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Category: On-Demand Seminars

On-Demand Seminars

Magna Online Seminars

These on-demand seminars provide actionable information on an array of topics for higher ed faculty and administrators. Packages include the presentation, supplemental materials, and transcript.

“These seminars are always informative.” – Kimberly Thomas, Program Director, Mid America Christian University

“I am thrilled (but not at all surprised) with the quality of seminars presented. As always, Magna delivers! Thank you!” – Nicole Simoneau, Curriculum Consultant, College Boreal

- On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Student Affairs/Student Services, Student Development
- Transferable Training Skills
- $299.00
- For student affairs professionals looking to enhance the leadership skills of the students they work with, this Magna Online Seminar, presented and facilitated by Leadership Trainer, will help maximize engagement and develop leadership capacity in their students.
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- On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Student Affairs/Student Services, Student Development
- Engaging Students with Reflective Dialogue
- $299.00
- For student affairs professionals looking to enhance the leadership skills of the students they work with, this Magna Online Seminar, presented and facilitated by Leadership Trainer, demonstrates how reflected dialogue can be effectively used to best engage students to create better learning and growth opportunities.
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- Classroom Climate, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Design and Teach an Equitable and Inclusive Course
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar provides a five-point framework to establish inclusive teaching practices and expand faculty’s inclusivity mindset.
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Understanding Racial Justice Through Food Studies
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar explores the relationship between race and food in order to teach key leadership skills for racial justice in institutions of higher education. Examine how food systems create racialized problems for minority communities along the lines of food insecurity, health, and identity.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Using Authentic Assessment to Assess Student Learning
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar will help you develop authentic assignments and assessment mechanisms to help encourage a holistic understanding of student learning.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Seminars
- Implementing Mindful Online Teaching Using Zoom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty teaching online, especially remote content delivery and synchronous classes, this Magna Online Seminar demonstrates intentional and mindful teaching you can implement to create an engaging experience for students and a greater sense of community in the class.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Teaching Strategies
- Using Interleaving in Course Design to Improve Retention
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty whose students are not retaining course concepts for the duration of the semester, this Magna Online Seminar explains interleaving content during instruction and studying to improve student success through increased content retention.
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Creating a Sense of Belonging for BIPoC in a College Course
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty who want to create an equitable and inclusive teaching environment for all students, this Magna Online Seminar instills two psychosocial interventions to counteract systemic disadvantage and provide a more equitable opportunity for the academic success of BIPoC students.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Online Student Engagement
- Engaging and Interacting with Students in Online Courses
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty teaching online looking to improve student engagement, this Magna Online Seminar details four proven strategies to improve student engagement with the course content, the teacher, and other students.
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Increasing Inclusion and Interaction: Disabilities in the College Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty who must accommodate the needs of students with disabilities, the Magna Online Seminar introduces small pedagogical changes that will improve the experience for all learners.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Using Student Feedback to Immediately Improve Teaching
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For teaching faculty who are looking for continuous improvement in their instruction, this Magna Online Seminar demonstrates how real-time evaluations and teaching improvement benefit both current students and the instructor.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Seminars, Online Student Engagement
- Using Humor and Levity to Enhance the Online Learning Environment
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty teaching online having trouble engaging students and missing the interaction of face-to-face teaching, this Magna Online Seminar shows you how humor can make your teaching and learning more engaging and enjoyable.
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- Classroom Climate, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Bringing Diversity and Inclusion into Your Quantitative Course
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar assists faculty in better understanding the variety of ways that topics related to diversity and inclusion can be brought into their existing quantitative courses while providing several practical ways to do this through their syllabus, curricula, and more.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Giving Narrative Shape to Your Online Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- More than ever, students are motivated by knowing how a course will serve them in future learning or in life after college. This Magna Online Seminar helps faculty create a narrative that connects daily learning to future careers.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Seminars
- How to Run Your Online Classroom So It Doesn’t Run You!
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty teaching online who are overwhelmed with the process and unable to create a meaningful learning experience, this Magna Online Seminar presents strategies to establish and manage workflow in order to control the classroom and make space for creative teaching.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Seminars
- Contemplative Pedagogy for Purposeful Teaching
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty who are frustrated with the rapid, "get-it-done" pivot to remote instruction, this Magna Online Seminar provides strategies and tactics to immediately incorporate contemplative pedagogy into your teaching practice to provide more meaningful instruction and interactions.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Seminars, Online Student Engagement
- Using Microlearning to Improve Student Understanding of Course Content
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar details how microlearning differs from traditional learning, while also exploring the advantages of microlearning, and how to create microlearning modules using different tools.
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- Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Student Engagement, Teaching Strategies
- Teaching Strategies and Assignments for Blended and Flipped Classrooms
- $39.00 – $697.00
- If you are interested in shifting your classroom from face-to-face to a blended or flipped classroom, this online seminar provides actionable ideas, strategies, and assignments to effectively make the transition.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- On-the-fly Assessment Strategies for the Active Learning Classroom 
- $39.00 – $697.00
- If you are hoping to assess student learning in real time in order to improve learning outcomes and student engagement, this online seminar offers more than 10 specific techniques for doing so, explained in detail, with examples of how to use each in the classroom.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Seminars, Student Engagement
- Using Active Listening to Deepen Student Engagement in Live Remote Classes
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty teaching online who are having issues with their students being distracted and not engaging with their content, this special, reduced-price online seminar will provide multiple proven strategies for teaching active listening across various online teaching formats.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Personal Development
- The Advantages of Virtual Meetings
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Holding meetings online may be a necessity in times of remote work and social distancing, but have you considered that virtual meetings might have an advantage over the in-person alternative? This Magna Online Seminar reviews the pros and cons of virtual meetings and provides participants with tips and best practices leading to a successful virtual meeting.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Personal Development
- Taking My Career to the Next Level: Grant Writing Tips and Resources
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Research funding is critical yet many faculty do not know where to begin to look for funders. This Magna Online Seminar will cover the basics of and provide practical advice for applying for grants to fund research.
