Hybrid & Online Teaching and Learning

GGC Resources for Hybrid and Online Teaching & Learning:

Using Zoom at GGC

GGC’s Employee Resources channel in Teams

GGC Information Technology Resources

Online Teaching & Learning Mentor List – if you’re new to teaching online and need help or just have questions about how to accomplish something in your online class, reach out to one of these GGC faculty volunteers

MyCourses Resources for Hybrid and Online Teaching & Learning:

GGC offers MyCourses (Brightspace by D2L) as the supported learning management system.  Support for MyCourses is offered by Information Technology.  All support requests should be directed to the Help DeskMyCourses Central is an online resource that provides tutorials on using MyCourses.  Workshops and one-on-one consultations are also available.

MyCourses Central

MyCourses 101 for Students

eBook: 5 Ways to Support Flexible Learning Models

More Brightspace Webinars

USG Resources for Hybrid and Online Teaching & Learning:

USG’s MomentumU:

A virtual professional development space for USG faculty and staff supporting the Momentum Approach to student success.

USG full-time faculty are pre-enrolled
USG staff and part-time faculty must first submit an enrollment request

Self-paced courses include:
– Elements of High-Impact Practices (HIPs)
– Growth Mindset for Faculty
– Inclusive Pedagogy
– Integrated Course Design
– Neuroscience of Learning – opens Feb 28
– Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
– Small Teaching – Retrieval Practice
– Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TiLT)

USG Online Instructor Series (self-paced online courses):

Course 1: Developing an Online Course
Course 2: Improving Student Engagement
Course 3: Advancing Online Course Quality

USG Best Practices: Engaged Student Learning: Essays on Best Practices in the USG (PDFs)
Volume 1 (2019)
Volume 2 (2020)
Volume 3 (2021)

Zoom Resources:

Using Zoom at GGC

Zoom How-To Video Tutorials
Zoom Learning Center

Zoomtopia Session Recordings

Other Online Teaching & Learning Resources:

AAC&U On-Demand Webinars:
A Vision for Equity: Campus-Based Strategies for Committing to Equity and Inclusive Excellence
Let’s Start with “How Are You Doing?”: How Resilience and Hope Can Shape a New Normal for Learning and Teaching
Safeguarding Quality, Equity, and Inclusion as Learning Moves Online
Teaching, Learning, and Assessing in Remote Learning Environments
Teaching Techniques to Improve Learning and Ensure Classroom Success
Unite for Truth: Racial Healing and Transformation
Well-Being and Equity
What Now? Planning for the Future of Higher Education in the Wake of the Pandemic

ACE Webinars

ACUE Webinars

ACUE Webinar Series: Back to School
Welcoming Faculty & Students Back
Meeting Students Where They Are
Getting Better Prepared for Online and Hybrid Learning

ACUE Webinar Series: Effective Online Instruction
Welcoming Students to your Online Environment
Managing your Online Presence
Organizing your Online Course
Planning and Facilitating Quality Discussions
Recording Effective Microlectures
Engaging Students in Readings and Microlectures

ACUE Webinar Series: Inclusive Online Teaching
Creating an Inclusive Online Learning Environment
Preparing an Inclusive Online Course
Examining and Mitigating Implicit Bias

Chronicle of Higher Education Webinars

EDUCAUSE Webinars

Harvard Business Publishing Education Webinars

Inside Higher Ed Webinars

Kaltura Academic Media & Pedagogy (KAMP) – Master Classes for Higher Education Kaltura Users
KAMP: Creating Interactive Video Opportunities That Provide Active Learning
KAMP: Different Types of Interaction that Promote Learning in the Online Synchronous Classroom
KAMP: Engaging Online Learners with Interactive Video and Simulation
KAMP: Flipped and More: How to Get the Most Student Engagement in Your Videos!
KAMP: Increasing Teaching Presence with Video: Why, When, and How?
KAMP: Kaltura Transcriptions and Captions: More Than Accessibility!
KAMP: Providing Multiple Means of Representation in Universal Design for Learning (UDL): What Is It and Why Use Videos?
KAMP: Strategies for Student Success Using Kaltura Tools
KAMP: Using Kaltura Analytics to Continuously Improve Student Engagement
KAMP: Using Kaltura Capture to Easily Create Engaging Classroom Videos
KAMP: Using Video in the Fully Online Environment for Improved Personalization and Student Engagement

