1-week On-demand Individual Access
Nichole Barta is the director for the Center of Teaching and Advising and an associate professor in the Kinesiology & Sport Management Department at Gonzaga University. She collaborates with faculty to integrate the university’s mission and evidence-based practices into their course design and instruction. As a former kinesiology program director, Barta led efforts to redesign the curriculum to align with professional organizational standards, providing students with expanded post-graduation opportunities. Barta holds an MEd in curriculum and instruction with a concentration in teaching and learning, an EdD in doctoral studies in education, and a Program Administration Certificate from Seattle Pacific University.
Last Updated: 7-31-2023
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can I Create Assessments to Effectively Measure Student Learning?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- Gain practical skills in implementing strategies and utilizing tools to assess student achievement, enhance teaching effectiveness, and better support student success.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Technology in Online Courses, Technology in the Classroom
How Do I Start Using Virtual Reality as a Tool for Instruction?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- Getting started with Virtual Reality (VR) can be daunting. This program provides the fundamentals of what is needed and properly planning for those needs to make VR implementation seamless.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Technology in Online Courses, Technology in the Classroom
How Can I Use Virtual Reality to Impact Classroom Learning?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- Learn how Virtual Reality (VR) can be effectively implemented into your instruction to best impact areas such as engagement, communication, collaboration, hands-on skills, and digital literacy skills.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Technology in Online Courses, Technology in the Classroom
How Can I Apply Virtual Reality to Create Meaningful Assignments and Assessments?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- Learning best practices for integrating virtual reality (VR) can help guide faculty when creating assignments and assessments that incorporate VR, 3D, and 360 content. This 20-Minute Mentor focuses on the assessment and course design aspects of VR and provides numerous evidence-based practices when creating assignments and assessments to most effectively impact student learning outcomes.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can I Intentionally Create a Course that Boosts Learning and Decreases Student Stress?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- By making slight tweaks to course design, teaching faculty can make meaningful strides in relieving student mental health concerns and stress, as well as increasing learning and retention. This 20-Minute Mentor provides concrete examples to show you how!
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty Support, Leadership, Magna All Access
How Can Faculty Development Increase Faculty Engagement?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- Learn how to be cognizant of the degrees of motivation and dissatisfaction felt by faculty, and how to positively implement initiatives that will increase engagement through two classic models.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty Support, Institutional Culture, Leadership, Magna All Access, Strategic Planning, Student Support
How Can Shifting from Symptoms Thinking to Systems Thinking Make Your Campus Healthier?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- Learn how to address sources of stress in the workplace and implement changes to mitigate them while also better connecting wellness initiatives to increase likelihood of success.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty Support, Leadership, Magna All Access
How Can Systems Thinking Strengthen Faculty Development?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- Learn how to incorporate Systems Thinking into your faculty development initiatives to improve workplace culture, processes, and systemic change.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, Teaching Strategies
How Can I Use the Discussion Board to Stimulate Engagement and Build Confidence for First-Year Students?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- Learn how to implement an innovative strategy to increase student engagement, boost student confidence, improve assignment quality, and support student success for First-Year Students.
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- Course Delivery and Instruction, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
How We Can Help Our Students Become Better Critical Thinkers, and Why It Matters
- $39.00 – $299.00
- Learn several easy-to-implement strategies to teach students critical thinking skills, which will not only impact their college success, but also their future.
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- Faculty Support, Institutional Culture, Leadership, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars, Student Support
Applying the Surgeon General’s Model for Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing to Higher Education
- $39.00 – $299.00
- Using the Surgeon General's Model for Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing, your expert presenters provide direct attention toward the causes of stress and burnout and demonstrate how to initiate meaningful change on your campus.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, Teaching Strategies
How Can I Introduce Creativity to My Classes to Build Connection with Students?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- Learn new ways of developing lesson plans that help you better connect with your students and ultimately help your students succeed.
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