This fall, the University System piloted a short course in D2L for faculty, Motivating Learners: Starting Strong, which focused on mindset supportive practices. The response to the course has been overwhelmingly positive, and we are pleased to be able to make the course available for a much larger audience in January. The next session of this course will run from Monday, January 25th through February 13th.
The course will be conducted through the USGTrain Brightspace platform. Registration for the course is available through the Complete College Georgia website. Participation is open to up to 200 faculty Systemwide.
About the Course
This mostly asynchronous pilot course reviews learning mindset supportive messaging, explores how to integrate Learning Mindset-supportive practices into instruction and provides an opportunity to explore ways to embed these concepts at the very start of the course with a concrete tool to use in classes in the future. Throughout, participants will reflect on their practice and have opportunities to share with their peers.
What else?
To assess the impact of the work on facutly and their students, we also ask that participating faculty:
- Complete a pre- and post-survey (~25 minutes) before beginning the short course and after completing the course (we’ll email the link before the course).
- Administer a ~10-minute survey to your students at the beginning of the next semester you teach and again at the end of that semester (link will be provided).