Online Learning Consortium Summer Webinar Series: Trending Topics in Online, Digital, and Blended Learning
360 Degrees of Learning: Using Immersive Virtual Learning Technologies and Approaches
Facilitating Inclusive, Equitable, and Welcoming Online Learning
Interview Results from Long-Term Online Instructors: Perspectives, Experiences, and Lessons Learned
New School Year, New You: Strategies for Managing Stress, Exhaustion, and Burnout for Pandemic Fatigued and Weary Online Instructors
Program Management Strategies and Student Success Practices for a Fully Asynchronous Online Professional Master’s Program
Strategies for Culturally Responsive Online Teaching in STEM
Strengthening Interpersonal Communication Skills in the Virtual Space
A Successful Faculty Development Program for Effective LMS Implementation

USG Office of Faculty Development: Summer 2021 Webinar Series (home page includes links to supplementary materials)
Building a Certified Peer Observation Program: Improving Teaching and Removing Biases
Designing ePortfolios to Support Student Learning: The Hows, Whys, and Some Stories
Documenting Effective Teaching Behaviors
Free Technology Tools to Teach YOUR Way
Motivation and Gamification
Reflection-Based Classroom Activities
Student Readiness: Returning to Campus

USG Office of Faculty Development: Fall 2020 Webinar Series (home page includes links to supplementary materials)
Engaging Students
Creating Community in Hybrid and Online Courses
Hybrid High-Impact Practices (HIPs): What We Know and Where We Might Go
Promoting Intellectual Engagement
Summative and Formative Assessment
Cultivating Self-Care and Burnout Resilience in Uncharted Waters
Treating Cheating as a Growth Opportunity (for our students and for us too)
Hybrid Classrooms: Four Case Studies
Back to the Classroom: Moving Forward
Get Your Students to Read: Transform Learning with Perusall

USG Office of Faculty Development: Summer 2020 Webinar Series (home page includes links to supplementary materials)
Connecting in the Time of Corona: Techniques to Listen and Be Heard
Facilitating Online Discussions in Both Synchronous and Asynchronous Environments
Humanizing Your Online Course
Online Course Design and Course Planning
– Small Teaching Online: Minor Changes, Big Impact
Supporting Adjunct / Part-Time Instructors
Supporting Students During Uncertain Times
TILTing Your Online Assignments

AAC&U webinar (recording): Teaching, Learning, and Assessing in Remote Learning Environments

Chronicle of Higher Ed: 5 Low-Tech, Time-Saving Ways to Teach Online During Covid-19

Chronicle of Higher Ed: Going Online in a Hurry

Chronicle of Higher Ed: How to Recover the Joy of Teaching After an Online Pivot

EDUCAUSE: Engaging Faculty to Connect with Online Learners in Real Time

GSU CETL: Keep Teaching – Resources for Teaching and Learning Remotely

Kaltura: 5 Tips for Delivering Better Hybrid Teaching Classes

Kaltura: 5 Tips for Delivering Better Hyflex Teaching Classes

Kaltura: Online Teaching Tips for the 2020 School Year

Kaltura: Tips on Creating a Virtual Student Experience in 2020

Karl Kapp via LinkedIn: Tips for Those Who Are New to Online Teaching

Karl Kapp via LinkedIn: Tips for Those Who Are New to Being an Online Learner

LinkedIn Learning webinar (recording): Leading with Learning: How to Foster a Strong Culture of Learning in the New Normal

Sandra Rogers: Tips for Using Web Conferencing Tools for Remote Teaching

USG: Guiding Principles for Moving Instruction Online (MS Word document)

USG: Resource Guide for Transitioning to Remote Instruction

USG: Teaching and Learning Continuity

Vanderbilt CfT: Putting Course Content Online in a Hurry

Online Assessment:

AAC&U webinar (recording): Teaching, Learning, and Assessing in Remote Learning Environments

Emory CFDE webinar (recording): Proctored Exams

Emory CFDE webinar (recording): Reimagining Assessment

GSU: Alternate Testing Strategies

Chronicle: What do final exams mean during a pandemic?

