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CTL professional workshops and courses assist faculty in developing their face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses, and provide specific skills needed in order to design, plan, and execute learning objects and learning strategies; learn theories behind course development and pedagogy; create and re-purpose course content in keeping with best practices and copyright law; accomplish the technical tasks of creating and using multimedia course content; use ready-made content from textbook publishers and other sources; and
create a community of practitioners and peer mentors among the participants. |
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Courses and Tutorials
Click on the tabs below to learn more about courses and resources offered by the CTL.
Online teaching
Fall 2019
Tuesday, September 3--Monday, September 30
Online Teaching is a non-credit training course designed to provide faculty with the pedagogical grounding and course design skills needed to create and conduct online courses. On completion of this 4-week online course, faculty members are certified by the NEIU Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to teach online courses.
Online Teaching course is open to any faculty member on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration announcements are sent to the university community via Targeted Announcement e-mails at the beginning of each semester and updated on the CTL website.
Prerequisite: none
Format: entirely online in D2L
Length: 4 weeks
Frequency: Fall, Spring, Summer semesters
Tuesday, September 3--Monday, September 30
Online Teaching is a non-credit training course designed to provide faculty with the pedagogical grounding and course design skills needed to create and conduct online courses. On completion of this 4-week online course, faculty members are certified by the NEIU Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to teach online courses.
Online Teaching course is open to any faculty member on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration announcements are sent to the university community via Targeted Announcement e-mails at the beginning of each semester and updated on the CTL website.
Prerequisite: none
Format: entirely online in D2L
Length: 4 weeks
Frequency: Fall, Spring, Summer semesters
hybrid teaching
Fall 2019
Tuesday, October 29-Monday, November 25
in-person meeting time TBD
Hybrid Teaching is a non-credit training course designed to provide faculty with the basic tools, techniques, and theories needed to create and conduct hybrid, or blended-learning, courses. On completion of this 4-week hybrid course, faculty members are certified by the NEIU Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to teach hybrid courses.
Hybrid Teaching is open to any faculty member on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration announcements are sent to the university community via Targeted Announcement e-mails at the beginning of each semester and updated on the CTL website.
Prerequisite: none
Format: weekly face-to-face and online instruction
Length: 4 weeks
Frequency: Fall, Spring, Summer semesters
Tuesday, October 29-Monday, November 25
in-person meeting time TBD
Hybrid Teaching is a non-credit training course designed to provide faculty with the basic tools, techniques, and theories needed to create and conduct hybrid, or blended-learning, courses. On completion of this 4-week hybrid course, faculty members are certified by the NEIU Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to teach hybrid courses.
Hybrid Teaching is open to any faculty member on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration announcements are sent to the university community via Targeted Announcement e-mails at the beginning of each semester and updated on the CTL website.
Prerequisite: none
Format: weekly face-to-face and online instruction
Length: 4 weeks
Frequency: Fall, Spring, Summer semesters
Online Design
Fall 2019
Monday, September 30-Friday, December 20
in-person meeting schedule TBD
This course is a 12-week, non-credit training course designed to support faculty in the development of an online course for NEIU. Upon completion of this course, faculty members will have a fully-functioning online course ready to be offered. Faculty are eligible to participate following the successful completion of the prerequisite, nomination from department chair and dean, and acceptance by Academic Affairs.
Deans are notified each fall and spring for the call for nominations for the next semester. Participation in this course includes compensation.
Prerequisite: successful completion of Online Teaching
Format: face-to-face and online instruction
Timing: Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters
Monday, September 30-Friday, December 20
in-person meeting schedule TBD
This course is a 12-week, non-credit training course designed to support faculty in the development of an online course for NEIU. Upon completion of this course, faculty members will have a fully-functioning online course ready to be offered. Faculty are eligible to participate following the successful completion of the prerequisite, nomination from department chair and dean, and acceptance by Academic Affairs.
Deans are notified each fall and spring for the call for nominations for the next semester. Participation in this course includes compensation.
Prerequisite: successful completion of Online Teaching
Format: face-to-face and online instruction
Timing: Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters
Desire2learn (D2L) instruction
For self-paced, on-demand help using D2L, sign up for subscription training. In this exclusive online interface offered by D2L, faculty can complete lessons on the topics they want to learn about while receiving step-by-step instruction from their own computers. These recorded lessons uploading files, setting up assignments, creating quizzes, formatting your gradebook, and other key activities.
