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    Beyond the Screen: Building Connection, Calm, and Community in Virtual Learning

    Join us for an interactive session that goes beyond traditional academics to nurture the whole student in online learning environments. In this engaging webinar, you'll discover practical, evidence-based strategies to weave social-emotional learning, meditation and mindfulness into your virtual classroom—boosting both student retention and morale. Learn how to guide students in developing essential life skills […]

    Building It Together: What’s Shaping the Next CVC Course Design Rubric

    The CVC Course Design Rubric is being revised, and this webinar offers an overview look at the work behind that effort. Designed for all California community college faculty, this session focuses on how the rubric is being shaped, not a walkthrough of the draft itself. Presenters will share what has been learned through statewide listening […]

    A Template for Disciplinary Reflection in the AI Age

    Does the rise of AI tools change how we teach? Does it change what we teach? How, in other words, should we think about the discipline-specific skills and knowledge that we share with students in the age of AI? AI raises many practical questions about our day-to-day teaching, but it also presents an opportunity to […]

    The Future of Distance Education Symposium

    What will the California Community Colleges new normal look like post-COVID-19? What role will distance education play in the future of our colleges? Join the Faculty Association of the California Community Colleges (FACCC) and the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges (ASCCC) in a panel discussion about the future of distance education and faculty’s role in shaping it.

    There is no charge to attend this event and more information may be found on the FACCC event page.

    This webinar will provide an overview of the various Creative Commons licenses, how content with different licenses can be combined, and how to give proper attributions.

    Presented by Michelle Pacansky-Brock
    Humanizing fosters instructor-student and student-student relationships and community by intentionally supporting the non-cognitive components of learning through presence, empathy, and awareness. Humanized online teaching is essential to providing an equitable learning experience for all students, as it removes the psychological barriers that marginalized students experience in college and can be exacerbated when they learn at a distance. You will receive practical tips for humanizing your online course that will also help you feel more at ease.

    This webinar will provide an overview of the basic considerations for developing accessible content. Topics will include proper use of: links, alternative (“alt”) text, headings and styles, and colors. You will also learn about accessibility checkers for Microsoft Office products, Canvas, and websites.

    In this webinar for those new to delivering content online, sources of editable content will be identified and the basics of creating content in Canvas will be discussed.

    The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges is committed to providing resources to the field to further empower and help our system move forward during this time of crisis. To that end, the Academic Senate has put together a series of professional development opportunities to address some of the most critical issues facing our students and faculty today. Part 2 of the professional development series is focused on topics of governance, remote instruction, counseling, library services, and remaining equity-focused in the midst of crisis.

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