Professional Development Opportunities
See our Start-Up Guide Book for descriptions and dates for all of our upcoming opportunities. Check our calendar for updates.
Register Now:
CTL sessions use HRMS (Time & Labor) for our registration system. Each opportunity has a unique course and session number to make it easy to identify and register for. Please feel free to contact us, ctl@mesacc.edu, if you have any questions or concerns about how to register with this system.
Register through HRMS – http://tinyurl.com/MCCRegisterNOW
Registration Instructions HRMS – http://tinyurl.com/hrmsregister
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Learning with Infographics (C.A.F.E. Credit)
HRMS Course #001917, Section #0005; CTL AS Building – Room 175
Infographics are a visual way for students and faculty to creatively display complex data in a simple way. Attend this overview session to find out what infographics are, how they can be created, and how to incorporate them into your classroom using free tools on the internet.
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EOLT First Aid (EOLT Offering)
HRMS Course #001795, Section #0102; AS Building – Room 300
The Heartsaver First Aid Course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Course content includes general principles and medical emergencies. Please contact EOLT at 480-731-8763 for more information.
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Communication Skills Bootcamp (EOLT Offering)
HRMS Course #000787, Section #0030; CTL AS Building – Room 175
Most courses in human relations, conflict management, supervision, and just getting along with others refer to basic communication skills. This 2.5 hour course focuses exclusively on the basics necessary for all of these. Participants will identify and practice paraphrasing, identifying feelings, clarifying, summarizing, and giving and receiving feedback. Please contact EOLT at 480-731-8763 for more information.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Learning with Infographics (C.A.F.E. Credit)
HRMS Course #001917, Section #0004; CTL AS Building – Room 175
Infographics are a visual way for students and faculty to creatively display complex data in a simple way. Attend this overview session to find out what infographics are, how they can be created, and how to incorporate them into your classroom using free tools on the internet.
Friday, September 13, 2013
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Apps + Lessons = Lots of Apptivity (C.A.F.E. Credit)
Sign-up for all 3 sections!
HRMS Course #001910, 001911, 001912, Sections #0002
CTL AS Building – Room 175
With Apps, the classroom is at your fingertips. Understanding which apps to use for your specific content and how to integrate them into your classroom to support learning is challenging. Come explore how to use Apps to promote critical thinking using Blooms and Apps (iPads, web-based, etc.). Tablets not required. Sign-up for all three sessions.
MCCCD 
MCLI Presents – A Maker Party
Friday, September 13, 2013, 4:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
at the Mesa Community College Center for Teaching & Learning
AS Building, Room 175
Special Event Registration
Night of Innovation is an opportunity to provide an innovative and collaborative environment for staff and faculty to join forces, knowledge, and resources for the purpose of enriching the quality of instruction through the use of technology. The spirit of ONE Maricopa will help drive the ideas and projects. The first Night of Innovation kicks off with the Maker Party concept. Attendees will participate in a remix video activity and create something new to share on the internet. There will be guided instruction for those participants new to remixing content while experienced participants may form groups and start creating. Dinner (pizza) will be provided. Stay for the whole night or just a few hours.
Session Learning Objectives:
- Upon successful completion of the workshop, you will be able to:
- Define what it means to remix content
- Identify classroom applications for remixed activities
- Use web tools and resources from the internet to create a remixed video
- Collaborate with individuals across campuses to remix a video
- Showcase appropriate remixed on the MCLI Learning Technology webpage
- Create guides for faculty to repeat remix projects in the classroom
View the full calendar.
Questions? Call the CTL 1-7331.
For a full description of the workshops visit the CTL Calendar, ctl.mesacc.edu/events/calendar.
MCLI Night Of Innovation Maker Party
Hosted by Mesa Community College
Mesa Community College, Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
Thursday, September 12, 2013
4:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Register Today: http://mcli.maricopa.edu/events/night-innovation
Description: Night of Innovation is an opportunity to provide an innovative and collaborative environment for staff and faculty to join forces, knowledge, and resources for the purpose of enriching the quality of instruction through the use of technology. The spirit of ONE Maricopa will help drive the ideas and projects.
The first Night of Innovation kicks off with the Maker Party concept. Attendees will participate in a remix video activity and create something new to share on the interent. There will be guided instruction for those participants new to remixing content while experienced participants may form groups and start creating. Plan to stay the entire evening as dinner (pizza) will be provided.