Workshops and User Groups
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New in Spring 2019!
All faculty are invited to join the NEIU Digital Pedagogy Google Group where the CTL and NEIU faculty share information and resources about teaching and technology in all modes. |
CTL Workshops are announced throughout the semester. Visit this site and watch for Targeted Announcements. Faculty or departments with requests for specific workshop offerings are invited to email us at ctl@neiu.edu.
Visit the Faculty Learning Community page for information about the group and upcoming events. |
Spring 2019 Events |
Details |
How to Make Group Work Not Suck with Stacey Goguen, Philosophy Students and professors alike often groan at the thought of group work. Students worry about fairness and dealing with freeloaders or awkward interactions; professors worry about lackluster buy-in or an ignorant student leading a whole group astray. What would it look like to have group work that didn't suck the life out of class? Stacey will discuss some strategies and techniques that have worked well for discussion-based classes (e.g. philosophy) and make the case that there are actually a few different types of group work (motivation, application, and assessment), some of which are more successful than others. Registration is encouraged but not required. |
Tuesday, April 16, 12:30-1:30 p.m. LIB 310, CTL |
Engaging Students Using Video Conferencing and Online Chat with Liz Rodriguez, CTL Want to meet with your students outside of class but find it impossible to find time? This workshop will introduce you to two tools available at NEIU that are effective for making real-time connections with your students wherever they are. Participants will gain hands-on experience working with Google Hangouts/Meet and D2L virtual classroom. This session will be held entirely online. Registration is required 24 hours before the event. Sign up to receive access instructions. |
Friday, April 19, 10:30-11:30 a.m., online Monday, April 22, 4:30-5:30 p.m., online |
Getting Started with Instructional Video Recording with Liz Rodriguez, CTL Have you wanted to record videos for your students but don’t know where to begin? During this workshop, you will try out free, simple-to-use video recording software and learn how to create screen-captures and narrations to share with your students in all teaching modes. This session will be held entirely online. Registration is required 24 hours before the event. Sign up to receive access instructions. |
Thursday, April 11, 2-3 p.m., online Wednesday, April 24, 4-5 p.m., online |
Syllabus Refresh: Getting Ready for Summer and Fall 2019 with Kate Hahn, CTL Do you have a course syllabus that could use a makeover? Join us for a hands-on session to refresh your syllabus for the coming summer and fall terms. We will work from the course description and learning outcomes to renovate the content, activities, assignments, and assessments in your course. Registration is required 24 hours before the event. |
Wed., April 17, 2-3 p.m. LIB 310, CTL Friday, April 26, 1-2 p.m., LIB 310, CTL |
Looking into Your Students’ Brains: Activities for Discovering What Students Learn with Kate Hahn, CTL In this workshop, we will explore activities and tasks that can be used to figure out what your students understand in order to figure out ways to improve their learning. Participants will learn about activities that can be used to figure out what and how well students are learning course content in order to inform teaching practices to make learning more effective. Registration is required 24 hours before the event. |
Thursday, April 25, 3-4 p.m. in LIB 310, CTL Monday, April 29, 1-2 p.m. in LIB 310, CTL |
Definitions
Approved by FCAA (November 21, 2013)
Online Courses are those courses in which all instruction is fully online. Students must be able to complete all requirements for an online course, including tests and course evaluations, without coming to an NEIU location.
Hybrid Courses (also called blended courses) combine face-to-face sessions and online instruction in a pre-announced, regular, repeating pattern. Hybrid courses replace various percentages of the face-to-face sessions with online instruction (a 50-50 split enhances scheduling and room-sharing options.) Face-to-face meeting times must be published in the course Notes section of the schedule.
Note: Face-to-face courses that provide supplemental online elements, but which do not replace course meetings with online instruction, are not hybrid courses.
Online Courses are those courses in which all instruction is fully online. Students must be able to complete all requirements for an online course, including tests and course evaluations, without coming to an NEIU location.
Hybrid Courses (also called blended courses) combine face-to-face sessions and online instruction in a pre-announced, regular, repeating pattern. Hybrid courses replace various percentages of the face-to-face sessions with online instruction (a 50-50 split enhances scheduling and room-sharing options.) Face-to-face meeting times must be published in the course Notes section of the schedule.
Note: Face-to-face courses that provide supplemental online elements, but which do not replace course meetings with online instruction, are not hybrid courses.