updated 10/29/24
Overview
In each academic year that the TLCo-op receives funding, WWU faculty can apply for limited space in the multi-week workshops offered. Faculty whose applications are accepted and who complete the workshop requirements can earn a stipend for each workshop (see Eligibility) as well as a certificate of completion. Workshops are facilitated over several weeks and have assignments with due dates and expectations around regular interactions. See specific workshop requirements and availability below.
- Project Development for Inclusive Courses (5-weeks) – Limited applications for winter 2025
- Instructional Design for Hybrid and Online Courses (5-weeks) – No funding available for 2025
- Open Educational Resources: Introduction (2-weeks) – No funding available for 2025
- Open Educational Resources: Tools and Development (4-weeks) – No funding available for 2025
Workshop Information
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
- Space is limited in these workshops.
- Applicants must be current WWU instructors.
- Faculty on leave or sabbatical are not eligible to participate in stipend-based workshops.
- Selection will be determined based on disciplinary distribution, applicant’s perceived need, and stated potential impact.
- See specific workshop requirements for pre-requisites and/or workshop repeatability.
Project Development for Inclusive Courses – Winter 2025
Modality
Synchronous Online (via Zoom)
Description & Outcomes
This workshop is focused on supporting faculty who wish to create or revise a course element related to accessibility, diversity, equity, inclusion, and/or anti-racism (ADEI-AR) practices. Participants will learn about best practices for inclusive class dynamics in a collaborative, peer-learning environment with support from TLCo-op Faculty Mentors and workshop facilitators.
Participants in this workshop will be able to:
- Contribute to a community of learners by collaborating with peers, faculty mentors, and facilitators.
- Apply inclusive course design best practices to a specific course-related project (of participant’s choosing) using perspectives of accessibility, diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism (ADEI-AR).
- Critically reflect on teaching and learning processes related to inclusive instructional design.
Project Proposal & Requirements
For this workshop, participants will need to bring an idea for a small “project” to design, develop, improve, or enhance as a workshop deliverable. This project should be:
- a course component, activity, lesson, or other instructional element
- impactful for student learning
- related to ADEI-AR themes/practices
- narrow in focus and able to be drafted and shared with workshop peers within a few weeks’ time
Participants will be required to submit a proposed project idea with their workshop application.
Examples of projects might include: redesigning an assignment to incorporate ADEI-AR practices, developing a new course element that enhances your inclusive course design, creation of equitable access to course materials, or revising course materials, assessments, or other components to leverage Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
This workshop supports the development of materials for any delivery modality.
Time Commitment
~15 hours of participation over 5 weeks; 1.5 hours/week synchronous online, 1.5 hours/week min. homework
Synchronous Zoom Workshop Dates:
- Thursday January 23rd 12:00-1:30 PM
- Thursday January 30th 12:00-1:30 PM
- Thursday February 6th 12:00-1:30 PM
- Thursday February 13th 12:00-1:30 PM
- Thursday February 20th 12:00-1:30 PM
Other Details
- Attendance and Participation Expectations: Attendance is required for all synchronous sessions.
- Stipend: $750
- Workshop Text: Promoting Inclusive Classroom Dynamics in Higher Education (provided to all participants)
- APPLICATION DUE DATE: Monday, November 18, 11:59PM
Other Regularly Offered Courses
Funding on hold; check back in September of 2025 for future offerings of these workshops
Instructional Design for Hybrid and Online Courses
Modality
Online Asynchronous (not self-paced)
Description
This workshop provides participants with a unique opportunity to take part as a student in an online/hybrid course while contributing to a learning environment with fellow faculty colleagues. You will learn about evidence-based strategies in a highly engaged, humanized, and participatory experience. Participants will develop and align learning outcomes and assessments, and focus on student engagement. An emphasis on Access, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism are used as a lens for instructional design processes. Activities help you apply the basic principles of instructional design to your future online or hybrid course(s).
Note: This workshop is not Canvas training. It focuses on the design of instruction for online/hybrid courses. If you are looking for learning opportunities for tools like Canvas, Owl Meeting Camera, Zoom, Panopto, etc., these are offered via ATUS.
Time Commitment
15 hours of participation over 5 weeks; ~3 hours per week
Details
- Dates: TBD
- Participation Expectations:
- Engage with peers throughout the week.
- Participate in active learning opportunities.
- Plan on devoting some time M-F to engage as part of a learning community.
- Course textbook provided: Designing and Delivering Effective Online Instruction
- Stipend: $750
- Materials: Learning materials will be available in Canvas.
Eligibility
Participants may repeat this workshop every third year. Specifically, those who have taken the “Blended/Hybrid/Online Course Design and Development” or “Blended/Hybrid/Online Course Development Boot Camp” may re-apply every third year. For example, 2021 participants can re-apply in 2024).
Open Educational Resources: Introduction
Fulfills the prerequisite for the OER Tools & Development workshop; repeatable every 2 years
Modality
Online Asynchronous (with expectations to engage with peers during the week, M-F)
Description
In this asynchronous workshop, participants will explore the basics of and evaluate applications for Open Educational Resources (OER). Participants will tap into strategies for using free, accessible, and inclusive course materials, gain a better understanding of open licensing (including Creative Commons and public domain), discuss the advantages and disadvantages of open pedagogy, and use open educational resource repositories to find, curate, analyze, and review resources. Participants will be expected to submit homework as assigned. To wrap up the workshop, participants will be invited to meet with workshop leaders to consult about future uses of OER in their courses.
Time Commitment
6 hours of participation over two weeks; 2.5 hours per week asynchronous online + 1 hour synchronous consultation
Details
- Dates: TBD
- Synchronous Zoom Consultation: by appointment
- Participation Expectations: Complete assignments on time and comment, share, and communicate with peers and facilitators throughout the week.
- Stipend: $300
- Materials: Learning materials will be available in Canvas.
Eligibility
Participants may repeat this workshop every two years. Those who took “Open Educational Resources for Teaching and Learning” in 2023 will be eligible in 2025.
Open Educational Resources: Tools & Development
Prerequisite: OER: Introduction workshop (above) or the 2023 OER for Teaching & Learning workshop
Modality
Online, Asynchronous (with expectations to engage with peers during the week, M-F)
Description
This workshop is designed to support faculty wishing to use or create open educational resources (OER) as free course materials and part of an equity-centered pedagogy for students. Participants will explore methods for sourcing and remixing existing content that is openly licensed or in the public domain, creating new content, and publishing a packaged ebook online. Facilitators will demonstrate WWU’s pilot of LibreTexts, a free OER publishing platform that can be used to create, edit, publish, and enhance online course materials. As a complete system, LibreTexts also provides ebook authors with the ability to incorporate dynamic media, interactive elements, and more. Activities in this workshop emphasize using available tools to provide all students with effective, inclusive, and accessible OER materials, tailored to participants’ teaching and learning goals. Participants will be expected to complete homework as assigned, all of which contributes to the creation of a draft OER (remix or original) in LibreTexts.
Time Commitment
12 hours of participation over four weeks; 1.5 hours/week synchronous online, 1.5 hours/week asynchronous work
Details
- Dates/Times: TBD
- Synchronous Zoom Sessions: TBD
- Participation Expectations: Attendance is required for all synchronous sessions. Complete assignments on time and comment, share, and communicate with peers and facilitators throughout the week.
- Stipend: $600
- Materials: Learning materials will be available in Canvas.
Eligibility
To take this workshop, applicants must have taken the prerequisite, “OER: Introduction” workshop (above), or the 2023 “OER for Teaching & Learning” workshop. Participants may repeat this workshop every year with unique proposed work.