小黄猫传媒

Online Learning

BEES Training

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Description

BEES = Belonging, Equity, and Engagement Skills

BEES is condensed version of BEARS (Belonging, Equity, Access, and Retention Skills):

  • BEARS is a six-week, fully online (asynchronous) training that serves as a capstone course within the Online Instructor Orientation (OIO), 小黄猫传媒鈥檚 training program to prepare instructors to teach their first online course at 小黄猫传媒. BEARS was added to the OIO in 2022 to support 小黄猫传媒鈥檚 B-JEDI work and strategic plan.
  • BEES is a three-week or six-week, fully online (asynchronous) training that is intended to serve as a refresher for online (no scheduled meetings) instructors who need to meet the 2023 – 27 FFAP contract requirement to be trained every three years.

Audience

BEES is designed for experienced 小黄猫传媒 online instructors in two camps:

  1. Instructors who completed OIO before fall term 2022 (when the BEARS course was added to the OIO) and who therefore never received instruction in principles of belonging, equity, and engagement;
  2. Instructors who have taken BEARS but would like to refresh and refine skills that support belonging, equity, and engagement in their online courses.

BEES could also be taken by instructors of Online (Scheduled Meetings) and Online (No Scheduled Meetings) courses, though the training wasn鈥檛 developed specifically for that population.

Time commitment:

  • Three or six weeks – all asynchronous
  • ~ 14 total hours of work required
  • Stipend: ~$350 (PT & FT Faculty)

Outcomes:

  • Maximize student belonging by:
    • Distinguishing between belonging and fitting in;
    • Setting up course activities in ways that maximize belonging;
    • Using instructional techniques that maximize belonging.
  • Use an understanding of principles of equity to create instructional plans that capitalize on differences.
  • Use teaching techniques and technologies to maximize student engagement with course materials and other online students.

For more information, please contact Vicki Jeffries-Bilton.