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- Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Blended and Flipped Course Design: Tried and True Approaches
- $39.00 – $697.00
- If you are interested in blended learning methods, especially the flipped classroom, and how they impact student learning, this Magna Online Seminar provides a thorough explanation of these concepts as well as practical advice for getting started.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Personal Development
- Taking My Career to the Next Level: Educational Consulting
- $39.00 – $697.00
- If you are curious about leveraging your higher-education experience into another career, this online seminar provides direct guidance about why and how to execute a career change from a former educator now leading a successful consulting practice.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Engaging College Students Using Active Learning Techniques
- $0.00 – $197.00
- For faculty and teachers in any modality, this free Magna Online Seminar will guide you in engaging college students at a deeper, more cognitive level while learning the barriers to learning and how to effectively overcome them.
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- Classroom Climate, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Leveraging the Neuroscience of Trauma for Informed Teaching
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For educators who are teaching during stressful times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and recognizing that both their students and they are disrupted by stress and anxiety, this special two-part Magna Online Seminar provides actionable ideas and tools for teaching with a trauma-sensitive approach.
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- Leadership, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Personal and Professional Development for Academic Leaders
- Tips for Department Chairs on Navigating Academic Departmental Relationships
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar is for aspiring, new, and experienced academic chairs who desire a meaningful and productive working relationship with their deans and seek guidance in navigating the bureaucracy and politics of their institutions. You’ll receive insight about how to develop this important relationship to benefit and advance your department.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Seminars
- “Help! I’m Moving My Course Online!”– Practical Advice for New Online Instructors
- $0.00 – $197.00
- Do you need to rapidly transition to online instruction? Can’t afford the trial and error approach? This free Magna Online Seminar will give you practical advice about the need-to-have basics for quickly and successfully transitioning your course online, from an experienced online educator.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Reimagining STEM Education Through a Humanities Lens
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For STEM educators who are striving to meet student interest in inclusive and meaning-centered education, this Magna Online Seminar provides concrete, evidence-based strategies and a framework for reimagining a STEM education through a humanities lens.
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- Institutional Culture, Leadership, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- The Role of Higher Education in Times of Crisis: Healing Strategies for Educators
- $0.00 – $197.00
- Colleges and universities have a long-standing role in advancing civil discourse. How can we lead our communities in a meaningful and healing way when we are geographically displaced and relying on remote, online communication? For academic leaders and faculty who are challenged with effective communication during a time of social unrest, this free Magna Online Seminar provides direction for leaders to provide healing, helping, education, and engagement.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Seminars
- Learning from Pandemic Pedagogy: Best Practices for a Quick and Inclusive Transition to Online Teaching
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty transitioning to online delivery due to pandemic-related university policies and looking for guidance in good teaching practices in this uncertain environment, this Magna Online Seminar will assist in pandemic pedagogy for course conversion as well as help with inclusive practices that might have been overlooked.
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- Faculty Support, Institutional Culture, Leadership, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Strategic Planning
- The Role of Educational Developers in Teaching and Learning Excellence
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For educational developers who help faculty in any aspect of course preparation, delivery, or professional development, this Magna Online Seminar links this professional role to student achievement and success. You will take away a solid understanding of how educational development is vital in teaching and learning excellence and how it’s a discipline of supporting high quality student learning experiences.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Beyond Pedagogy: Infusing Equity into Your Syllabus, Assignments, and Course Content
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Have you integrated inclusive pedagogies into your teaching and wonder what’s next? Are you ready to be more intentional about making your assignments and course content more equity-minded? This Magna Online Seminar will identify evidence-based approaches to add equity-minded content and improve the success of minoritized students in your disciplinary and institutional context.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Seminars, Technology in Online Courses
- An Online Educator’s Guide to Using Zoom Features to Enhance Student Interactivity
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar will help you keep your online synchronous classroom from being simply lecture-based through a variety of interactive learning techniques that will keep your synchronous classroom buzzing.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Technology in the Classroom
- Harnessing the Power of Open Pedagogy and Open Syllabi to Promote Student Success
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Through the use of open pedagogy and open syllabi, instructors can empower students to play a larger role in the development and curation of learning materials for their classes. In this Magna Online Seminar, we will introduce the concepts of open pedagogy and open syllabi and discuss practical ways they have been successfully used in classroom settings with both commercial and open educational resource (OER) materials.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Backward Design: Aligning Outcomes to Activities and Assessments
- $39.00 – $697.00
- The best courses start with the end in mind. What will students learn or be able to do by the end of this class? This Magna Online Seminar helps you organize your workflow and equips you with the tools to line up your course learning elements with your student learning outcomes.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Online Student Engagement
- Increasing Student Engagement, Persistence, and Success Online Using Emotion Science
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Emotions are strongly linked to how we pay attention, focus, engage, remember, and learn. This online seminar will present practical strategies for putting the power of emotions to work in online classes to help capture and hold students’ attention, better engage students in their learning, and ultimately help them persist and succeed.
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- Leadership, Leadership, On-Demand Seminars
- Leading Change and Effective Communication: Quick Response to the Threat of Coronavirus to Support a Campus Community
- $39.00
- As COVID-19 spreads across the nation, every college and university will need a plan to respond. This online seminar will explore the approaches for preparing for the various impacts that most institutions share.
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- Leadership, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Personal and Professional Development for Academic Leaders
- Advanced Leadership Philosophies: Comparing Servant and Toxic Leadership
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar helps individuals understand more about the positive and negative sides of leadership by comparing and contrasting two types of leadership: servant leadership and toxic leadership. By knowing how to identify both servant leadership and toxic leadership actions, behaviors, and concepts, participants will be able to advance their understanding of leadership and their own leadership practice.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Maximizing Student Engagement with Course Readings
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Have you ever had difficulty getting students to complete required readings? Is it a challenge to get them to think more critically about the content? This Magna Online Seminar will introduce four methods for increasing your students’ engagement with course readings. Each method will be explored in detail, and all materials will be supplied for you to use these activities with your own classes.
