As part of OIA’s mission to build capacity for excellent teaching on our campus, we offer a wide variety of workshops, webinars and facilitated online mini-courses to individuals who teach for the UA.
All of our professional development offerings incorporate Universal Design principles. Registration for these offerings includes space for participants to request any disability-related accommodations that will facilitate their full participation, such as ASL interpreting, captioned videos, Braille or electronic text. Please use the Contact Us link to ask any other questions about the accessibility of our offerings.
Credentialing
The OIA offers credentials (certificates of completion) for our Mini-Courses and many of our workshops. EDGE Learning is the University system that is used to grant certificates. After logging in with your netID and password, you can view and print your certificates, search for professional development classes and certifications. If you have questions on this system please contact Gabriel Rodriguez.
Getting Started with Flipped Learning | January 24-28, 2022 Capacity has been reached. Register for the Waitlist.
This course introduces the flipped learning teaching strategy along with other best practices for facilitating your learning session (e.g., universal design for learning (UDL) and effective communication for virtual learning teams). Mini-course participants will engage with interactive video lectures, contribute to discussion forums, and engage with short online readings. The course is one weeklong and contains four (4) modules.
Please join us for online workshops to learn how to get started with Gradescope this term. In Fall 2021, 250+ University of Arizona instructors used Gradescope to deliver and grade their exams/assignments, save time grading, and provide consistent & targeted feedback to students.
In these workshops you will learn how to:
- Set up and deliver paper-based (handwritten) or online assessments
- Save time grading individually or with TAs
- Use AI-assisted grading and answer grouping
- Maintain consistency with grading using Gradescope’s dynamic rubrics
- Analyze question- and rubric-level statistics and use tags to measure student learning
- Use Gradescope via D2L Brightspace LTI
We are hosting workshops for new users on the following dates:
- Tuesday, January 25th at 10-11am Mountain
- Thursday, February 10th at 2-3pm Mountain
In addition, we will host a follow-up Q&A workshop for existing Gradescope users:
- Wednesday, February 23rd at 2-3pm Mountain
Please register using this link: https://info.gradescope.com/arizona-workshop
Instructors are welcome to invite their TAs and grading staff. A recording of the session will also be made available afterwards, so if you are interested in using Gradescope please register even if you cannot attend at the specified time.
Coming Soon!
These are recordings of live webinars that took place during the Spring 2020, Summer 2020 and Fall 2020 semesters. All recordings are of Zoom sessions.
The 2022 Mini-Course schedule below is subject to change, as we evaluate how best to meet instructors' needs for the Spring semester.
You can expect to spend about an hour a day on the content for these online mini-courses. Where indicated below, some include synchronous meetings, but most of the work for these will be at your own pace. Registration for Mini-Courses opens approximately three weeks prior to the start date.
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January 24-28, 2022 |
Getting Started with Flipped Learning Register for WAITLIST This course introduces the flipped learning teaching strategy along with other best practices for facilitating your learning session (e.g., universal design for learning (UDL) and effective communication for virtual teaching teams). Mini-course participants will engage with interactive video lectures, contribute to discussion forums, and engage with short online readings. The course is one weeklong and contains four (4) modules. |
| TBD |
Building Your D2L Course Site (BYOD2L) This is a one-week mostly asynchronous online workshop designed to help you plan and build D2L course sites. It offers guidance, resources, a structured work schedule, and peer support to plan and build an online course site in D2L that supports learning and teaching despite uncertain and shifting conditions. Whatever your teaching modality, a course site is fundamental for equity, inclusion, flexibility, and staying connected with students. All courses should have a D2L course site. |
| TBD |
Fine-Tuning Your Course as a Road Map for Learning This 5-day, fully online mini-course allows instructors to refine an existing course plan and syllabus. Using the methodology of backward design and the principle of alignment, participants will revise and peer-review the learning outcomes, assessment plan, and other aspects of their courses to create an effective “road map” for learning via the course syllabus. |
| February 2022 |
Building Communities in Online Courses Participants in this 1-week, asynchronous, fully online mini-course will explore and discover the impact that instructor presence, collaboration, personalized learning and social networking can have on the development of community, connectedness, and learning in online courses. Participants can expect to spend 1-2 hours each day exploring content and participating in activities. This mini-course is offered in D2L. |
| March 2022 |
Designing Multimedia Assignments Participants in this five-day, hybrid mini-course will explore strategies for successfully designing, adapting and implementing multimedia assignments in their online courses to maximize student engagement and success. Participants will design a multimedia assignment and experiment with different multimedia tools. This mini-course is in Zoom and D2L. |
