Digital Bootcamp is a 10-hour certificated course series designed to provide a framework of resources and support to facilitate online teaching at Georgia College & State University. The learning framework presented is based on Quality Matters principles, allowing learners to apply the concepts to an actual course using our learning management system, GeorgiaVIEW/D2L. This all-inclusive course also includes our Brightspace Essentials or Advanced Training Course for Instructions and...
Active Learning 101 is a three-hour certificated course designed to equip Georgia College & State University instructors with the principles, instructional materials, technology and learning spaces needed to effectively implement active learning strategies. Through hands-on, modeled experiences, participants engage in interactive learning and gain access to valuable resources to support the integration of active learning into their courses. During the sessions, participants will explore...
Active Learning 102 is a stipend-certificated course designed to deepen Georgia College & State University instructors' understanding and application of active learning strategies tailored to their specific content area. This course empowers participants to locate and evaluate content-relevant information, applies research-based active learning methods and analyzes instructional improvements.Through research, practical application and evaluation of methodologies, participants enhance...
Active Learning 103, a stipend-certificated course, is the final and most advanced course in the Active Learning series. This course provides a space for participants to collect and showcase their artifacts, demonstrating their contributions to active learning - whether through a submitted publication or a conference proposal acceptance. Since submissions can take various forms, we encourage participants to share the most compelling example of their completed process.Please help us...
We are thrilled to announce that student acknowledgements for Thank-a-Teacher @ Georgia College & State University for the fall 2025 semester are now available on our website.View the complete list of recipients at https://www.gcsu.edu/ctl/thank-a-teacher.Join us in congratulating our dedicated instructors, who have made a significant impact on our students this last semester!
Now is a great time to consider ways to build on your strengths as an instructor! The goal of Peer Feedback on Teaching is to provide support to help you improve the quality of learning in your classroom. Deliberate, continuous improvement of one's teaching is one of the great joys of being a professor. Our trained observers enjoy working with you as you develop and continuously improve your teaching skills. This process takes a cross-disciplinary approach, pairing you with one (1)...
Now is a great time to consider ways to build on your strengths as an instructor! The goal of Peer Feedback on Teaching is to provide support to help you improve the quality of learning in your classroom. Deliberate, continuous improvement of one's teaching is one of the great joys of being a professor. Our trained observers enjoy working with you as you develop and continuously improve your teaching skills. This process takes a cross-disciplinary approach, pairing you with one (1)...
The Objective Selection Form opens on March 18 for the spring 2026 semester through May 6. The OSF allows faculty to identify targeted learning objectives to measure teaching effectiveness and faculty response to the OSF drives summative results on the Student Rating of Instruction Survey. The primary indicator of teaching effectiveness is how well students rate their progress on learning objectives that faculty mark as important or essential on the OSF. Since every course is different,...
Your feedback matters! We value your feedback and invite you to complete your Spring Term 2026 course evaluations. The survey period opens April 15 and closes May 6. Every survey is confidential, and your thoughtful responses regarding the instructional aspects of the course provide faculty with insights about course effectiveness and give insight into future improvements for the course and programs.Your instructor may set aside time in class to complete the surveys. Any device with...
Thank you for encouraging students to complete the Student Rating of Instruction Survey. We want to provide you with a few suggestions to consider to increase response rates with your students: Research and best practice consistently show that the most significant factor in increasing participation in online student rating surveys is for faculty to express and demonstrate how the results are essential and used in making meaningful course change(s).The next most influential factor is...