Category Archives: Professional Development

03.23.21

Monday Morning Mentor program

Each week, Academic Innovation and eLearning is sending out a link to a different Monday Morning Mentor program by MAGNA Publications. Each topic is presented by respected academic peers and covers timely and relevant topics in only 20 minutes — brief enough to fit busy schedules, but long enough to deliver valuable, actionable content.

This week’s topic: How Can Educational Programs Use Backwards Design to Drive Learning and Student Success?

https://www.magnapubs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-Spring-MMM-03-22.pdf
Presentation date: March 22, 2021 and on-demand for one week
Link to the presentation: mondaymorningmentors.com

From this link, you can view the featured 20-Minute Mentor and access the transcript, handouts and supplemental material. These materials are only available for the week of the presentation.

NOTE: You will need to enter a password in order to view the program. See Monday’s email from Becky Parton for the password, or contact becky.parton@llcc.edu.

Access to the programs in the Monday Morning Mentor series is restricted to members of the subscribing institution. Any unauthorized use or access, including sharing access with faculty and staff not affiliated with the subscribing institution, is prohibited.

03.22.21

This week’s offerings from the Faculty-to-Faculty Support Team

LLCC Academic Innovation & eLearning Spring 2021 Workshop Schedule
LLCC Academic Innovation & eLearning spring 2021 professional development workshops are being offered in three different formats: online, live via Zoom and on-demand. Workshops cover both teaching topics and instructional technology tools. There are also many opportunities, both live and on-demand, to learn to use the new Canvas learning management system. Access links and view the spring 2021 AIeL workshop schedule.

In addition to the workshop schedule you will also find additional offerings from the Faculty-to-Faculty Support Team, including the following offerings this week:

  • Wednesday, March 24, 3:30-4:30 p.m. – The Virtual Faculty Break Room
  • Friday, March 26, 3 p.m. – Lord of the Rings Trivia Game
03.19.21

MIIIE virtual workshop March 26

Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural EducationThe Midwest Institute for International/intercultural Education (MIIIE) will be hosting their next virtual workshop, “Surveillance, Privacy and Dissent in a Globalizing World,” on Friday, March 26. LLCC is a member of MIIIE and registration for this event is free.

Please contact Rihab Sawah, assistant professor of physics (rihab.sawah@llcc.edu) with any questions. For the registration form, contact Rihab or Becky Parton (becky.parton@llcc.edu).

03.17.21

Register for “Engaging With Equity” workshop on PDD

LLCC Inclusivity Speaker Series. Diversity, Inclusion, Identity, Community.The Inclusivity Speaker Series, with support from the Workface Equity Initiative, is proud to host a 90-minute workshop during the Spring Professional Development Day entitled “Engaging with equity: Identifying and applying inclusive practices in your role at LLCC.” This session will be held from 8:30-10 a.m. on March 30, 2021.

Pre-registration is required as space is limited. Pre-register to attend the “Engaging with equity” session.

Participants will explore practices, strategies, and action steps they can take to positively impact LLCC’s inclusivity and campus climate. The workshop will consist of a short presentation, a breakout session to engage in prompt-driven small group discussion, and a facilitated exercise designed to highlight and outline action steps and strategies faculty and staff can engage as they strive to utilize more equity-conscious and inclusive practices. This workshop will be facilitated by Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) at U of I Champaign/Urbana. Facilitated by: Dr. Marci Rockey, Dr. Chaddrick James-Gallaway, and Angel Velez.

We encourage all members of our faculty and staff to join us. You don’t have to be in a leadership or administrator role to impact real change at LLCC. This workshop will challenge participants to identify ways that we can be more inclusive in our everyday practice, regardless of your position. Space is limited, so make sure to sign up early for this session.

If you have any questions, please contact Jacob.deters@llcc.edu.

03.16.21

SharePoint training today and March 30

The IT department is offering free workshops in March in conjunction with Microsoft. Each session will be 60 minutes in length and attended via Teams. Registration for each session is required and managed by Microsoft, not IT. After registering, you will be sent the link in a join the event via email.

Should you have questions about the training sessions, please email Jeris.Creasey@llcc.edu.

March 16, 2-3 p.m. – Microsoft SharePoint Online L100

Register for Microsoft SharePoint Online L100

This course focuses on SharePoint team sites. Attendees will learn how to share and manage content, find information and collaborate across their organization.

March 30, 1:30-2:30 p.m. – Microsoft SharePoint Online L200

Register for Microsoft SharePoint Online L200

This course expands on more advanced features of SharePoint sites, focusing on site ownership and architecture. Attendees of this course can expect to learn about sharing and permissions, workflow management and content types.

03.16.21

Monday Morning Mentor program

Each week, Academic Innovation and eLearning is sending out a link to a different Monday Morning Mentor program by MAGNA Publications. Each topic is presented by respected academic peers and covers timely and relevant topics in only 20 minutes — brief enough to fit busy schedules, but long enough to deliver valuable, actionable content.

This week’s topic: How Can Effective Note-taking Improve Online Student Learning?

https://www.magnapubs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-Spring-MMM-03-15.pdf
Presentation date: March 15, 2021 and on-demand for one week
Link to the presentation: mondaymorningmentors.com

From this link, you can view the featured 20-Minute Mentor and access the transcript, handouts and supplemental material. These materials are only available for the week of the presentation.