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- Classroom Climate, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Trauma-Informed Pedagogy: Teaching in Uncertain Times
- $39.00
- This online seminar is designed for educators who are interested in learning about how they can teach their students despite the presence of trauma. Participants will acquire strategies they can use to help students continue their learning in the middle of this pandemic.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Using UDL to Create Effective Educational Assessments
- $39.00 – $697.00
- A tenured Universal Design for Learning (UDL) expert will discuss assessment alternatives based on UDL framework that are acceptable even in cases where instructors do not believe they have flexibility to change assessments.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Specific Student Populations
- Teaching Non-Traditional Students: An Asset-Based Approach
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This seminar helps you frame non-traditional students' life and work experiences as assets to leverage in the classroom. It explores some instructional design and delivery tactics you can use in classes that consist of mostly non-traditional students or those that have just a few.
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- Classroom Management, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Using Brief Interventions to Maximize Student Learning
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn five fundamental principles of human learning and how to incorporate these principles into your current courses to immediately increase learning.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation
- Designing Online Learning to Spark Intrinsic Motivation
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This seminar helps you engage your students so they rediscover their natural curiosity and drive to learn. Learn how to incorporate specific instructional strategies that help students align their personal goals with your course content so they can see the value in learning what you teach.
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- Department and Program Evaluation and Assessment, Faculty, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Outcomes-Based Assessment of Teaching & Learning Centers
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This seminar gives you a reliable framework for measuring tangible outcomes for your teaching and learning center and communicating these outcomes clearly to others.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Writing Better Multiple-Choice Questions
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Examine common question-writing pitfalls and learn item analysis, so you can examine the performance of your questions and determine how to refine them for next time.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Designing & Teaching a Course with a Critical Thinking Focus
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Critical thinking is a skill that students in all disciplines must master. This seminar leads educators through the process of developing and teaching a discipline-based course that targets critical thinking skills and shows participants how to effectively encourage students to think for themselves.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Course Design Strategies to Enhance Critical Thinking Skills
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn how to deliver fundamental course concepts in a way that helps develop the skills that students need in order to think like professionals in your discipline. This seminar helps you adjust your course design and components to focus on the most important materials and concepts and use them to foster engaging interactions during class.
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- Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Flex Learning: Helping Students Choose Their Path to Success
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Flex learning is the next evolution of blended learning. It enables students to learn in the way that works best for them. This seminar will show you how the flex model allows instructors to imaginatively redesign almost any course to better meet the needs of students and guide them toward greater academic success.
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- Classroom Climate, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Everybody Present: Mindfulness in the Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- With so many easy interruptions to our concentration, it's no wonder that students can find it hard to follow a classroom discussion closely. This seminar increases your awareness of the power of mindfulness techniques to enhance the teaching experience for you and the learning experience of your students.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Below the Surface: Strategies for Deep and Lasting Learning
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn how to identify and implement instructional strategies that hold students' attention, bolster retention rates, and lead to deep learning. This seminar gives you the classroom-tested strategies you need to keep your courses engaging and effective.
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- Leadership, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- How to Effectively Lead Change in Higher Education
- $39.00 – $697.00
- If you want to make things happen on your campus and help others embrace the changes, you just need to know the steps to take that help ensure success. This seminar breaks change down into a process and then gives you a road map to follow.
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- Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Best Practices in Flipped Class Design
- $39.00 – $697.00
- See how the flipped learning model can meet the challenges of today's student body. This seminar gives you the knowledge about how flipped learning works in different disciplines and the conceptual tools for constructing a flipped classroom of your own.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Student Engagement
- Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Given the increase in online teaching, instructors need to make sure online discussion is genuinely promoting student engagement and helping reach the course's learning goals. Learn to use common coaching techniques to improve the quality of your online discussion groups, keep students on task, and advance learning.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
- Online Teaching Toolkit: Evaluate & Improve Your Teaching
- $39.00 – $697.00
- It is essential that faculty understand the best practices that underlie evaluations of effective online teaching. In this seminar, learn the strategies for garnering constructive feedback, make significant changes in the way you teach based on that feedback, and take more control for the results of your evaluations.
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- Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Assessment Strategies for Flipped Learning Experiences
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Educators who want to ensure that their students are engaging fully with the course material need specialized assessment tools to evaluate their progress and make changes efficiently. This seminar aims to show educators in flipped learning classrooms the assessment options available and how to use them for the best results.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Student Engagement
- Five Tips to Engage Students Outside of the Online Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- What if you could reach beyond the confines of the online classroom to engage more fully with your students? In this seminar, explore specific activities and projects that can help your students develop a deep, rich connection to your coursework and subject matter outside of the online classroom.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Choosing and Using Group Activities in the College Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Whether you teach in a traditional classroom or use flipped instruction strategies, group work can work for you. This seminar introduces you to three different group work methodologies and helps you identify which ones are appropriate for your course, your students, and your teaching style.
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- Classroom Management, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Dealing with Student Behaviors That Compromise Learning
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Policies alone will not elicit the best work from your students. However, there are ways to help your students recognize how their behaviors affect their grades and their overall success. This seminar shows you how to adjust your teaching style and assignments to keep your students focused before, during, and after class.
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- Faculty, Faculty Support, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Personal Development
- Who Am I When I Teach? Understanding Teacher Persona
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This seminar helps you understand how your teacher persona, the classroom dynamic, professional satisfaction, and options for communication intersect to enhance the learning and teaching environment.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Refresh Your Course with Straightforward Design Changes
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn a new set of strategies to help you support a refreshed course, as well as strategies for making measurable improvements over time without adding undue burdens to your schedule.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Taming the Monster: Rethinking the Role of Content
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This seminar teaches you innovative ways to think about the content that is critical for your students to learn and remember. Explore the mission of content in the classroom and how to use it to provide high-quality instruction.