Learning Objective:
Upon successful completion of the workshop, you will be able to:
- Define what it means to remix content
- Identify classroom applications for remixed activities
- Use web tools and resources from the internet to create a remixed video
- Collaborate with individuals across campuses to remix a video
- Showcase appropriate remixed on the MCLI Learning Technology webpage
- Create guides for faculty to repeat remix projects in the classroom
Your Facilitator/Host:
Jeannette Shaffer – Maricopa Center for Teaching and Learning
Helice Agria – Mesa Community College
For more information please contact:
Dr. Jeannette Shaffer
Instructional Technologist, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction
Maricopa Community Colleges District
(480) 731-8297
jeannette.shaffer@domail.maricopa.edu
About the MCCCD MCLI:
To foster student success, the Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI), part of the Maricopa Community College District, is dedicated to supporting and advancing teaching and learning by working collaboratively with faculty, administrators, and district-wide groups to provide quality services, programs, and resources.
Get an A +! Success from Day One CTL Events
Explore a week of activities that focus on the MCC Success from Day One Initiative. From exciting new Canvas tools to engagement strategies, the Mesa Community College Center for Teaching & Learning is your support and resource for innovative education technology and pedagogy. Plan to start your semester with this fun and informative week of activities!
Register Now Registration Instructions
Questions? Contact us at: (480) 461 – 7331 OR ctl@mesacc.edu
Saturday, August 10
8:30a.m. – 12:30p.m. New Adjunct Faculty Orientation
HRMS Course #001830, Section #0001; CTL Workshop Room (AS175), Southern & Dobson Campus
Welcome to teaching at Mesa Community College! This session will cover all the little and big things you need to know about being an Adjunct Faculty Member for MCC. Contact the CTL for more information, (480) 461-7331.
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CTL Open Lab
CTL AS Building, Southern & Dobson Campus
Drop in during any time of the open lab to access resources and help with Canvas or building/planning your course! CTL Staff will be available to answer questions as you work on your classes to get started for the semester. Handouts and computers are available so that you can come in and work and ask questions as you go.
Monday, August 12, 2013
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. CTL Open Lab
CTL AS Building, Southern & Dobson Campus
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
A+ Achieving a Learning-Centered Syllabus (C.A.F.E. Eligible)
HRMS Course #001201, Sections #0008 OR #0009; CTL Workshop Room (AS175), Southern & Dobson Campus
Engaging students in the learning process begins with the syllabus. In this session we will explore how to construct a syllabus that not only conveys the required MCCCD/MCC policies and procedures of the class, but introduces students to the goals of the learning process. Discover how to build a syllabus that focuses on meaningful expectations, learning objectives and provides students with the resources to be successful from day one. Feel free to bring your syllabus to work on as the last part of the session will allow some time for participants to work together on syllabi.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. New Faculty Experience
CTL Conference Room (AS170), Southern & Dobson Campus
Welcome to MCC new faculty! We are glad you are here. The first-year experience of a full-time faculty member is marked by transitions: the teacher’s focus is continuously expanding to include aspects of the college community that were previously not within view. Mesa Community College ‘s New Faculty Experience, a series of dialogs and seminars, facilitates these transitions by providing information, activities, and interactions that integrate the new residential faculty member into the life of the college.
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MCC Teaching & Learning Grants Available for Summer 2013 Projects
The Center for Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce that the College has made monies available to fund 2013 MCC Teaching & Learning Grant projects during Summer 2013. Applications for 2013 MCC Teaching & Learning Grants will be accepted until 5:00 PM on Wednesday, May 1.
Apply Now! Accepting Applications Until May 1 at 5PM
For more information about 2013 MCC Teaching & Learning Grants, including links to download the Application Form, please see the Project CTL Webpage:
https://ctl.mesacc.edu/programs/tlg/
If you have any questions about the process, the instructions for how to fill out the form, or how to fill out the form, please contact John Griffith in the CTL by stopping by AS-164 or by sending an email to john.griffith@mesacc.edu or calling 480-461-7666.
Please note that the MCC Teaching & Learning Grants are different from the MCLI Learning Grants Program.
Maximizing Library Resources in eLearning
Special eLCoP: eLearning Community of Practice Session at Mesa Community College
Friday, March 22, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the MCC Center for Teaching & Learning
Register Now: http://tinyurl.com/eLCoPMarch
eLCoP is composed of faculty and staff dedicated to the research, discussion and dissemination of best practices for eLearning at MCCCD. eLearning includes courses taught both online as well as hybrid, and those using Canvas and alternative delivery methods for teaching and learning. eLCoP is open to all faculty and staff who are interested in positively impacting student learning outcomes through the creation and adoption of eLearning best practices.
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MCLI Presents – A Maker Party