| April 2022 |
Reimagining Slides This five day online mini-course will invite participants to dust off those text heavy, bullet point laden lecture slides and reimagine the power and purpose of what is projected on a screen. This mini-course is offered in D2L. |
| July 2022 |
Building Communities in Online Courses Participants in this 1-week, asynchronous, fully online mini-course will discover the impact that instructor presence, collaboration, personalized learning and social networking can have on the development of community, connectedness, and learning in online courses. Participants can expect to spend 1-2 hours per day exploring content and participating in activities. This mini-course is offered in D2L. |
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August 2022 |
Inclusive Collaborative Learning In this 5-day mini-course, participants will learn about, experience, and create a plan for applying inclusive, accessible, and equity-minded collaborative learning in their courses. This will include considerations of inclusive collaborative learning for in-person, asynchronous, Live Online, and hybrid course environments. This mini-course is offered in D2L with optional synchronous Zoom sessions. |
| August 2022 |
Interactive Videos with PlayPosit This one-week mini course uses a scenario-based approach to explore the uses of interactive videos in promoting deeper thinking, assessing student learning, and sharing feedback. Participants will practice creating interactive videos or "bulbs" using PlayPosit, share their work with peers for review and feedback, and reflect on the use of interactive video in their own courses. Participants can expect to spend 1-2 hours completing course activities.
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| August 2022 |
Fine-Tuning Your Course as a Road Map for Learning This 5-day, fully online mini-course allows you to refine an existing course plan and syllabus incorporating lessons learned during the pandemic. Using the methodology of backward design and the principle of alignment, you will revise and peer-review the learning outcomes, assessment plan, and other aspects of your course to create an effective “road map” for learning via the course syllabus for any course modality - including In-person, Flex In-Person, Live Online, and iCourses/fully Asynchronous courses. You will plan active and inclusive learning conditions for your students and articulate your instructional choices. This mini-course is offered in D2L. You are invited to two optional group conversations in Zoom to connect synchronously and further explore how to build on the lessons learned during the pandemic as we move forward. |
| August 2022 |
Course Level Assessments This five-day fully online mini-course presents ideas for using assessment strategies in your course that are inclusive and engaging, help optimize student learning, and align with your course learning objectives. This mini-course is offered in D2L. Participants will be expected to complete activities each day but there are no synchronous online meeting times. Expect to spend 1-2 hours per day on the curriculum for each of the five days. |
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August 2022 |
Effective Online Discussions This five-day fully online mini-course presents strategies for designing and facilitating effective asynchronous online discussions that expand student exposure to curriculum, deepen learning, and increase student engagement. This mini-course is offered in D2L. Participants will be expected to complete activities each day but there are no synchronous online meeting times. Expect to spend 1-2 hours per day on the curriculum for each of the five days. |
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August 2022 |
Teaching a Large Online Course This five-day fully online mini-course presents instructional strategies and techniques for teaching large fully online courses that engage students, better personalize the instructional environment, and help reduce administrative overhead. This mini-course is offered in D2L. Participants will be expected to complete activities each day but there are no synchronous online meeting times. Expect to spend 1-2 hours per day on the curriculum for each of the five days. |
| September 2022 |
Intentional Learning Relationships This two-week, fully online mini-course introduces strategies for intentionally building and strengthening instructor-student relationships. Drawing from a cultural humility perspective, the course integrates contributions from culturally responsive pedagogies, intercultural teaching competence, and anti-racist work. The course will focus on both foundational reflections and active application to participants’ course materials. Your expected time investment is 1 to 2 hours per day during the regular work week via our D2L course site. This course includes 2-4 optional live conversations on Zoom, Tuesday and/or Thursday 11 am – 12 pm. |
| October 2022 |
Introduction to Teaching Online In this 10-day online mini-course, participants will experience taking an online course while learning about methods, tools, and best practices for teaching hybrid and fully online courses. Registration will be capped at 40 participants. This mini-course is offered in D2L. |
The OIA has also created several mini-primers, which are short introductions to various teaching and learning topics, and include links to additional resources. A list of our mini-primers is available on this Mini-Primers page.