As a way to highlight the innovative work of community colleges and their contributions to the discipline of online, blended and digital learning, OLC Innovate 2021 features a three part summit for educators and advocates supporting community colleges on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.
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Just when we thought we had things under control, COVID-19 interrupted our lives. Community college faculty, like many other industries, jumped into action. At times it may have felt like we were on the proverbial treadmill that kept speeding up and all we could do was to hang on.
Well, we not only survived, we added awesomely to our innovation toolbox.
This summit celebrates all of that energy through discussion, sharing and brainstorming about what was and what comes next.
The Community College Summit is open to all OLC Innovate participants and held in three parts on Tuesday, March 16. Attendees can attend one or all of the sessions, and are encouraged to bring colleagues from their leadership teams to attend as a connected cohort across the event.
All sessions listed in Central Time Zone.
Culturally Responsive Curriculum Analysis
An investment in building culturally responsive teaching environments requires structural changes to the curriculum. This session will introduce an adaptive version of NYU Steinhardt’s Culturally Responsive Curriculum Scorecard as a tool for faculty to take a deep look into the content of the curriculum to critically analyze whose knowledge the texts’ privilege, and how different groups are being represented. The scorecard looks at a few dimensions of the curriculum including 1) Representation, 2) Social Justice and 3) Instructor’s Materials. Attendees will leave with an action plan that will include short and long-term changes that they can make to their curriculum that will validate their student’s cultural funds of knowledge and activate their culturally-bound prior knowledge.
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Join us for this second session of three sessions at OLC’s Community College Summit, where we bring together educators and advocates of community colleges. This session will focus on creating and implementing online, blended and digital learning innovations within community colleges that can be sustained over time. Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Online will highlight its virtual student union as an exemplar innovative practice. The NOVA Virtual Student Union (VSU) is a digital hub for students to connect with the college and each other without physically being on campus. When the COVID-19 Pandemic hit, Student Life college-wide rallied to migrate all Student Life resources into the online campus’ portal, scaling up consistent support to its 75,000 students. This success and opportunity to engage diverse students across the college community will now be extended beyond the pandemic. Throughout this engagement hub, students have access to participate in Student Life activities, join discussion forums and connect with many educational resources, all online.
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This session will focus on promoting and supporting both student and faculty engagement in the time of COVID-19.
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Registration for this event is included in your conference registration – there are no additional steps to register for these sessions other than your general conference registration. All sessions will be available for on-demand viewing for one (1) year post-conference.
Please contact Sheila Bouie at sheilabouie@gmail.com with any questions.
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