Enrichment for Mid-Career Faculty

You’ve spent a few years in the classroom. You’re confident in your pedagogy, comfortable with your classroom presence, diligent in maintaining your subject-matter expertise.

So what’s next?

For those who are passionate about teaching, the answer is clear:

• Get even better.
• Become even more impactful.
• Find even more new ways to inspire, enlighten, and transform students.

If you’re thirsting for new ideas to take your teaching performance to new heights, you’ll plenty in the Magna Online Course, Enrichment for Mid-Career Faculty.

This content-rich, asynchronous 15-hour online course explores the myriad ways a committed educator can pursue classroom excellence. It examines:

• Course design that promotes development of higher-order skills like critical thinking
• Assessments that drive improvement throughout a semester
• Tactics to overcome apathy and engage students in today’s learning environment
• Mentoring approaches that connect with students
• Techniques to maintain personal connections in large classes
• Cutting-edge feedback and grading strategies
• Universal Design for Learning and ways to implement it
• Brain-based learning techniques that motivate students
• Integration strategies for Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Methods to help manage and lessen job-related stress

Exciting, ready-to-implement ideas abound in every section of this multi-module program. Designed for asynchronous learning, you can pick up and leave off wherever you like, from virtually any device. Regular learning checks affirm your command of the content as the course progresses, and a final check leads to a certificate of completion. You’ll also find a wealth of thoughtfully created supplemental materials to reinforce the course content: handouts, full transcripts, readings, and links to online resources.

It’s the middle of your career—time to reflect on your accomplishments, but no time to rest on your laurels! Keep getting better; keep inspiring students in bold, new ways. Put Enrichment for Mid-Career Faculty to work for you today!

See what’s in this course

Learning Goals:

By the end of the course, participants will have the knowledge to:

• Apply new strategies that drive learning and development of higher-order skills
• Create tools to inspire student engagement and enthusiasm for learning
• Implement high-impact practices for assessments, grading, and feedback
• Maintain one-on-one relationships and effective mentoring in large classes
• Manage the stresses of a demanding profession

Who Will Benefit From This Course:

• Faculty and Instructors who have been teaching for five years or more

Group Enrollment:

Discount pricing is available for multiple seats purchased at the same time.
For 10 or more seats, please contact Magna Sales at sales@magnapubs.com or call 800-433-0499 ext. 183 to receive a customized quote.

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The course enrollment will expire one year from date of purchase.

Product Code: PO19OA

Meet Your Presenters

Linda B. Nilson, PhD
Director, Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation, Clemson University

Thomas Tobin, PhD
Program Area Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ken Alford, PhD
Professor of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University

Anthony Sweat, PhD
Associate Professor of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University

Erik Christensen
Dean, Applied Sciences & Technologies, South Florida State College

Maryellen Weimer, PhD
Professor Emerita, Editor of The Teaching Professor

Lolita Paff, Phd
Associate Professor, Penn State Berks

James May, EdD
Professor, English as a Second Language, Valencia College

Tyler Griffin
Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University

Lynn Gillette
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Nicholls State University

Robert Gillette
Associate Professor, Economics, University of Kentucky

Marie Norman, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Michael Bridges, PhD
Executive Director of Online Learning and Strategy, Duquesne University

Flower Darby
Faculty and Author of Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes

Oliver Dreon, PhD
Professor, Millersville University of Pennsylvania

James M. Lang, PhD
Professor of English & Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence

Stephanie Delaney, PhD
Vice President of Instruction, Renton Technical College