MAGNA ONLINE SEMINAR
1-month On-demand Institutional Access
Courtney Plotts, PhD, is a dynamic keynote speaker, author, and professor. Plotts is the national chair of the Council For At Risk Student Education and Professional Standards, the country's only organization that provides standards for working with marginalized and nontraditional students in kindergarten through college. Her role as national chair includes training, consulting, and research. Her subject matter expertise has been used in a variety of books, most recently Small Teaching Online by Flower Darby with James M. Lang (2019). Plotts was recognized in 2017 by the California State Legislature for a bold commitment to change in education.
Plotts holds a PhD and MA in psychology from Northcentral University and MA in education (curriculum and instruction) from the University of Phoenix.
Last Updated: 06-08-2020
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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
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- 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 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
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- 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, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, 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
- Only a few months ago, educators across the world were plunged into the world of distance learning with very little and often no training whatsoever. As teachers and administrators prepare for the Fall 2020 semester, 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
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- 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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- Compliance, Leadership, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
- The Final Title IX Regulations: How to Comply
- $39.00 – $697.00
- With the changes to Title IX regulations and requirements now released, this seminar will review the new provisions from the U.S. Department of Education and recommend how your institution should respond. An expert will provide clarity on the new requirements and the impact on policies and procedures, structure, and campus culture.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Online Student Engagement
- Increasing Student Engagement, Persistence, and Success Online Using Emotion Science
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- 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
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- 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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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Seminars
- Overcoming STEM Challenges When Designing Curriculum and Online Delivery
- $39.00 – $697.00
- It’s quite evident that improving retention and degree completion are complex tasks that involve the entire university structure. STEM education adds a layer of complexity that can be challenging when curriculum design and delivery modalities are changing toward an online system. This Magna Online Seminar will provide actionable advice on how to meet students’ interest in flexible learning options without compromising course quality or students’ achievement of mastering learning objectives.
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