The last two years have been full of challenges, particularly for faculty. Teaching, a very social and interaction-based profession, was forced into an isolating experience for many. Educators had to work through the struggles and find ways to adapt their virtual classrooms to fit the new realities of teaching. In the process of supporting students, keeping up with demands, and managing their own personal challenges, faculty feel exhausted and pouring out of an empty cup – with little to give.
Please join the CTE staff for our Winter Institute as we welcome renowned educator, speaker, and author of the book Small Teaching Online, Flower Darby. She will provide us with a three-part workshop that:
- reminds us about teaching with resilience and joy – the pandemic required us to teach in new formats, using technology (some familiar, some less so) in new ways to help our students learn. We will reflect on what we’ve learned and explore how these approaches strengthen our practice in all classes, enabling us to create rewarding teaching and learning interactions that welcome and support students, regardless of format.
- explores practical, small-teaching-style strategies that can be applied in any class.
- provides an opportunity for small group interactions with colleagues to brainstorm solutions to challenges and feel re-energized about teaching.
The Winter Institute will take place on January 11 from 9 AM – 1 PM. This year, you have the option of joining us in the Heritage Room with a small group of colleagues (40) for the livestream or you can join us from home.
Watch the recording (contact cente@ggc.edu for the password)
Facilitator:
Flower Darby
Flower Darby celebrates and promotes effective teaching in all class formats to include, welcome, and support all students as they learn and succeed. As faculty and an instructional designer, she’s taught community college and university classes for over 24 years in a range of subjects including English, Technology, Leadership, Dance, and Pilates. A seasoned face-to-face and online educator, Darby loves to apply learning science across the disciplines, and to help others do the same.
Flower speaks, writes, presents and consults on teaching and learning theory and practice both nationally and internationally. She has helped educators all over the world become more effective in their work. She is the author, with James M. Lang, of Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes, and she’s a columnist for the Chronicle of Higher Education.
