LibGuides: Faculty Resources: Professional Development

Lee College Empirical Educator Center

Mission Statement:

In the belief that all college employees are educators of students, the mission of the Empirical Educator Center is to provide professional development for all members of the college community and encourage the exploration of different approaches of engagement to support the ideal student experience.

Empirical Educator Center website

Contacts:

Karen Guthmiller, Co-Director, kguthmil@lee.edu
Laura Lane-Worely, Co-Director, llaneworley@lee.edu
Alex Nguyen, Instructional Designer, thnguyen@lee.edu
Nicole Tunmire, Instructional Designer, ntunmire@lee.edu

Higher Ed News & Journals

Inside Higher Ed
News & opinion on higher education in the U.S.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Through Academic Search. 1 month delay. Print edition is also available in the library.
Women in Higher Education
Through Masterfile database.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Through Academic Search. Covers issues & events affecting diverse groups in higher education.

Podcasts

Academic Minute
Features professors discussing current issues in the academy. Offered through Inside Higher Ed.

Improving your teaching practices

Achieving the Dream Resource Library
Guides, case studies and reports from ATD and other researchers focused on student success in community colleges.
Chronicle of Higher Ed: Teaching newsletter
Informal articles on improving teaching in higher education. Weekly, free newsletter.
Project Zero's Thinking Routines Toolbox
Thinking routines developed by Harvard Grad School of Education's Project Zero.
A thinking routine is "a set of questions or a brief sequence of steps used to scaffold and support student thinking."
Teaching While White
For educators who are interested in antiracist teaching practices. Includes a blog and podcast series.
University of Central Florida: Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository
Repository of OER resources on pedagogical practices. Includes material on assessment, content and interaction with students in online environments.
University of Michigan: Digital Pedagogy Repository
OER materials that include strategies and methods that can be used in f2f, online and hybrid teaching environments.
Grading for Growth
Newsletter / blog focused on innovative grading practices in higher ed. Created by a pair of math faculty at Grand Valley State Univ.

Lee College Online Pedagogy Webinars

Nobody signed up for this: supporting students in an online environment
Presented 3/30/20 by Laura Lane-Worley & Channell Cook.
Creating a YouTube Channel
Presented 4/1/2020 by Channell Cook.
Webinar series: Online teaching & learning through disruption
Created by Achieving the Dream for faculty who are rapidly moving their f2f courses online.
I've recorded my Collaborate session: what's next?
Presented 4/6/2020 by Channell Cook. Addresses how to share online videos instructors create through Blackboard Collaborate with their students.

This video is available through your Lee College Sharepoint account, so you will be prompted to log in with your LC login and password.
Building your capacity using Microsoft 365
Presented 4/8/20 by Channell Cook.
ALLY & Accessibility
Presented 4/13/20 by Laura Lane-Worley. ALLY is a tool in Blackboard used to make your BB course materials more accessible to your students.