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- Faculty Support, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- The Academic Leader’s Toolkit for Evaluating Online Teaching
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This seminar explains the core teaching behaviors relevant to online teaching. Explore assessment methods and instruments to judge the quality of online teaching—even if you yourself have not taught online.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Personal Development, Student Affairs/Student Services, Student Wellbeing
- Cultivate Resilience: Six Steps for Stress Inoculation
- $39.00 – $697.00
- If student affairs professionals want to avoid burning out, they need tools for maintaining and nurturing their own mental health and balance. And these tools can, in turn, be shared to equip students to do the same. You will be trained in Dr. Kristin L. Roush's comprehensive six-step process for releasing pent-up stress. You will see how to gain a more lighthearted perspective on daily challenges. You will discover how to let go of toxic feelings that self-injure and to construct a more joyful future.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Evidence-Based Teaching in Higher Education: Strategies to Improve Student Learning
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Explore the results of research on teaching and learning and discover a range of practical strategies that can make your own teaching more evidence-based and, as a result, improve your students' ability to learn when they study.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Improve Participation in College Classrooms: How to Create a Discussion Strategy that Will Increase Student Learning and Engagement
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Gain insights into what keeps students from participating in a discussion—and how to overcome those barriers. Explore strategies you can use to better structure each discussion for increased student involvement.
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- Compliance, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Legal Issues in Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure: How Colleges and Universities Can Hire the Right Faculty and Reduce the Risk of Costly Litigation
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Explore details of the key laws that everyone handling academic personnel matters should know, as well as key strategies for hiring the right faculty from the start. Learn about best practices that can reduce the risk of costly and time-consuming litigation and disputes.
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- Compliance, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- How to Create and Run a Successful Threat Assessment Program
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Colleges are not powerless in the face of growing campus violence. Awareness, vigilance, and a proactive approach to threats can keep our communities safe.
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- Compliance, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Overcoming Implicit Bias in Higher Education
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Gain strategies you can use to recruit, hire, and sustain a more diverse team of academic faculty and staff. Learn about results from the latest research on implicit bias, and get proven strategies you can use to anticipate and reduce its effects on the three key stages of the search process: recruiting, hiring, and managing.
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- Classroom Climate, Classroom Management, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- How to Create a Transformative Learning Experience for Students by Managing Hot Moments and Difficult Discussions in the Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Gain proven strategies for managing difficult dialogue and responding to hot moments in the classroom. Learn how to prepare for a challenging discussion and make it more productive, as well as how to assess the outcomes of the experience and the impact it had on your students.
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- Compliance, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Documentation of Disability: What Is Good Practice and What Can Be Legally Required?
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn to distinguish between the two major types of accommodations, identify instances when documentation is required, and interpret the statutes and laws to guide decisions at your school.
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- Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Program Strategy
- Customized Course Review Rubrics: How to Take the Quality of Your Online Courses to the Next Level
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn who to involve in the planning, how to decide on the questions included, and the steps to creating a course review rubric that makes sense for your online programs.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- How to Design and Facilitate Online Discussions that Improve Student Learning and Engagement
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn several design and facilitation ideas to help you create a better learning experience for your students. You'll see examples of online discussion activities, including student posts and instructor feedback to those posts as well as an assessment rubric template you can use to evaluate the quality of your online discussions and help you adapt what you learn in this webinar to your own online courses.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Learning Assessment Techniques: How to Integrate New Activities that Gauge What and How Well Students Learn
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn techniques that will help improve your teaching and your students' ability to learn more effectively. Develop a framework you can use to better identify goals for your students, along with strategies to help them achieve those goals.
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- Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- The Flipped Classroom: Strategies to Overcome Student Resistance and Increase Student Engagement
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Explore strategies you can use to create a successful flipped learning experience for you and your students. Find out how to identify the reasons that some students resist the flipped classroom model and how you can address those challenges to increase the likelihood that they will come to class prepared.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars
- Teaching Critical Thinking to Students: How to Design Courses That Include Applicable Learning Experiences, Outcomes, and Assessments
- $39.00 – $697.00
- You'll learn the importance of building CT outcomes, assessments, and activities into your courses. Discover the likely misconceptions your students will have about critical thinking, what you can do to dispel them as quickly as possible, and why tying CT to a specific discipline can help students better understand the concept.
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars
- Universal Design for Learning: How to Improve Satisfaction and Retention for Students at All Learning Levels
- $39.00 – $697.00
- You'll learn how UDL helps improve the interactions you have with students and how those improvements can increase student retention, persistence, and satisfaction across all kinds of learners.
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- Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Leadership, On-Demand Seminars
- Advanced Online Seminar: Transgender Students and Creating a Safe, Inclusive, and Legally Compliant Environment
- $39.00 – $697.00
- You'll learn about the legal rights of transgender students and what your college or university must do to be in compliance. You'll learn what policies and procedures should be reviewed and, if necessary, revised to include specific protection for transgender students.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars
- Connecting with Students in Large-Section Classes
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Large classes are an unpleasant fact of life on many college campuses. The challenge of teaching hundreds of students at a time in a single, lecture-style setting can be daunting. This online seminar, presented by Dr. Anthony Sweat of Brigham Young University, will reveal practical techniques for reaching your pedagogical goals in large classes.
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- Faculty Support, Leadership, On-Demand Seminars
- How to Observe and Evaluate Online Teaching
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This program gives guidance for assessing the underlying foundation of your schools online course offerings. You will learn about the significant interactions for evaluating design and teaching in online courses.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars
- An Integrated Approach to Student Exams
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Discover simple strategies you can use every day, whether online or in the classroom, to ensure exams are not simply perceived as grade-generating mechanisms but instead recognized as enriched learning tools that will have a significant impact on student success.
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- COVID-19 Resource, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation
- Online Learning through Instructional Design
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This seminar provides you with the tools to seamlessly transition from face-to-face courses to an online learning format.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Assessment, Grading, and Feedback
- Effective Writing Assessment in the Online Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Discover a fresh look at how you can help students sharpen their writing and function at a higher level of competence in an online community of learners.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars
- Wake Them Up! Engaging Students in the 21st Century Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn strategies to help you achieve performance targets while also restoring student engagement through a variety of practical, actionable teaching techniques.
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- Classroom Climate, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Simple Strategies to Create an Inclusive Classroom for Gender Variant Students
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Gain important insights into the ways you can create a classroom environment and a pedagogical approach that are responsive to the needs of all students and that contribute to an environment of mutual esteem and respect.
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- Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Program Strategy
- Practical Strategies to Improve Student Retention in Online Courses
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn why there is an increased danger of attrition in online courses and how to address this in four key areas: course design, instructor presence, personal attention, and connectedness to the institution.
