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Date
Wednesday January 8, 2025 - Friday May 9, 2025
Time
12:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
Virtual Event, Online Only
Tags
District Office
Academic Excellence Framework (AEF)

City Colleges Academic Affairs is proud to offer Instructional Fundamentals: Instructional Technology, a self-paced asynchronous short course intended to support faculty instructional development in line with Pillar 5 of the Academic Excellence Framework (ccc.edu/aef). Instructional Fundamentals: Instructional Technology reviews some basic tools that are helpful in implementing excellent pedagogy in your own classes.

Examples of reflections & artifacts you’ll work on:

  • Self-reflection on technology tools
  • Practice opportunities for Brightspace tools, VoiceThread, and Hypothesis

Schedule:
The short course is self paced and will be available throughout the Spring 2025 semester. Participants should plan to dedicate 4-6 hours total to take part in the short course.

Please complete the interest form if you are interested in being added to the course. A member of the Instructional Fundamentals team will contact you within 2-3 business days. 

  1. Demonstrate the ability to navigate and apply essential tools within Brightspace to create course content.
  2. Compare the features of various instructional tools within Brightspace and analyze their effectiveness in different learning scenarios.
  3. Assess the suitability of specific instructional tools in Brightspace for different types of learning activities and outcomes

Click here for more: https://forms.office.com/r/mJ7ZV2DsW9

The Academic Excellence Framework (AEF) clearly prioritizes the skills, activities, initiatives, roles, and goals that directly support consistently strong teaching and learning at City Colleges of Chicago.