Dr. Todd Pourciau, Dean
Division of Innovative Learning and Academic Support
pourciaut@mybrcc.edu
Ph: (225) 216-8228
201 Community College Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
The professional development opportunities are sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement. The CTLE is located in 311 Magnolia Building on the Mid City Campus. They are provided as continuing education opportunities for all teaching faculty and staff. If you would like to request a specific topic, please send an email to Dr. Todd Pourciau. The resources listed directly below are available anytime. The events listed below for each semester can be accessed live on the date listed and anytime after they are archived.
ON-DEMAND
NISOD offers an archive of their past professional development webinars and since we are
a member institution, we have access. Click here to get started with webinar. You will need to create a user login.
TurnItIn has a podcast series that explains the different features and how you can use them
in your teaching. The various topics covered include: Reading and Writing; Collaborative
Writing; Writing in the Digital Age; Authentic writing; and, Writing About Writing
Click here to get started.
Cengage has a podcast series focused on the brain and learning. You can access the short podcasts here.
The Cultural Implications of Contract Cheating Professional Development Webinar
Tricia Bertram Gallant, Director of Academic Integrity, UC San Diego and Kenneth Balibalos,
Marketing Manager, Turnitin
Cheating is not a new problem and even the act of contracting another to complete
one’s academic work has a protracted history. However, with the globalization and
commodification of higher education, contract cheating has become big business and
is quickly embedding itself within the education culture and dramatically altering
institutional cultures across the globe. This session with Tricia Bertram Gallant,
will walk you through the cultural implications of contract cheating—both how culture
affects the spread of contract cheating and how its presence is affecting the culture
of education and students as we speak. Bertram-Gallant will also provide some key
takeaways for educators and educational institutions who wish to stem the tide and
minimize the damage to our educational system. View Professional Development Webinar
Looking Under the Hood: Making Course Redesign Transparent Professional Development Webinar
Lisa Kidder, Senior Instructional Technologist, Idaho State University
This is a webinar presented earlier this year and is available on the Quality Matters
(QM) website. BRCC holds a membership with QM that allows access to free webinars
from time to time. Once you click on the view now link, you will be asked to create
a login. You must use your mybrcc email address as that will allow you access. The
Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement is pleased to facilitate this opportunity
for our busy faculty. View Transparent Professional Development Webinar Now
Teach Students How to Learn: Metacognition Is the Key! Professional Development Webinar
Today’s students come to college with widely varying academic skills, interests, and
motivation levels. Faculty often lament that students are focused on achieving high
grades, but do not want to spend time necessary to learn the material. Too many students
think that memorizing information before an examination is tantamount to learning
the material. Consequently, they spend considerably less time studying than what is
commensurate with their grade expectations. This workshop introduces participants
to cognitive science findings that can be used to improve teaching and learning. It
also provides a variety of strategies useful in helping students experience meaningful
and transferable learning. This NISOD sponsored archived session was facilitated by
Dr. Saundra McGuire, Professor of Chemistry (Retired) and Director Emerita, Center
for Academic Success, Louisiana State University. View Teach Students How to Learn Now
Online Courses and Student Success Professional Development Webinar
Online learning is no longer an anomaly in U.S. higher education, but many still question
its efficacy, especially for students most at-risk for failure. This Webinar will
showcase the exciting results of recent research that suggests that taking online
courses is not necessarily harmful to students’ chances of being retained at an institution.
Designed to further explore the recent report, “Retention, Progression and the Taking
of Online Courses” in the special Learning Analytics edition of Online Learning, the
expert panelists will explain how a large scale analysis on the effectiveness of learning
modalities compiled within the Predictive Analytics Reporting (PAR) Framework revealed
that online courses can provide both flexibility and access while improving student
completion. View Online Courses and Student Success Professional Development Webinar