The OFDC (Online Faculty Development Course) offered by COLI is for full-time and part-time faculty, whether new to D2L, or experienced with technology for teaching. This five-week mini-course prepares instructors to teach online and hybrid courses. The OFDC provides many practical tips for teaching online but more importantly, helps faculty explore new pedagogies for active learning, social presence, and community in courses on the internet.
Additionally, the updated OFDC offers insights on what Regular and Substantive Interactions (RSI) are and how to incorporate RSI into your courses. It also includes information on Panopto, Canisius’s new video content management system, how it works, and how to best fit Panopto into your courses.
The OFDC can help professors craft engaging, interactive online experiences for students, either for all-online courses, or hybrid courses that feature limited use of the classroom.
Over the summer, we will be offering two courses:
OFDC A: Monday, May 20th-Friday, June 21st
OFDC B: Monday, July 8th-Friday, August 9th
To RSVP, please check out the Faculty Development Opportunities Wiki Page.
Stay tuned to the COLI Blog and the Dome for more sessions!
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI