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Whether you are a seasoned online instructor or a first-time digital professor, the <\/span>SPS Preparation for Teaching Online (PTO)<\/b> is designed as an opportunity for new faculty to explore with colleagues the pedagogical theories and technological skills essential to effective teaching at the School of Professional Studies. Designed to model best practices of course design and instruction in the asynchronous online modality as practiced at SPS, the PTO provides a practical common ground for all SPS faculty.<\/span><\/p>\n The PTO is an 18-day, facilitated, asynchronous, online workshop that covers best practices of online teaching while providing the experience of being a student in the asynchronous online modality\u2014the experience of most SPS students. Topics include course design, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), communication and engagement, assessments and assignments, and significant learning\u2014the type of learning that elicits meaningful and long-lasting change within your students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Throughout the workshop, you\u2019ll be engaged in digital conversation, critique, and collaboration with colleagues while you process the course materials and apply in a lab setting the pedagogy we explore. While our focus is on the theory behind the choices you\u2019ll make in these labs, you\u2019ll also have access to step-by-step support to ensure that you are comfortable with a range of features in Brightspace and other digital tools that you\u2019ll rely on throughout your time at SPS. This lab work can also be directly utilized in upcoming courses, saving you time in the long run.<\/span><\/p>\n The PTO is a key element in the range of supportive services for faculty at SPS, from our <\/span>accessibility<\/a>, OER<\/a>, <\/strong>and <\/span>multimedia services<\/a><\/strong> to our <\/span>faculty peer mentoring program<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and <\/span>faculty newsletters<\/a><\/strong>. These continued supports will not only help you sustain the quality of your instruction semester by semester, but they will ensure that you continue to grow along with your peers, providing our students consistency as they progress through their programs.<\/span><\/p>\n Every session, we update our PTO workshop based on previous participant feedback and emerging research, so no two workshops are identical. However, the schedule below can give you some sense of the investigations, assignments, and pacing you\u2019ll experience during the course.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Whether you are a seasoned online instructor or a first-time digital professor, the SPS Preparation for Teaching Online (PTO) is designed as an opportunity for new faculty to explore with colleagues the pedagogical theories and technological skills essential to effective teaching at the School of Professional Studies. Designed to model best practices of course design …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3652","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3652"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6532,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3652\/revisions\/6532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the Workshop<\/span><\/h2>\n
Sample Schedule<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\n Module\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n Assignments<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Start Here
\n<\/b>Days 1-2<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n\n \n
\n Module I
\n<\/b>Understanding the Online Learning Environment
\n<\/span>Days 3-5<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n\n \n
\n Module II
\n<\/b>Structuring the Online Learning Experience
\n<\/span>Days 6-8<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n\n \n
\n Module III
\n<\/b>Communicating and Engaging Online
\n<\/span>Days 9-11<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n\n \n
\n Module IV
\n<\/b>Effective Assessments and Assignments
\n<\/span>Days 12-15<\/i><\/td>\n\n \n
\n Module V
\n<\/b>Reinforcing Learning
\n<\/span>Days 16-17<\/i><\/td>\n\n \n
\n Wrap Up
\n<\/b>Day 18<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\n \n