Month: April 2023

Friday SLO Talk: Strengthening Program Review Practices to Support Meaningful Planning and Outcomes
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Friday, April 28, 2023 from 1-3 PM

REGISTRATION LINK  (Free Webinar)

Webinar Description   The focus of this Friday SLO Talk is sharing program review promising practices from two different institutions. Each institution will share their program review journeys from an administrative structure/practice to a more thoughtful, impactful, and meaningful approach to support student success and equity and programmatic improvement.  The session will be presented in an interview format and include audience Zoom polls and other opportunities for participant engagement.

If you do attend the talk, please send Lisa Martin (Martin.L@ptc.edu) and Allison Scott (scott.a@ptc.edu) an email record of your attendance so they can include the information on your PD transcript.

AVID Strategy: Think-Pair-Share
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  • This is a great, collaborative strategy that can be used in various disciplines.
    • It can be used in large or small groups and in online classes (in breakout rooms).
    • Implementation is easy. First, give students a question to answer, a problem to solve, or an assignment to read. Then, ask the students to THINK about their answers or the reading on their own. Next,
    • PAIR them with another classmate(s), and have them SHARE the answer with them. If you choose to do so, you can also have groups report out (SHARE) with the larger group.
  • For additional AVID teaching and learning strategies, please check out our AVID Resources page in D2L (Available from the D2L homepage, in the “Resources” drop-down menu).
  • If you have an AVID strategy you would like to get added to our Resources page, please reach out to Lisa Martin at Martin.L@ptc.edu.

AVID – Professional Development Opportunity 4.21.23
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Training Date/Time: April 21, 2023, 9AM-12PM

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Session Title:
Enhancing Online Instruction 

Session Description:

Participants will learn how to apply Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading (WICOR) strategies in an online course, with an emphasis on building a social presence for both instructor and student. Participants will discuss and analyze high-impact strategies that will increase student engagement and learning in the online environment. Participants who attend this session should already be familiar with the basic functionality D2L, including how to create a discussion board, post assignments, etc. This workshop is more effective if participants have some AVID background in WICOR strategies. 

To Register: https://ptcgwd.wufoo.com/forms/enhancing-online-instruction-spring-2023 

D2L April 2023 Updates
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D2L April 2023 Updates

Discussions – Introducing the new creation and editing experience 

This update brings another change in a long line of consistency changes. Creating and editing discussions will now look similar to the assignment and quiz creation/edit workflows. As with the new Quiz Creation Experience, if you run into any issues with the new view you may change to the old view using the arrow in the top right of the screen.

New Topic Creation Window
Quizzes – Confirmation dialog boxes for learners exiting a quiz

This update brings a plethora of new dialog boxes when users attempt to exit a quiz, the dialogue box shown changes depending on the quiz’s settings.

A new dialog box showing that the quiz timer will not be paused upon exiting.
Dialog box showing that a quiz can be returned to if exiting the quiz.
Exit dialog showing that a quiz can be returned to before the end date of the quiz.
Exit dialog showing that a quiz will be inaccessible if exited.

KWLA — An AVID Strategy Helpful for Finals’ Prep
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KWLA (Know, Want to Know, Learned, and Apply):  Using a KWLA strategy/worksheet prior to an assessment (like a final exam) in class can help instructors (and students) see what students already “know” about a topic and what they “want to know”/really need to study. After participating in your class/review session, the KWLA can help instructors assess what students have “learned” and if they are able to successfully “apply” the information. For a fillable KWLA worksheet that can be used in your classes, check out the “AVID Resources” page available through the Resources’ tab in D2L.

National Assessment Week: FREE Professional-development Opportunities
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Would you like to learn more about assessment? Are you interested in what will really help faculty with assessment? If you answered, “yes,” this is a helpful week for you: National Assessment Week.

As part of this week’s activities, several free webinars/workshops are being offered.

This Thursday, April 6th, there are three free virtual sessions available:

If you attend one or all of these sessions and would like your participation added to your professional-development record, please reach out to Allison Scott (scott.a@ptc.edu) and/or Lisa Martin (martin.l@ptc.edu) to let them know of your attendance.