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Jill Purdy, EdD is an associate professor at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, PA. She also serves as the chair of Education Department and director of Graduate Program. Purdy teaches both undergraduate and graduate level courses on reading and ESL instruction, technology, and community partnerships. She has presented at several Teaching Professor and Teaching with Technology Conferences on online course design and student engagement. Other research interests include diversity education and literacy pedagogy. Purdy provides professional development for local school districts. Prior to working in higher education, she taught 8th grade reading, English, and social studies for over 15 years.
Last Updated: 01-19-2020
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, Magna All Access, Personal Development, Teaching Strategies
How Can You Become More Intentional About Culturally Responsive Teaching?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty desiring to improve student success by creating a more student-focused approach to teaching, this 20-Minute Mentor delivers strategies that address diversity through the adaptation of content, instruction, and materials of Culturally Responsive Teaching and its link to student success.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can I Create Authentic Engagement Through Feedback Dialogue?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty whose students are not applying feedback beyond a specific assignment, this 20-Minute Mentor shows how by creating a dialogue around feedback, students will learn not only what needs correcting in a specific assignment, but how to apply this learning to future assignment as well. Learn how to combine feedback with student engagement to create meaningful learning.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Personal Development
How Can I Apply a Resilient Mindset to My Teaching Practice?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty experiencing burnout from tough pandemic teaching conditions, this 20-Minute Mentor shows you how one educator embraced resiliency to create a positive outlook in a difficult time.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
What Did We Learn from Pandemic Teaching and What Are We Keeping as We Move On?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- While hard to realize, the pandemic was a time of instructional learning and growth. This 20-Minute Mentor guides faculty in choosing the best improvements to keep as you move on to classroom teaching.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Blended and Flipped Learning, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
How Can I Teach with Confidence in the Hyflex Classroom?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty who must teach hyflex sessions, this 20-Minute Mentor delivers specific and creative engagement tactics to enhance engagement in each setting to bring the entire class together in achieving academic success.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
What Are the Benefits—and Challenges—of Hyflex Instruction?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty who feel overwhelmed with hyflex instruction, this 20-Minute Mentor shows how the benefits of hyflex teaching outweigh the challenges for both teachers and students alike while delivering time saving successful strategies to employ.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
What Are Best Practices for Hyflex Course Design and Delivery?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty not understanding or being overwhelmed with hyflex instruction, this 20-Minute Mentor provides clarity on steps to take in both planning and instructing a hyflex course as well as successful tips for engaging students in hyflex learning.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, Student Engagement
How Can I Create an Engaging, Student-Focused Syllabus?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty whose syllabi are often unread by students, leading to confusion and even misinformation later in the course, this 20-Minute Mentor shows how to make a visually appealing syllabus that quickly communicates crucial course details to students in an engaging way.
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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 – $799.00
- This Magna Online Seminar provides a five-point framework to establish inclusive teaching practices and expand faculty’s inclusivity mindset.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can I Use Everyday Interactions to Instill a Growth Mindset in Students?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- This 20-Minute Mentor delivers practical advice from an experienced educator who has learned to change her communication with students in order to build small moments of opportunity for shifting from a fixed to a growth mindset.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
What Are Best Practices for Online Pedagogy?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty who are looking to improve or are just not conversant with online teaching, this 20-Minute Mentor establishes the overall goal of virtual instruction while providing clear, practical, and proven online learning best practices.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
What’s Different About Teaching Online, and How Do I Change So My Students Succeed?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- This 20-Minute Mentor provides a clear distinction between online learning and face to face learning differentiating best practices and course design for more effective instruction.
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Seminars
Understanding Racial Justice Through Food Studies
- $39.00 – $799.00
- 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 – $799.00
- 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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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can I Grade in Less Time with Greater Impact?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For faculty who want to improve student feedback while not adding to their grading workload, this 20-Minute Mentor provides expert guidance to creating better opportunities for your students while being more efficient with your grading.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Seminars
Implementing Mindful Online Teaching Using Zoom
- $39.00 – $799.00
- 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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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Design and Preparation, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can I Build an Antiracist Syllabus?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- For educators who are looking for ways to close the gaps between privileged and minoritized students, this 20-Minute Mentor demonstrates how to improve the success of minoritized students through implementing an antiracist syllabus.
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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 – $799.00
- 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 – $799.00
- 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 – $799.00
- 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 – $799.00
- 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 – $799.00
- 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 – $799.00
- 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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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
How Can I Redesign a Classroom Assignment for Online Teaching?
- $39.00 – $499.00
- This 20-Minute Mentor focuses on the instructional considerations necessary for supporting student learning online and the numerous factors for achieving online student success.
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