January 2012-Professional Development Opportunities

January 2012 ushers in many opportunities for Professional Development at CCCOnline.

All prospective CCCOnline instructors need to complete the following Sessions before they can teach for CCCOnline .
However I encourage current CCCOnline instructors to sign-up for these sessions, in case you want to brush up on your CCCOnline 'instructional skills' before the semester starts.

Workshop- Getting Started-Specifically geared towards Pre-Hire CCCOnline Instructors
When : January 9 2012 - January 16 2012
Where: Online
Focus: This is a one week online orientation course for new Instructors. Getting Started introduces instructors to the culture of CCCOnline,support resources and support processes for teaching with CCCOnline.
Registration close date: December 23 2011

Workshop-D2L essentials- Specifically geared towards Pre-Hire CCCOnline Instructors
When : January 9 2012 - January 20 2012
Where: Online
Focus: This is a two week fully online facilitated workshop designed to introduce instructors to the Desire to Learn (D2L) course system. Its primary goal is to prepare instructors to teach with D2L at a basic level their first term. Activities are completed in a Practice Course.
Registration close date: Dec 23 2011

Further details at-
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Workshops

We've one Webinar Scheduled for January 2012-

Title- Quality Assurance Overview
When: Thursday, January 12 2012 (3:00 - 4:30 PM)
Where: Online
Details will be posted soon at-
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#Quality_Assurance_Overview

These Workshops and Webinars fill up fast, so please sign-up, as soon as it's convenient at- https://at.ccconline.org/training/login.php
Please login in with your S# and related portal password.
If a session is marked 'full' please register for the next available session .
If there is no future offering listed under the training link, we suggest you check back in a few weeks to see if it's offered again.

As always, please feel free to contact training@ccconline.org with comments and questions.

For the Training and Professional Development team,
Aarthi Ramesh