Professional Development Webinars

Collaborating with our colleagues, partners, friends and supporters across the state, The IDN hosts or co-hosts monthly professional development webinars in Spring and Fall terms of the academic year. The webinars cover various popular topics and are presented by guest speakers who are experts in the field. The webinar recordings and related resources are archived and shared with the community as well as on this website.

2023



A New Educational Journey: Navigating the Future of AI in Education
Rebecca Yost, Katie Wing &
Jenna Fedewa
Florida Gulf Coast University
May 2023


ChatGPT: Opportunity or Controversy
Laura McNeill & James Hardin
University of Alabama
May 2023


Live-online: A.L.I.V.E.
Dax Parcells
Palm Beach State College
Webinar Slides
April 2023


Building Interactive Textbooks for OER-driven Courses
Laurie Nave
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Webinar Slides
March 2023


Fast 5: Quick Tips to Make Your Course More Accessible
Lindsey Morris, Baylor University
Lindsay Foster, Tarrant County College
Webinar Slides
February 2023


Setting the Bar: A Quality Approach to Online Learning
Katie Ragsdale
Carleigh Okwali
Polk State College
Webinar Slides
January 2023

2022



Cultivating Deep Learning Using Discussion Boards
Rob Rose
University of North Florida
Webinar Slides
November 2022


Training Camp: Successful Implementation of E-Faculty Coaching
Kristen Kelton
Tarrant County College
Webinar Slides
October 2022


How Accessible Is It? A Proactive Approach for Online Course Accessibility
Katherine Profeta
Indian River State College
Webinar Slides
September 2022


Options for Assessment in Online Learning
Charles Hodges
Georgia Southern University
May 2022


Age, Gender, and Cultural Biases on Online Courses
Tina Calandrino
University of Central Florida
April 2022


What is the Metaverse and Why Should Educators Care?
Chad Mairn
St. Petersburg College
February 2022

2021



Making Impact Through Open Educational Practices
James Paradiso
University of Central Florida
November 2021


Flexible Learning Design
Barbara Lockee
Virginia Tech
October 2021


Engaging Users with Virtual Reality
Chad Mairn
Rick Hill
St. Petersburg College
September 2021


Quality Digital Education in the University of North Carolina System
Racheal Brooks, North Carolina Central University
Bonnie Grohe, Fayetteville State University
July 2021

 


Ensuring Quality: Lessons from the Nation’s Top Ranked Online Programs
Felix Brito, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Cheryl Kohen, Daytona State College
Brian K. Marchman, University of Florida
Kelvin Thompson, University of Central Florida
April 2021

2020



Strategies for Online and Remote Lab Courses
Bryan Biggers, Palm Beach Atlantic University
Christine Brown, University of South Florida
Debra Sheridan-Brinkman, Miami Dade College
Vicki Westergard, St. Petersburg College
Webinar Handout
Webinar Resource Sheet
July 2020


"TOPR-tunities" for Success: Using the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository to Create
Engaging Online Content
Shelly Wyatt & Alyssa Albrecht
Center for Distributed Learning
University of Central Florida
May 2020


Resources for Web Accessibility: A Follow-up and Q&A Session*
Judith Risch, David Kutch, Logan Gerrity & Matthew Vitale
Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
*This webinar was not recorded under our agreement with the OCR.
April 2020


Really? You’re Still Talking About Faculty Buy-In to the Quality Initiative While #RemoteTeaching Is On-Going?
Dr. Kelvin Thompson
Center for Distributed Learning
University of Central Florida
April 2020


Issues, Tools and Solutions for Web Accessibility*
Logan Gerrity & Matthew Vitale
Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
*This webinar was not recorded under our agreement with the OCR.
March 2020


DAccess for People with Disabilities to Online Programs and Resources*
David Kutch
Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
*This webinar was not recorded under our agreement with the OCR.
February 2020


Developing a Support Model for Faculty to Infuse UDL & Accessibility in Online Courses
Geni Wright, Valencia College
Rose Tran, Valencia College
Aaron Bergeson, Valencia College
January 2020

2019



Creating Faculty Buy-in for Course Quality Indicators
Kelvin Thompson, University of Central Florida
Michelle Franz, Seminole State College
November 2019


Strategies for Managing Instructional Designers' Workload Panel
Michelle Franz, Seminole State College
Wendy Howard, University of Central Florida
Michelle Piper, St. Petersburg College
Colleen Reiner, University of South Florida
Vicki Westergard, St. Petersburg College
Geni Wright, Valencia College
October 2019


Online Project Management for Instructional Designers Panel
Katie Profeta & Lucia d’Ancona, Indian River State College
Amanda Major & Sue Bauer, University of Central Florida
Christie Nicholas & Heidi Schroeder, University of South Florida
Brenda Such & Emma Brady, University of Florida
Co-hosted by: University of South Florida, TOPkit and FL-IDN
September 2019


FLVC IDN “Open Mic”
Yunhong “Tom” Tu, Florida Virtual Campus
*This event was not recorded.
August 2019


Online Professional Development and the Networked Knowledge Activities
Vanessa Dennen, Professor of Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies at Florida State University
April 2019


Key Strategies to Supercharge Your Technology Training
James Jorstad, Director of Academic Technology Services at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
March 2019


Valentine’s CoLAB Online Networking Event
Co-hosted by: University of Florida Office of Teaching Excellence, TOPkit and FL-IDN
*This event was not recorded.
February 2019


The 2018 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey: Results and Opportunities
John Opper, Executive Director at FLVC
January 2019

2018



UDOIT Matters
Nancy Swenson, Karen Tinsley-Kim, Jacob Bates and Wendy Howard, University of Central Florida
October 2018