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- Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- The Technology-Free Approach to Flipping the Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Explore a variety of flipped and active learning strategies they can use in class to allow students to apply, analyze, and evaluate course content.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Aligning Student and Faculty Perceptions of Rigor
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Gain strategies to help you expand students concept and definition of learning, get students thinking about how they learn, and promote self-directed learning.
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- Institutional Culture, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Listen to the Data: Create a Data-Informed Culture
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This presentation will examine the terminology and its impact on the institution, describe the challenges and benefits of its implementation, illustrate the resources/skill-sets needed, and offer real-world examples of analyses that help to predict future student demand by identifying the data elements necessary for success.
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- Faculty Support, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Interpreting Rigor: Tools for Evaluating Faculty and Increasing Program Retention
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Teachers and students measure hard courses by different yardsticks. Program leaders need to be aware of these different perspectives in order to apply strategies that identify and address gaps to foster student success, increase program retention, and promote faculty development.
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- COVID-19 Resource, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Student Engagement
- Seven Ways to Facilitate Effective Online Discussions
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Gain a variety of strategies to create discussion board activities that your students find interesting and also strategies to effectively facilitate discussions and manage the workload related to reading and grading posts.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Facilitate Deep Learning and Student Engagement through Socratic Questioning
- $39.00 – $697.00
- You'll view and analyze effective and ineffective examples of Socratic questioning, so you can continue to support student learning through useful questioning techniques and avoid questions that stifle student inquiry and thinking.
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- Faculty Support, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- How to Create a Successful Graduate Teaching Assistant Training and Development Program
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This program offers academic leaders a flexible structure for building or strengthening their graduate teaching assistant programs from recruitment to performance feedback.
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- Classroom Management, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Student Entitlement: Truth, Fiction, or Some of Both?
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Discover what the research has documented about the extent of academic entitlement. Is it associated with certain personality characteristics? Does it result from approaches taken to parenting? Are the attitudes cultivated in earlier educational experiences? Is there widespread agreement as to what it looks like when college students are acting and sounding entitled?
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Creating Critical Thinkers in the Information Age
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn to be more mindful of how to critically access information. You will gain a toolbox of skills to apply to your own information use as well as that of your students.
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- Faculty Support, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Creating and Maintaining a Robust Faculty Mentoring Program
- $39.00 – $697.00
- You will learn how to establish and maintain a meaningful faculty mentoring program that enables your faculty to be successful as teachers, scholars, and citizens.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Incorporating 360-Degree Assessment into Your Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Discover 360-degree assessment as a multiple-input approach to feedback that can improve teaching outcomes for instructors and learning outcomes for students, maximize and enhance deep, meaningful learning, and promote achievement for both teachers and students.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Personal Development
- Create Influence Beyond Campus: Video Basics for Faculty
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn multiple ways to conceptualize video use in and out of the classroom. Explore video's role in various aspects of academic life, as well as how video can help establish your expertise and open opportunities beyond the classroom.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Building a Tougher Student: Applying the Research on Intellectual Development
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Explore how the way students think and learn has changed, as well as two research-based models and a set of strategies for using these models to build resilience and enhance critical thinking in your classroom.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Student Affairs/Student Services, Student Wellbeing, Technology in the Classroom
- Students and Social Media: How Much is Too Much?
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar will provide evidence-based, best practices and related information and insights that can be used immediately to respond more effectively and efficiently to the needs of students who are experiencing emotional and mental health challenges due to their extensive involvement with social media.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Strategies for Making Lectures More Active, Engaging, and Meaningful
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Participants will learn a series of low-risk, very easy to implement strategies, tips, and tools that they can implement to make their lectures more student-centered and engaging in order to promote higher level learning.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Creative Course Design: Yes You Can!
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Examine the value of interdisciplinary thinking to solve learning challenges, discover how to apply creative approaches to your course outcomes and assessments, and discover new excitement for teaching and collaborating within your discipline.
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- Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Strategic Planning
- The Role of the Strategic Plan in Building Faculty Development Programs
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn the steps for creating an effective and dynamic strategic plan, ways of using the strategic plan to build institutional support for faculty development programs, and methods for using the strategic plan to communicate with outside stakeholders.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Specific Student Populations
- Teaching to the Core: Ensuring the Success of Professional-Track Students
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn how to set students up for success by employing alternative lessons, using a blended and supportive curriculum, and teaching students individually. You'll review core competencies required by CODA/ACEN and explore strategies for assisting students with different learning challenges.
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Three Secrets to Building Diverse and Inclusive Online Learning Environments
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Through the strategies discussed in this Magna Online Seminar, you'll come away better prepared to increase student participation and engagement in a diverse online classroom, equipped with strategies that increase student inclusion in the online environment, and ready to create culturally responsive social presence in the online space.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Four Common Teaching Traps and How to Avoid Them
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn how to identify each of the four most common teaching problems, explore their implications, and understand warning signs and solution. Discover how to recognize misalignment, expert blind spots, content overload, and over-identification.
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- Classroom Climate, Classroom Management, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- What are Microaggressions and What Can I Do About Them?
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar offers an understanding of microaggressions in the classroom, strategies to take when they occur, and suggestions on how to create a classroom climate that limits them.
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Specific Student Populations
- Collaborative Learning Approaches that Support Neurodiverse Students
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Explore practical strategies to plan group tasks so that our neurodiverse learners can successfully contribute to collaborative learning activities.
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- Institutional Culture, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Strategies and Tactics for Institutionalizing Open Educational Resources
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Developing and implementing a strategic initiative to institutionalize the use of open educational resources (OER) does not have to be a daunting task, but can be tackled and accomplished through a series of no/low cost and easy-to-implement strategic initiatives.
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- Classroom Management, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Teaching About Religion, Faith, and Spirituality in Secular Studies Classes
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn to create classroom environments that promote academic discussions of faith as a form of personal identity, diversity, belief, motivation, culture-community, privilege, and oppression.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Hacking Multimedia for Effective Learning
- $39.00 – $697.00
- No matter your familiarity with multimedia, you will leave this Magna Online Seminar knowing how to choose and integrate media effectively into your courses.
