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Dr. Shelley Rodrigo, University of Arizona

Take a journey and explore innovative teaching ideas with Dr. Shelley Rodrigo. Dr. Rodrigo will show you how to create a hands-on learning experience that can also be adapted into a “digital” learning opportunity.

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John Gibson

Open Educational Resources (OER) are changing the way we teach and the way students learn. We will look at those changes and many others that come from pushing the envelope of what we call “Education.”

Dr. Jennifer Lane

The MILRF is a fellowship for residential faculty in any discipline who are interested in examining significant issues in their teaching fields and contributing to the scholarship of teaching and learning through classroom research projects. Join Dr. Lane as she shares her experience with MILRF and her research project on service learning with developmental Ed students.

Rachelle Hall

Mock Interviews are an excellent way to give students an experience that will benefit them in a variety of ways.  Join us to discover how the use of these interviews can benefit both the student and the class in general.

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Kurt Marley

What could you do if you had a high tech classroom? Join Kurt as he gives a quick overview of setting up the Robinson Room for student competitions: Laptops, Software Installation, Loading Materials, Cables, Dry Runs, Results.

Beth Eyres

This session will take attendees through a first-day-of-class simulation that sets up a theme and teams. We’ll brainstorm themes and gamification ideas, and see feedback from students who recently finished a course employing a theme and gamification.

Michelle Blomberg

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) courses have been among the top innovations in education lately. Join Michelle as she shares how and why we need to add Art + Design to the equation to transform STEM into STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) to strengthen educational experiences for all students.

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Ruth Callahan

The Maricopa Community Colleges offers faculty-led study abroad programs that allow students to earn credit abroad through Maricopa while experiencing other cultures and languages. Join Ruth as she shares her experience teaching Holocaust studies in Prague, Czech Republic.

Safiya O’Brien

The Maricopa Excellence in Teaching program, formerly the Arizona Master Teacher Seminar (AZMT), is a year-long experience that includes 4 days of engaging discussions and exchanges of learning, teaching, and philosophy in Prescott, Arizona in May. Come and explore the MET program and what it entails with our own Adjunct Faculty Representative, Safiya O’Brien.

Rachelle Hall

Mock Interviews are an excellent way to get students experience that spans a variety of uses.  Join us to discover how the use of these interviews can benefit both the student and the class in general.

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Mark Baldwin

Office 365 is available to students and faculty at MCCCD, opening up a world of high end documents and presentations. This workshop explores how Windows 10 and Office 365 can impact your instruction.

Todd Conaway, Yavapai College

What professional development looks like is changing. We can learn more from each other than from any set of traditional workshops. Join Todd as he discusses three professional development opportunities they’ve had great success with at Yavapai College where faculty are blogging, sharing best practices videos and opening the doors on their awesome courses.

Michelle Petry, Elizabeth Saliba and Sean O’Brien

GCC Librarians will lead a hands-on session geared toward practical course design using engaging content available from the Library’s rich digital resources. Faculty will have an opportunity to practice locating and integrating content into Canvas pages for both online and in-person courses.

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Chris Monaco

We hear those four letters thrown out so much that we may not fully realize what they mean.  Find out from an expert what ADHD is and how it affects the students we teach.

Carolyn Miller, Paradise Valley Community College

Teaching in the 21st Century requires a new set of skills, especially if your courses have any online presence. Explore samples of two classes that are designed as a model for good course design and get some tips for how you can design your course better.

Jennifer Toole

Did you know that GCC’s computers have a self service folder? Did you know that you can update your flash, java and browsers without ever calling the helpdesk? Learn about the new features that OIT has made available to both the Mac and Windows computers across campus.

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Chris Monaco

Get expert advice on supporting students with ADHD in the classroom.

Mark Baldwin

The ways that we can communicate with technology vary, but we will sort through the options to see which tools could work the best for your situation while protecting you and your students’ online safety.

Cheryl Colan

This presentation will cover basic videoblogging tools and workflow for students and faculty, how to help students develop focused content, and ways you enrich your students’ learning experience with  videoblogging in the classroom.