NOTE: You will need to enter a password in order to view the program. See Monday’s email from Becky Parton for the password, or contact becky.parton@llcc.edu.

Access to the programs in the Monday Morning Mentor series is restricted to members of the subscribing institution. Any unauthorized use or access, including sharing access with faculty and staff not affiliated with the subscribing institution, is prohibited.

03.15.21

SharePoint training

The IT department is offering free workshops in March in conjunction with Microsoft. Each session will be 60 minutes in length and attended via Teams. Registration for each session is required and managed by Microsoft, not IT. After registering, you will be sent the link in a join the event via email.

Should you have questions about the training sessions, please email Jeris.Creasey@llcc.edu.

March 16, 2-3 p.m. – Microsoft SharePoint Online L100

Register for Microsoft SharePoint Online L100

This course focuses on SharePoint team sites. Attendees will learn how to share and manage content, find information and collaborate across their organization.

March 30, 1:30-2:30 p.m. – Microsoft SharePoint Online L200

Register for Microsoft SharePoint Online L200

This course expands on more advanced features of SharePoint sites, focusing on site ownership and architecture. Attendees of this course can expect to learn about sharing and permissions, workflow management and content types.

03.15.21

This week’s AIeL workshops

LLCC Academic Innovation & eLearning Spring 2021 Workshop Schedule
LLCC Academic Innovation & eLearning spring 2021 professional development workshops are being offered in three different formats: online, live via Zoom and on-demand. Workshops cover both teaching topics and instructional technology tools. There are also many opportunities, both live and on-demand, to learn to use the new Canvas learning management system. Access links and view the spring 2021 AIeL workshop schedule.

In addition to the workshop schedule you will also find additional offerings from the Faculty-to-Faculty Support Team, including the new Virtual Faculty Break Room, offered twice a month, and Trivia Night – Pandemic Style.

This week the following workshops are being offered:

  • Monday, March 15, 2-3 p.m. – Bringing the Whiteboard to Your Online Class
  • Wednesday, March 17, 2:30-4:30 p.m. – SoftChalk Create and Cloud: Hands-on Webinar
  • Thursday, March 18, 2-3 p.m. – Moving Further Ahead Through Active Learning
  • Friday, March 19, 2-3 p.m. – Building Course Content in the Canvas Course Template
03.04.21

Equity focused workshop to be held during PDD

LLCC Inclusivity Speaker Series. Diversity, Inclusion, Identity, Community.The Inclusivity Speaker Series and Workforce Equity Initiative are proud to host a 90-minute workshop during Spring Professional Development Day entitled “Engaging with equity: Identifying and applying inclusive practices in your role at LLCC.” This session will be held from 8:30-10 a.m. on March 30.

Participants will explore practices, strategies and action steps they can take to positively impact LLCC’s inclusivity and campus climate. The workshop will consist of a short presentation, a breakout session to engage in prompt-driven small group discussion, and a facilitated exercise designed to highlight and outline action steps and strategies faculty and staff can engage as they strive to utilize more equity-conscious and inclusive practices. This workshop will be facilitated by the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Facilitators are: Dr. Marci Rockey, Dr. Chaddrick James-Gallaway and Angel Velez.

We encourage all members of our faculty and staff to join us. You don’t have to be in a leadership or administrator role to impact real change at LLCC. This workshop will challenge participants to identify ways that we can be more inclusive in our everyday practice, regardless of your position.

Early-bird registration has been sent an email to faculty and staff who work directly with our WEI students; sign up soon to ensure we save a seat for you! Contact Candace Silas (candace.silas@llcc.edu) for further questions about early bird registration.

Open registration will be available to all faculty and staff on Wednesday, March 17. A link to register will be sent out via LincIn. If you have any questions about open registration or this workshop, please contact Jacob Deters (Jacob.deters@llcc.edu).

03.03.21

OneDrive and SharePoint training

The IT department is offering free workshops in March in conjunction with Microsoft. Each session will be 60 minutes in length and attended via Teams. Registration for each session is required and managed by Microsoft, not IT. After registering, you will be sent the link in a join the event via email.

Should you have questions about the training sessions, please email Jeris.Creasey@llcc.edu.

March 3, 2-3 p.m. – Microsoft OneDrive for Business L100

Register for Microsoft OneDrive for Business L100

OneDrive for Business and Microsoft 365 make it easy to access, share and collaborate on files from anywhere.

Objectives:

  • Learn why OneDrive for Business is a reliable place to store your important personal work files.
  • Examine the advantages and convenience of having all your data available to you at any given time with all the different ways to access your OneDrive.
  • Keep your data constantly backed up with Automatic Backup to OneDrive.
  • Maximize your local storage space with Files On-Demand.
  • Securely share your files by configuring Access Management and Settings.

March 16, 2-3 p.m. – Microsoft SharePoint Online L100

Register for Microsoft SharePoint Online L100

This course focuses on SharePoint team sites. Attendees will learn how to share and manage content, find information and collaborate across their organization.

March 30, 1:30-2:30 p.m. – Microsoft SharePoint Online L200

Register for Microsoft SharePoint Online L200

This course expands on more advanced features of SharePoint sites, focusing on site ownership and architecture. Attendees of this course can expect to learn about sharing and permissions, workflow management and content types.