Follow-Up from the Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium, with the Central and Southern Illinois Faculty Development Network

Please join us on Friday, November 14, at 12:00 PM for a follow-up conversation on the 2nd Annual Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium, on “Doing Less with Less, Effectively.” What panels did you attend? What did you learn about? What ideas excited you? What do you still have questions about? Let’s talk about it!

Provost's Certificate in Excellence in Professional Development

The Provost’s Certificate for Excellence in Professional Development is a recognition program designed to celebrate and incentivize meaningful engagement in professional growth among faculty and staff. The program encourages participation in development events, mentoring relationships, and reflective practice, culminating in an annual awards ceremony where recipients are honored by the Provost.

Certificate Requirements

To earn the certificate, participants must earn 6 credits by completing the following within two academic years (or less):

Remote Proctoring, with the Central and Southern Illinois Faculty Development Network

Remote Proctoring, with the Central and Southern Illinois Faculty Development Network

Please join us for an open discussion of remote proctoring. What is remote proctoring? How does it work? Is your institution using remote proctoring? What has your experience been so far? Let’s talk about it! The discussion can be joined on Zoom.

Teaching Conversations

Join UIS instructors as they share activities, ideas, and practices that have shaped and improved teaching and learning. After sharing a brief summary of their work, presenting instructors will be available at individual tables to answer questions and collaborate with attendees. Light refreshments will be provided.

Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium

Doing Less with Less, Effectively: Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium

After a successful inaugural event, we're excited to invite you back for another engaging gathering of Illinois educators and thought leaders in online teaching and learning. Our theme, "Doing Less with Less, Effectively," emphasizes innovative strategies for impactful online education within evolving resource constraints.

Course Proposal Process

Course Proposal Process

This session will discuss suggestions for developing new course proposals and navigating the approval processes. Bob Blankenberger, Professor of Public Administration, will discuss developing student learning outcomes, alignment to program and university outcomes, environmental scanning, alignment to external entities such as accreditors and IAI, filling out new curse approval forms and navigating the levels of governance. Examples and tips from audience members are welcome. 

The How’s and Why’s of Course Proposals

The How’s and Why’s of Course Proposals

Brooke Depenbusch, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, will provide a bird’s eye view of the nuts and bolts of the course proposal process. What does the process entail? How to effectively communicate with the audience for your proposal? When should you begin and what should you include? And how to determine whether to seek an ECCE designation for your course, and how should you then go about constructing your proposal?