Faculty Support and Resources

Canvas and eLearning Technologies Professional Development for Faculty

Training and instructional design related to the use of instructional technologies is available through the eLearning department. For more information, contact the eLearning and Instructional Design team

InstDesign@clark.edu

 

Regularly scheduled eLearning workshops include synchronous and asynchronous sessions on topics such as:

If you are just getting started with professional development at Clark College, begin with the eLearning 101 workshop at the eLearning Faculty Workshop descriptions and registration link below. 

Workshop descriptions and registration

 

Quality Matters at Clark College

Clark College is committed to meeting Quality Matters quality assurance standards for all online and hybrid courses. The college has invested significant resources to develop certified QM trainers and ensure highly trained faculty to implement the standards for the benefit of the students through the course design. The Quality Matters program supports the college's commitment to excellence in teaching. For more information see our Quality Matters page. 

Quality Matters

 

eLearning Instructional Design Support for Faculty

Since 2006, the eLearning and Instructional Design team at Clark College has provided training, guidance, and mentorship to Clark College faculty and staff focused on quality course design, development, and teaching across modalities, including effective use of instructional technology and strategies for alignment, outcomes, and assessment. Each member of the Instructional Design team is an experienced online and hybrid course instructor and holds certifications through Quality Matters.

What is Instructional Design?

Instructional Design is a systematic process used for developing learning experiences. The Instructional Design process can begin at any stage of development: from a glimmer of an idea to an evaluation of a course that has been taught for decades.

The Instructional Design process includes the following tasks, most of which are revisited repeatedly throughout the design cycle:

Instructional Designers at Clark College

At Clark College, our Instructional Designers (IDs) typically partner with instructors to design and build courses. They also design and facilitate trainings to faculty and staff. Clark's IDs are skilled at translating instructors' expertise into deliverables for learners by following an iterative process backed by learning science.

IDs help instructors develop engaging, effective, high-quality learning experiences. They have graduate degrees in higher education, adult education and training, instructional technology, or related fields. They have expertise in learning theory, knowledge acquisition and retention, instructional best practices, and quite often, media production.

To work as an ID at Clark College, ideal candidates have a minimum of three years of online course design and teaching experience in higher education. The onboarding process includes a full year of professional development and mentoring.

eLearning Instructional Design Team Mission

Email the eLearning and Instructional Design team with questions or to schedule consultations.

eLearning and Instructional Design team

 

Canvas and Academic Technology Support

Faculty may reference the Academic Technology Resources shell in your Canvas account or directly contact Academic Technology by emailing academictech@clark.edu on topics such as the following:

Email academictech@clark.edu

 

Faculty should direct students with Canvas issues to the online Canvas ticket system accessed via the Help link on the Clark College Canvas site.  Students, faculty, and staff may also be directed to the TechHub in Cannell Library for on-campus support, via phone, or via email.

TechHub

 

Faculty also have additional information and resources here:

NOTE:  Specific dates for important academic technology activities are available on our Online Faculty Planner.

Online Faculty Planner