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- Faculty Support, Leadership, On-Demand Seminars
- Developing an Effective Faculty Evaluation System
- $39.00 – $197.00
- Learn how to create a transparent evaluation process that enables fair, balanced, and important decisions about faculty job performance. This will ultimately have a positive effect on teaching, learning, and the institution as a whole.
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- Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Effective Diversity and Inclusion Strategies
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar will provide a high-level overview on effective diversity and inclusion strategies to institute organizational culture shifts.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Specific Student Populations
- Building Professionalism in Professional-track Students
- $39.00 – $697.00
- In this Magna Online Seminar, you will be able to identify what professionalism is and present various methods for teaching and evaluating professionalism on campus and in the clinical environment.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Specific Student Populations
- Understanding and Educating Generation Z Students
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar will help you understand how Generation Z is transforming your campus culture and how this generation will represent your institution as future alumni.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Course Planning by the Calendar
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn how to take a more holistic view of your courses by shifting your mindset beyond content to consider course rhythms and the natural ebbs and flows of student motivation.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Specific Student Populations
- Build International Student Success with Intercultural Awareness
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar details the three primary worldviews, cultural dimensions, and how these shape our interactions with others, in order to create a classroom that is inclusive and inviting to all.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Engage and Empower Students by Using Wikipedia
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar offers a glimpse into how Wikipedia can empower students to share their knowledge with the world around them. Through real-life strategies and helpful background information, this seminar shows you how to use a tool you already understand in a new way to increase student engagement, boost critical thinking, and improve information literacy.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Personal Development
- Talking about Student Evaluation Results: What to Say and How to Say It
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Explore ways to communicate about rating results using three scenarios based on common situations, with the goal of making the exchange a constructive conversation about teaching and learning.
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- Compliance, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Fostering Resilience in Assault Survivors
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Gain a better understanding of how victim trauma can inhibit the engagement of a person in any institutional process (including learning), how to better assist victims in regaining a sense of normalcy after an assault, and appropriate methods of fostering resilience in survivors of assault.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Grading Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity and Rigor
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Increase student motivation, produce higher-quality student work, and encourage student responsibility and academic integrity, all while making assessment less stressful for students and simplifying the grading process for themselves.
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- Classroom Climate, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Discover concrete practices you can use right away to communicate expectations clearly for student ethical conduct, which are much more effective than spending time trying to catch cheaters after the fact.
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- Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Title IX Clery and VAWA
- From Cross Examination to Safe Harbors: A New Day in Title IX Compliance
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar discusses the risk associated with legacy Title IX policies and whether institutions should consider interim changes in policies and procedures given the trend toward more due process for parties.
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- Institutional Culture, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Identifying and Eliminating Common Administrative Barriers for Transgender Students
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar empowers higher education professionals to use administrative tools and institutional resources to provide proactive, rather than simply reactive, support for transgender and gender diverse students in a collegiate setting.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Technology in the Classroom
- Student Technology Skills: Expectations vs. Reality
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar seeks to reveal the truth about students digital literacy and will examine the potential disparity between campus curriculum and employers expectations. Learn strategies for (re)implementing basic, necessary digital-literacy to help meet students learning needs without straying from your scheduled curricula.
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- COVID-19 Resource, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
- Online Engagement and Assimilation Strategies For Nontraditional and Marginalized Students
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn how to increase support for marginalized students taking online courses. The strategies and discussions presented will support diverse populations and increase positive learning outcomes in online environments.
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- COVID-19 Resource, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation
- 7 Things to Consider Before Developing an Online Course
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar gives you strategies to maximize your planning and design timeframe—all leading to a more efficient course (i.e. less stress for you when you're teaching) and a better experience for your students.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Effective Assessment Strategies for Large Classes
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Discover ideas that you will be able to incorporate almost immediately from an educator who has successfully implemented meaningful feedback and effective grading approaches in large-section classes.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Specific Student Populations
- Motivating and Engaging Generation Z Learners
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar will help you motivate, engage, and connect with the students and learners that inhabit the environments in which you teach and lead.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Specific Student Populations
- Reaching Neurodiverse Students: Course Creation Strategies
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Discover that neurodiverse differences often are not openly declared and might be hard to recognize in individuals in a classroom of students. Explore the common barriers to learning experienced by neurodiverse students and learn strategies to build content and environments that support breaking down those barriers and improving learning for all students.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Strategies for Enhancing Engagement and Collaboration in Large Online Courses
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Explore essential topics including strategies for building a cohesive online learning community, increasing faculty online presence, and getting students actively engaged in learning. This Magna Online Seminar will also address technology for online communication, collaboration, and engagement.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Energize Your Lectures to Help Students Meaningfully Engage with Your Subject
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Gain insight into your possible teaching blind spots, learn the power of using concrete examples to help students grasp abstract concepts, explore the wide variety of example types that can be used in teaching, and learn the most effective pacing of examples in a course.
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- Classroom Management, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Foster Creative and Critical Thinking Through Intrinsic Motivation
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar will provide a variety of highly motivating learning design strategies that foster both creative and critical thinking.
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- Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Time Management for Faculty and Students in Flipped Learning Environments
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar will help you with time management before your course starts and as you teach. Discover how to use time wisely during the class meeting in order to tap into the maximum benefits of active learning.
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- Department and Program Evaluation and Assessment, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Moving Beyond Data Collection to Meaningful Quality Assurance and Curriculum Improvement: The Future of Curriculum Mapping
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar demonstrates how to plan and develop a Curriculum Dashboard for institutional data reporting and how to create an ever-evolving systems approach and getting cross-department buy-in.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Engage Early, Build Trust, and Gain Student Retention and Success
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar explores swift trust, its benefits, and methods of building it within any course (face-to-face and online).
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- Classroom Climate, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Facilitating Success: A Guide to Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Understand the prevalence of unrecognized trauma in the general population and in the educational setting, learn to identify common characteristics of trauma, be able to recognize how maladaptive behaviors serve as coping skills in trauma survivors, learn the six principles for creating a trauma sensitive classroom, and strategies to evolve the learning environment and avoid re-traumatization.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- How to Improve Academic Lectures with TED Talk Principles: Connect, Convey, Communicate
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty who struggle with engaging content delivery, this Magna Online Seminar gives specific, practical steps to add enthusiasm and excitement to lectures and presentations.
