Faculty Development Offerings
The Office of Blended & Online Learning offers a wide range of opportunities related to supporting faculty in designing their courses. These offerings include workshops & webinars scheduled through the Faculty Professional Center, as well as 1 and 2 week online asynchronous professional development courses. All of our faculty development offerings address diversity, equity, and inclusion. For more information about any of our offerings, please contact us at CourseDesign@molloy.edu.
Facilitated Professional Development Courses
The following are courses that the Office of Blended and Online Learning offers regularly throughout the year to develop faculty's online course design skills and application. View the BOL LibCal calendar for more information, specific dates, and registration.
Prior to enrolling in any course, it is highly recommended that faculty are proficient at using Canvas. For Canvas and technology tool training, please contact Technology Learning Services at tls@molloy.edu.
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TLC (Teach, Learn Course Design Online)
TLC focuses on best practices of hybrid and online teaching and learning. This intensive course covers the hybrid/online mindset shift, framing and designing a hybrid/online course, active learning strategies, aligned assessments, and ongoing resources.TLC is the required foundational course for all faculty teaching hybrid and online at Molloy.
Modality: Online Asynchronous
Length: 2 weeks
Prerequisites: Canvas training
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Reviewing Course Design with Quality Matters (RCDQM)
RCDQM introduces participants to Quality Matters (QM), a continuous improvement model for assuring the quality of hybrid and online courses. This course includes a detailed review of the QM Standards and guidance on how to apply the QM Rubric. Faculty and members of the Division Council are welcomed to register.
Register for the next class on LibCalCompletion of RCDQM is a pre-requisite for pursuing the Quality Online Course Design (QOCD) Badge.Modality: Online Asynchronous
Length: 2 weeks
Prerequisites: Canvas training
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Learning for All (LfA)
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LfA is based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework for learning designed to improve and optimize teaching methods and provide equal access for all students by reducing barriers. The goal of this course is to provide an understanding of UDL and how it can be incorporated into the design of web-enhanced, hybrid and online courses.
Completion of LfA can be used to satisfy one of the workshop requirements for the Digital Accessibility for Educators (DAE) Badge.Modality: Online Asynchronous
Length: 1 week
Prerequisites: Canvas training
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Accelerated Course Essentials (ACE)
ACE is focused on best practices in developing accelerated courses. The course covers setting class expectations, active learning strategies, aligned assessments and ongoing resources.ACE is recommended for any faculty teaching an accelerated course.
Modality: Online Asynchronous
Length: 1 week
Prerequisites: Canvas training
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Self-paced Courses
The following self-paced courses from BOL offer opportunities for professional development at the learner's pace, without established deadlines. View the BOL LibCal calendar to register.
Prior to enrolling in any course, it is highly recommended that faculty are proficient at using Canvas. For Canvas and technology tool training, please contact Technology Learning Services at tls@molloy.edu.
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Accessibility 101
Accessibility 101 includes modules focusing on foundational accessibility principles and Universal Design for Learning, plus modules devoted to accessibility in platforms such as email, Canvas pages, Word documents, PowerPoint slides, etc.
Completers receive a certificate, and this course is required for faculty pursuing the Digital Accessibility for Educators (DAE) Badge.
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Minimum Online Requirements and Expectations (MORE)
MORE provides faculty with an overview of the Minimum Checklist for Online and Hybrid Courses, a document that all faculty who teach hybrid or fully online courses are expected to complete and submit with their course syllabi to their dean, chair or program director at the start of a term.
MORE is required for all faculty teaching hybrid and online at Molloy.
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Workshops and Webinars
Our workshops cover a wide variety of subjects to provide faculty with knowledge, skills, and confidence to teach online or hybrid courses. The objectives of our workshops generally focus on:
- Applying and troubleshooting technology tools
- Increasing student engagement in online courses
- Improving accessibility of course content
Register on the Faculty Professional Center LibCal.
For more about our professional development offerings (including recordings of past workshops), visit the Faculty Development page of our BOL LibGuide.