Posted in September 2024
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Online Learning Training Opportunities for the 2024-25 Academic Year
- Portland Community College’s Online Learning department provides faculty with comprehensive professional development opportunities across all teaching modalities. Key offerings include required orientations, multimodality workshops, Teaching Pairs, external training via QM and OLC, seasonal book clubs, and dedicated discipline-specific mentors designed to enhance instruction, equity, and student engagement. Posted September 11, 2024
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Exploring 7 Principles for Equitable and Effective STEM Education, Together
- This session explores the history and future of STEM education, highlighting a NASEM-backed framework presented by Josephine Pino to foster equitable, inclusive undergraduate classrooms. Through interactive breakout discussions, participants analyze seven evidence-based teaching principles, learning actionable strategies to build community, leverage classroom data, remain flexible, and increase assignment transparency for student success. Posted September 11, 2024
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Know your IX: What Faculty Need to Know About the New 2024 Federal Regulations
- Learn how PCC faculty can navigate Title IX regulations, respond to student disclosures with empathy, and connect students to vital campus support resources. Posted September 11, 2024
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They Said What?: Navigating Student Behavior and Free Speech
- Learn how to navigate challenging classroom dynamics, general disruptions, and sensitive discussions while upholding Portland Community College's Freedom of Expression policy. This presentation offers faculty practical strategies—including the Behavioral Clarification process, syllabus expectations, and hard redirects—to manage off-topic statements and collaborate with Student Conduct for a safe, focused learning environment. Posted September 11, 2024
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Trauma Informed Care Module 1
- As the first session in a four-module series, this workshop establishes the foundational concepts and core principles of Trauma Informed Care (TIC) within higher education. Attendees will explore essential trauma-informed principles and learn how to identify practical, early implementation steps for creating supportive environments across physical classrooms, online spaces, and campus support areas. Posted September 11, 2024
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What Online Learners Wish Faculty and Staff Knew: A Chat with the New Online Learning Student Ambassadors
- In this panel discussion, members of the Online Learning Student Ambassador team share firsthand perspectives on navigating digital learning environments at Portland Community College. The student ambassadors discuss practical methods that instructors and staff can use to build a strong sense of belonging, streamline online communication, and design supportive, accessible course spaces. Posted September 11, 2024
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Open Educational Resources (OERs) for Equity and Accessibility
- This presentation explores how Open Educational Resources (OERs) promote equity, reduce student costs, and ensure course accessibility from day one. Presenters highlight PCC's OER achievements, including saving students over $30 million since 2017 and authoring more than 23 open textbooks. The session also details PCC's Accessible Technology Policy, alignment with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), and partnership opportunities with Disability Resources to ensure course materials are fully accessible. Posted September 11, 2024
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Unlocking Success: Six Powerful Learning Strategies for Students
- This presentation explores the adult learning theories and brain science behind how we encode, consolidate, and retrieve information. It breaks down six proven, research-backed learning strategies: spaced learning, retrieval practice, interleaving, elaboration, concrete examples, and multisensory coding. Posted September 11, 2024
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Trauma Informed Care Module 2
- This presentation dives deeply into the science of trauma and how it impacts the brain and body. It explains how toxic stress affects brain development, triggering survival modes where the emotional brain takes over the rational brain. Participants learn about Dr. Daniel Siegel’s Hand Model of the Brain, the Neurosequential Model, and the four key brain functions impacted by trauma: executive functions, sensory awareness, attention, and memory. Posted September 11, 2024
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Embracing Internationalization: Resources and Opportunities for Faculty, Staff, and Students
- This presentation focuses on the mission and ongoing work of the PCC Internationalization Initiative. It outlines six core areas of the program, including internal and external funding for course internationalization, engaging speaker series, Speed Culturing events, and specialized Focus Awards in Global, Asian, and China Studies. Posted September 11, 2024