in your courses.
Attend this session to get everything you need to begin your implementation of hypothesis assignments. Create engaging and interactive reading assignments in Blackboard or expand your knowledge with the new ability to access Blackboard files and create student groups.
Outcomes:
- Describe how to get started with hypothesis and feel comfortable creating a graded assignment.
- Create assignments that require students to read socially and make annotations or replies to other contributors.
- Gather some fun ideas for expanding the use of collaborative annotation to improve student success.
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9/ 21/22
4:30-6 p.m.
Exploring Decolonization: Strategies for Teaching, Learning, and Engaging Students (for PT Faculty)
RESCHEDULED to 10/5/22
Instructor: Angela Lanier
Decolonization is the practice of dismantling the structures and practices that oppressed and robbed indigenous people of their freedom. But what does decolonization look like in Higher Education? What could it look like at Montgomery College. In this workshop, we will discuss the influence of colonization on past and existing instructional practices. In addition, we will explore strategies that promote understanding of decolonization and engage students’ voices in learning.
Outcomes:
- Identify elements of colonization that influence current pedagogical practices
- Adapt instructional practices that promote awareness of decolonization and encourage students to think critically about the content
- Reflect on student feedback to identify ways to empower and engage students
- Identify ways students can take an active role in decolonizing higher education at MC
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9/21/22
10-11 a.m.
Flipping Out Over Flipped Learning
Instructor: Phil Bonner
Flipped learning is a teaching approach in which the students’ first brush with new material occurs outside of class rather than in it. Students read or view materials online to gain a basic understanding of the subject, and class time is devoted to solving problems or applying the new concepts. This is the inverse of the traditional mode of lecture in class and practice at home. In this one-hour course, we will explore how to flip your class!
Outcomes:
- Explain what flipped learning is.
- Employ the flipped learning approach in their own courses.
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9/23/22
3:30-4:30 pm
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Instructor: Laurent Ndeze
In short, Bloom’s Taxonomy refers to a series of cognitive skills and learning objectives arranged in a hierarchical order, forming a pyramid shape. It was initially developed by Bloom, an educational psychologist, in the 1940s and later revised by David Krathwohl and Lorin Anderson in 2001. In this workshop, we will use a revised version to examine how you can apply the Taxonomy during the planning process of your course or lesson. The taxonomy provides a clear and precise framework for mapping out your course, whether introductory or other levels within the curriculum, including course revisions.
Outcomes:
- Align content according to hierarchical levels of cognitive learning
- Design effective learning objectives
- Design activities that enhance diverse ways of learning
- Construct relevant assessment questions
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9/27/22
3-4 p.m.
Discover the Intelligent features of PowerPoint 365
Instructor: Gloria Barron
Whether we realize it or not, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all around us and playing an active role in our daily lives. Every time we open our Facebook newsfeed or do a Google search, AI works in the background. AI technology allows us to work smarter and more efficiently.
Using Office 365’s AI technology, you will see how PowerPoint inserts design elements and visualizes data while still allowing you to maintain control of your slides. With the tedious design process automated, you can spend more time focusing on your content. This session will familiarize you with PowerPoint’s AI technology and give you tips for creating professionally designed presentations.
Outcomes:
- Define artificial intelligence and how it benefits you for creating beautiful slides.
- Explain how PowerPoint 365 enables you to create slideshows more efficiently with Designer.
- List 2-3 intelligent design features that you will integrate into your future PowerPoint presentations.
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9/29/22
2-3 p.m.
Engaging Quiet Students: Including Silence in Active Learning
Instructor: Phil Bonner
Faculty often wish their quiet students would take a more active role in classroom discussions and activities. This workshop examines the reasons why some students do not participate, and what faculty can do to engage and encourage them to contribute their ideas in class.
Outcomes:
- Understand why students may be quiet in the classroom.
- Explore the instructor’s role in defining and measuring participation in class.
- Learn best practices for helping quiet students participate in class.
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9/30/22
2-4 pm
Academy Fall 2022 – Achieving your Teaching Goals through Action Research – (Session 1 of 3)
Instructors: Levena De La Rosa and Bonita Parker
Action research is “a disciplined process of inquiry conducted by and for those taking the action” (The Institute for the Study of Inquiry in Education). In this workshop series, participants will identify a pedagogical goal and implement an action research plan (ARP) to enhance student success. As part of ARP creation, participants will explore the benefits and challenges of using data analysis in action research as a consistent part of their instruction. Participants will apply relevant, current data to their work and will develop procedures for enhancing their own data collection for ongoing action research
Online via Zoom
Fridays from 2:00 – 4:00 pm
- September 30, 2022
- October 28, 2022
- December 2, 2022
PARTICIPANTS MUST COMPLETE ALL THREE SESSIONS TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THE WORKSHOP SERIES
Outcomes:
- Define an action research plan (ARP) and articulate the purpose of action research in their courses
- Explore the types of data that could support action research relevant to their courses
- Articulate their own ARP, and design an appropriate strategy for implementing their own ARPs
- Effectively communicate the results of their research
- Use data to refine an ARP to continue the assessment cycle
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9/30/22
2-4 pm
Academy Fall 2022 – Collaborative and Active Learning Techniques for Equity and Diversity – (Session 1 of 3)
Instructors: Sara Kalifa & Carolien Annink
Increasingly, studies show that lecturing as the only instructional technique is not the most effective teaching method in higher education, and that students’ learning experience is much more meaningful and lasting when exposed to collaborative and active learning techniques. This is valid for all college students, and especially for students from underrepresented communities. This 3-workshop series is designed for faculty in all disciplines who are interested in learning about other ways to teach in addition to lecturing. Participants will experience, examine, and design a multitude of collaborative and active learning techniques for immediate use in their current classes.
Online via Zoom
Fridays from 2:00 – 4:00 pm
- September 30, 2022
- October 28, 2022
- December 2, 2022
PARTICIPANTS MUST COMPLETE ALL THREE SESSIONS TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THE WORKSHOP SERIES.
Outcomes:
• List several reasons why teaching with CoAlts results in higher levels of learning and longer knowledge retention.
• Describe 8-10 techniques discussed in the three-workshop series.
• Design, develop and implement 3-5 classroom activities using the discussed collaborative and active learning techniques.
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9/30/22
2-4 pm
Academy Fall 2022 – Datafication: Incorporating Data Science in Every MC Classroom – (Sessions 1 of 3)
Facilitator: Rachel Saidi
Contact: Carolien Annink
As societies move to datafication, data literacy is important for all. This workshop series will introduce participants to concepts in data science. We will use tools such as R and R Studio and Tableau Public to learn how to load, explore, and analyze various datasets. The goal is to explore how data science techniques might be incorporated in classrooms across all disciplines at Montgomery College. No prior skills are required.
IN PERSON – SC 350
Fridays from 2:00 – 4:00 pm
- September 30, 2022
- October 28, 2022
- December 2, 2022
PARTICIPANTS MUST COMPLETE ALL THREE SESSIONS TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THE WORKSHOP SERIES.
Outcomes:
- Identify uses of data science real-world applications for the MC classroom
- Identify and define forms of data visualizations
- Publish and share data exploration code and visualizations
- Incorporate accessibility elements into visualizations
- Create and publish a data project that enhances teaching
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9/30/22
2-4 pm
Academy Fall 2022 – Realistic Rubrics to Facilitate the Evaluation – (Sessions 1 of 3)
Facilitator: Joan Naake
Rubrics facilitate evaluation, enhance fairness in grading and can be applied to a variety of disciplines and assignments. During this 3-session workshop, participants will learn about a variety of rubric styles and develop course and assignment specific rubrics that will help instructors to evaluate a wide variety of assessments and assignments more effectively.
Online via Zoom
Fridays from 2:00 – 4:00 pm
- September 30, 2022
- October 28, 2022
- December 2, 2022
PARTICIPANTS MUST COMPLETE ALL THREE SESSIONS TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THE WORKSHOP SERIES.
Outcomes:
- Describe how rubrics facilitate evaluation and enhance equality in grading
- Evaluate the effectiveness of rubrics
- Develop and implement a rubric for an assignment in their discipline
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9/30/22
2-2:45 p.m.
Tech it Out – September: -Notion, – H5P, and Remind.
Instructor: Michele Knight
Tech it out is your opportunity to learn about new technology with a vibrant community of practitioners. During this 45-minute tech-it-out, participants can choose from the following brief ten-minute awareness sessions for a quick overview of a technical topic.
Notion: Notion is a free, all-in-one workspace that can be used by educators and students alike for notetaking, creating webpages, wikis, knowledge and data management, and project and task management. It is a completely flexible workspace that each user can customize to fit their needs.
H5P: Easily create, share, and reuse HTML 5 content and applications to create rich and interactive learning experiences including branching scenarios, interactive videos, crossword puzzles, image hotspots, etc.
Remind: Communication platform that allows students and instructors to send text messages to any phone without giving away personal cellphone numbers.
For the last thirty-five minutes of tech-it-out, we will have open discussion and sharing of things that the group is already using or that look interesting in educational technology.
Outcomes:
- Develop an awareness of a technical topic
- Participate in a “free-form” technical community of practice discussion
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