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- COVID-19 Resource, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Student Engagement
- 7 Indispensable Strategies to Build Community in Your Online Courses
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Discover a variety of strategies to utilize to build and maintain a sense of community in online courses and create a better course experience for both student and instructor.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Getting Started with Backward Design: Meaningful and Measurable Learning Outcomes
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar discusses the purpose and best practices of course outcome design while identifying and refining the course outcomes in your own program, course, or unit.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Preparing Students for Thoughtful, Ethical Decision Making
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar addresses ways faculty can provide students with skills to identify and contend with ethical matters in specific disciplines and professions, civic life, and as part of the educational process (including academic integrity and interpersonal interactions).
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- Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Program Strategy
- Collaborative Design for Online Introductory Courses: How to Maximize Time and Resources
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar highlights a model for department-wide, collaborative online course design that is particularly relevant for introductory or general studies courses.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Grade Less, Teach Less, Learn More
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar presents a framework of expert-level teaching practices, all backed by the science of how our brains learn. Adopting three elements of a constructivist teaching approach can help to make learners more active, curious, and engaged, all while reducing your workload as an instructor.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Student Engagement
- Online Learning That Sticks: Strategies to Shift to Student-Centered Learning
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar invites you to peek behind the classroom doors and LMS screen of college and university instructors who win national teaching awards to find out what they do that is so different.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Increase Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Visual Literacy with Graphic Novels
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Discover how changing instruction from using traditional text to adding graphic novel(s) can open communication with different student groups and also develop skills, such as visual literacy, in all students.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation
- Applying Andragogy to Online Course Design to Increase Student Engagement and Success
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar will provide strategies to apply adult learner principles in online courses to enable high expectations and promote student success across diverse adult learners.
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- Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Program Strategy
- Online Program Design Strategies to Increase Program Graduation Rates
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar builds upon information presented in Online Course Design Strategies to Increase Student Completion Rates and extends this challenge to the program level.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation
- Online Course Design Strategies to Increase Student Completion Rates
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This seminar offers practical course design strategies to facilitate equitable learning opportunities for all learners by leveraging transparent design and Universal Design for Learning principles.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- How to Use Interactive Lecturing as Pedagogy of Engagement
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar will detail interactive lecturing, a model for combining lectures and active learning techniques in a way that can engage students and improve their learning.
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- COVID-19 Resource, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Student Engagement
- 8 Small Teaching Strategies that Deliver Big Results to Engage Online Students and Improve Learning
- $39.00 – $697.00
- In this Magna Online Seminar, explore practical, evidence-based changes you can make in your online teaching practice, which result in significant gains in student engagement and learning.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Course Design for Faculty: Instructional Design Basics
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar is perfect for those of you who are just a little lost, a little confused, or really want a glimpse of course planning with a real-life instructional designer. This seminar will focus on the prep work that happens before the syllabus is given to students.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Specific Student Populations
- Practical Ways to Support First-Generation College Students in the College Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- In this Magna Online Seminar, you will learn about the challenges that exist for first-generation college students and the support structures that can help them succeed.
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- Leadership, On-Demand Seminars, Personal and Professional Development for Academic Leaders
- Understanding Negative and Toxic Leadership and How to Overcome It
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For leaders and aspiring leaders who want to grow in their position and help others do the same, this Magna Online Seminar examines the negative or toxic attributes of leadership and will help you avoid these traits through a lens of what not to do.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars
- Teaching Underprepared Students to Take Control of Their Learning by Developing Metacognitive Skills
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty faced with an increasing number of underprepared students, this Magna Online Seminar helps them purposefully instill and foster metacognition and self-regulation in students through research-based strategies.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Technology in the Classroom
- Understanding Open Educational Resources (OER): A Powerful Solution for Both Faculty and Students
- $39.00 – $697.00
- In this online seminar, we'll examine the research on Open Educational Resources (OER) usage in collegiate classes and their impact on student retention and success.
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- Institutional Culture, Leadership, On-Demand Seminars
- Designing Learning Spaces for Optimal Student Engagement
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For faculty and facility planners who desire an active, engaged classroom that simulates workplace collaborative spaces, this Magna Online Seminar shows a transformed classroom, that by design, encourages collaboration, group work, and active learning, all while preparing students for their future workplace.
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars
- Hidden Disabilities: Navigating the Need for Disability Support on Campus
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Cognitive disabilities are often hidden—if not disclosed by the student, then an educator may not be aware of the barriers to learning that exist. This online seminar addresses some of the most common eligible accommodations to assist students with disabilities and how to use these accommodations in the classroom.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars
- Assessment Strategies for Mastery Learning in Large Session Classes
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For educators teaching large-session classes who are interested in implementing mastery learning but feel restricted by the instructor/student ratio, this online seminar offers strategies to implement mastery learning assessments in large enrollment classes.
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- Classroom Climate, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars
- Using Humor to Engage Students in the Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- For teaching professors who are faced with student apathy or lack of engagement, this online seminar provides a strategy based on humor that not only increases student engagement, but also contributes to students' improved recall, comprehension, and satisfaction.
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- Institutional Culture, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Student Affairs/Student Services, Student Development, Supporting Special Populations
- The 10 Myths of Social Justice
- $39.00 – $197.00
- Making things right is important. On a college campus, there's no better place to start than the Student Affairs department. As the focus of some of our most important discussions regarding social justice, SA is where we need to begin to paint a true picture of the concept. We'll help bring clarity to social justice discussions on your campus and help you assess your own institution in terms of cultural competence and community-building.
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- Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Student Support
- How to Facilitate Social Justice Exercises and Programs
- $39.00 – $197.00
- More and more student affairs professionals today are being asked to facilitate training sessions on social justice-related issues due to growing interest in the areas of diversity and inclusion. This facilitation can be challenging, given the sensitive nature of the topic and how quickly this field is evolving. Our experienced trainers provide you with a broader understanding of how to create and facilitate successful workshops.
