Teach THIS not THAT!  Engaging Students in Online and Asynchronous Teaching

Teaching online, engaging all learners?  Join Maude and share successful experiences and best practices for online teaching and learning.  Universal Design, Differentiation, apps for student engagement, and time management strategies will be presented.  Design your own using elements from best practices.  BYOD!  BYOLMS! 

Presenter Maude Yacapsin, EdD, Instructional Developer, CAPE

Central and Southern Illinois Faculty Development Network Presents: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Come join faculty from across Central and Southern Illinois discuss Universal Design for Learning as we hear from Layne Morsch from the University of Illinois Springfield. Join in the discussion with colleagues from multiple colleges and universities.

Accessibility in PDF

PDFs are a ubiquitous filetype in higher ed, but students (and colleagues) who use assistive technology may not be able to read them if they're not prepared properly. Accessibility Specialist, Alana Gomoll, will demonstrate the process of PDF remediation used to ensure that the content on the page is represented in the structure of the document. This session will assume some existing familiarity with digital accessibility in order to focus on the remediation process.

Presenter: Alana Gomoll, LMS and Accessibility Specialist, COLRS

Accessible Courses and Materials (Office/Canvas)

Accessibility is a core component of inclusive and universal design, and it's often easier to make a page or document accessible as you author it rather than fixing the inaccessible parts later. In this session, Accessibility Specialist Alana Gomoll will give an introduction to common digital accessibility considerations with a focus on the tools available in Microsoft Office products and Canvas in order to equip you with the skills necessary to design accessible course materials and Canvas pages.

Central and Southern Illinois Faculty Development Network Presents: Universal Design

Come join faculty from across Central and Southern Illinois discuss Universal Design for Learning as we hear from Kona Jones and Jarry Brown from Richland Community College. Join in the discussion with colleagues from multiple colleges and universities.

Teaching Strategies for Supporting Students' Mental Health

This session will address multiple teaching strategies for supporting students' mental health, including:

CFE - Syllabus Language Workshop

The syllabus is a critical document to "set the stage" for students' expectations about your course.We invite you to this in-person workshop where we will discuss possible modifications to your syllabi using research on factors that impact student perceptions. Please bring one of your syllabi with you for active learning portions of the workshop. 

Presenter: Hypatia Bolivar, Assistant Professor Department of Psychology

CFE - Teaching Strategies for Supporting Students' Mental Health

This session will address multiple teaching strategies for supporting students' mental health, including:

CFE - Information on New Faculty Learning Community: Inclusive Teaching

Please join Livia Arndal Woods (English) and Jose Luis Irizarry (Public Management and Policy) for an informational session to kick off a new OPEL Faculty Fellows Program on inclusive teaching.

For the next two years, Jose and Livia will be convening small monthly bookclub meetings (books provided) and larger day-long workshop/conference events to foster faculty community and development focused on DEI investments in the classroom and beyond.