Blog: Alternative Assessments in Canvas (applicable to Brightspace as well)

Online Accessibility, Equity, and Inclusion

AAC&U webinar series (recordings): Quality, Equity, and Inclusion During the COVID-19 Crisis

ACUE’s Inclusive and Equitable Curriculum Crosswalk

Harvard Business Publishing (Education) webinar (recording): Diversity and Inclusion:
Building Connection and Community in Physical, Online, and Hybrid Classrooms

– Additional online teaching resources for this webinar

Vanderbilt CfT: Accessible Teaching in the Time of COVID-19

Teaching With Compassion in Times of Crisis and / or Disruption

AAC&U webinar series (recordings): Quality, Equity, and Inclusion During the COVID-19 Crisis

Chronicle of  Higher Ed webinar (recording): Campus Well-Being During a Continuing Crisis

Chronicle of Higher Ed webinar (recording): The Human Element in Online Learning

Chronicle of Higher Ed article: Pandemic Pedagogy and the Limits of Compassion

Chronicle of Higher Ed webinar (recording): Student Success in the Pandemic Era

Chronicle of Higher Ed article: What Do Final Exams Mean During a Pandemic?

Chronicle of Higher Ed webinar (recording): What Students Wish Their Professor Knew

Emory CFDE article: Keeping Calm

Emory CFDE article: Teaching in a Time of Uncertainty

Faculty Focus article: Offering Compassion and Care in Online Courses

Harvard Business Publishing Education article: Educators, It’s Time to Put On Your Compassion Hats

Harvard Business Review article: Why a COVID-19 World Feels Both Tiring and Hopeful for College Students

Inside Higher Ed article: It’s Compassion, Not Capitulation, to Ask Less of Students Amid Disruption

Teaching in Higher Ed podcast: Teaching With Compassion

UGA’s Innovation in Teaching Conference 2020 videos: ITC Pandemic Pedagogies

USG Office of Faculty Development webinar (recording): Connecting in the Time of Corona – Techniques to Listen and Be Heard
– (Handout & PPT Slides)

USG Office of Faculty Development webinar (recording): Supporting Students During Uncertain Times
– (Handout & PPT Slides)

Vanderbilt CfT article: Dealing With the Unexpected

Vanderbilt CfT article: Teaching in Times of Crisis

Tips for Working Remotely:

GGC Monthly Learning Series: Successfully Working Remotely (GGC login required)

Kaltura article: How to Moderate a Webinar

Mashable article:  Working from home and need a scanner? There’s a free one built into your iPhone

NYT article: The Do’s and Don’ts of Online Video Meetings

Zoom article: How to keep uninvited guests out of your Zoom event

Resources for Emergency Remote Instruction

Moving Your Classes Online Quickly – a Sway presentation based on some of the resources below

USG: Guiding Principles for Moving Instruction Online

Georgia State: Keep Teaching

University of Georgia: Teaching and Learning Continuity

Chronicle of Higher Ed: Going Online in a Hurry

Chronicle of Higher Ed: Coping With Coronavirus (PDF)

Chronicle of Higher Ed: Moving Online Now (PDF)

Dartmouth: Teach Remotely

EDUCAUSE: The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning

Northwestern: Keep Teaching

Online Learning Consortium: Continuity Planning and Emergency Preparedness Resources

Online Learning Consortium: Rapidly Shift to Online During a Campus Shut Down

Quality Matters: Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist

Stanford: Teach Anywhere

Stanford: Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption

Vanderbilt CfT: Resources for Just-in-Time Online Teaching

Vanderbilt CfT: Putting Course Content Online in a  Hurry

Vanessa Dennen on WordPress: Teaching Online During COVID-19

The Instructional Design Emergency Response (ID-ER) Network connects institutions and educators to online learning professionals willing to help convert face-to-face courses or course components to online offerings during times of crisis, such as natural disasters and epidemics.

An interesting perspective (blog post): Please do a bad job of putting your courses online