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- Institutional Culture, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Student Affairs/Student Services, Supporting Special Populations
- Reframing Resistance to Achieve Cultural Change
- $39.00 – $197.00
- Resistance doesnt have to derail your work. You can learn to reframe the resistance you encounter and use it to fuel your efforts. By shifting your perspective and embracing resistance as part of the change process, it can become a tool instead of an obstacle to your goals. Learn how to harness the power of resistance from two national change-management experts with this seminar.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Student Affairs/Student Services, Student Development, Student Wellbeing
- How to Help Students Build Resiliency & Overcome Their Obstacles
- $39.00 – $197.00
- Every year, residential life staff and student affairs counselors see an increasing number of students enter college with some type of psychological problem or mental illness. They are presented with reams of data and survey results highlighting the increased risk and problems this generation of students has to face when going to school.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Competency-Based Education at Community Colleges
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn more about what Competency-Based Education (CBE) is, what it can do for you and your students, and how to implement it at your institution.
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- Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Recruiting a Racially Diverse, Culturally Competent Faculty
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Faculty members possessing multicultural competence are best able to teach, advise, and mentor school populations with increased racial diversity. We deliver clear-cut strategies you can use to increase the racial diversity of final applicant pools as you approach the crucial task of hiring new faculty members.
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- Faculty Support, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- How to Evaluate the Impact of Faculty Development Programs
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Ineffective faculty development programs are a big waste of time and money. We'll show you how to create a feasible plan for measuring the success of your faculty development efforts. We also share best practices that can be used to judge your existing programs and help you plan for needed improvements.
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- Faculty Support, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Faculty Evaluation and Review: Guidelines for Getting it Right
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Discrimination, litigation, and accusations—faculty evaluations can have negative consequences when conducted incorrectly. For deans and department chairs, developing a good faculty evaluation process is crucial to the health of the department and college as a whole. Take steps to ensure you get it right, because well-conducted evaluations don't just avoid problems—they inspire individual faculty and elevate entire departments.
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- Leadership, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Leading Change: A Framework for Department Chairs
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Colleges and universities are confronting the need to change. That makes this the perfect time to implement innovations to improve your department, help students succeed, and promote the public good. Learn a conceptual approach that will help you stop reacting to change—and start leading it.
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- Faculty Support, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Using Motivational Interviewing to Engage & Motivate Faculty
- $39.00 – $697.00
- This seminar employs several exercises and demonstrations so that you can see how motivational interviewing works.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- What to Teach When There Isn’t Time to Teach Everything
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Get advice on what to include, and what you can safely disregard, as you write your syllabi and plan your busy semesters.
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- Department and Program Evaluation and Assessment, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- Connect Learning Across Courses with Curriculum Mapping
- $39.00 – $697.00
- More and more schools are turning to curriculum mapping. Curriculum maps can enhance your programming and engage your faculty while standing up to increased oversight of by accrediting agencies, funders, students, and employers. We help you get started with curriculum mapping and help you improve the overall educational program at your school.
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- Faculty Support, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- 23 Practical Strategies to Help New Faculty Thrive
- $39.00 – $697.00
- It's not surprising that many new faculty members struggle when they are first asked to lead their own classes. Bad habits picked up early in a teaching career can become self-defeating in the long term. Drawing upon our presenter's 15 years of teaching and mentoring experience, we offer compelling and realistic advice on day-to-day teaching and improving student learning to guide new faculty members around predictable pitfalls and set them on the path to a rewarding teaching career.
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- Compliance, Leadership, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Managing Student Discipline Issues Legally and Effectively
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Whether you're concerned about cheating or legal rights and responsibilities, a proactive approach helps stop problems before they start. We show you how preparation makes the difference in classroom management.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Specific Student Populations
- Tools and Techniques for Improving Course Accessibility
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Research suggests that at-risk learners often benefit from reading—as well as listening to—lectures and presentations. The technology already exists. We show you various activities to help you understand the benefits and applications of transcription technology.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Specific Student Populations
- Four Strategies to Engage the Multicultural Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Diversity is the name of the game in higher education today, but facilitating a genuinely multicultural classroom requires more than a fresh set of labels. Learn the four key points of entry into multicultural course design. You will be guided through a framework for creating and sustaining an inclusive classroom.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Personal Development
- Nine Essential Traits of the Effective Professor
- $39.00 – $697.00
- We explain not only what today's students believe are the most essential qualities for effective teaching, but also prepare you to make simple and sometimes subtle changes to incorporate or develop practices and traits that resonate with students and yield improved academic outcomes.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Personal Development
- Considering the Courage and Practice of Teaching
- $39.00 – $197.00
- Parker Palmer, PhD, and Maryellen Weimer, PhD, talk about the underpinnings of their approaches to their work as teachers. They discuss the critical role of self-knowledge as a precursor to your work with students, as well as why it is the key to growth and development as teachers.
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- Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- The Flipped Approach to a Learner-Centered Class
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn the skills needed to become more learner-centered and flip your classroom.
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Universal Design: Five Steps to Make Your Course Accessible
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Accessibility is not just about disability. It is about increasing learning for all students. Ultimately, it is about student success. Most instructors can improve access to their curricula simply by examining their assumptions and making slight modifications to methods and practices. Learn how in this online seminar.
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- Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Assessment Strategies for the Flipped Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Flipped classes are popular because they can be very effective learning environments. Instructors using flipped lessons must be careful to plan and structure the environment to support student learning. It is critical to integrate and relate the learning outcomes, activities, and assessment strategies to ensure that pre-class work supports the in-class work. This seminar gives you assessment strategies.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Why Students Cheat and What We Can Do About It
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Discover what you need to do to reframe your attitudes about and revise your approach to academic dishonesty in this seminar.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Helping Introverts Thrive in an Active Learning Classroom
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn a developmental approach to active learning that will help you create a comfortable environment for introverts and extroverts alike.
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- Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- The Flipped Approach to Online Teaching and Learning
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Learn how to flip your online courses by analyzing models for the flipped class and exploring how to expand and adapt these definitions to include online learning environments.
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- Classroom Management, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Team-Based Learning: Strategies for Getting Started
- $39.00 – $697.00
- Team-Based Learning, or TBL, helps students develop a deep and enduring understanding of course content. Using these methods, you'll be able to move beyond covering content to helping students use course concepts to solve interesting, significant problems.
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