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MPC Fall 2021 Flex Days
- Fall 2021 Flex Day Schedule, Day 1 Tuesday, August 10, 2021
- Fall 2021 Flex Day Schedule, Day 2, Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Tuesday August 10th Flex Session Recordings:
- Welcome and Introduction of New Employees
- Keynote Address: Bystander Intervention, Bias Mitigation & Building Trust
- Using Learning Assessment to Improve Student Learning, Equity, and Achievement
- Presidents' Addresses: ASMPC, CSEA, MPCTA, Academic Senate, and Superintendent/President
- Cultivating Community in Online Classes (and face-to-face too!)
Wednesday August 11th Flex Session Recordings:
- Practical Strategies for Improving Student Academic Success
- Winning at Math: Lessons from Research on Learning to Improve Teaching
- Rigor Through Empathy
- Wildfire Smoke Safety Plan
- Physiology of Reading and Memory
- Introducing MPC's Data Superheroes!
- Prop 58 has passed! Now what?
MPC Spring 2021 Flex Days
- Flex Schedule: Wednesday, January 20
- Flex Schedule: Thursday, January 21
Wednesday, January 20th Flex Session Recordings:
- Welcome and Introduction of New Employees
- Self Care 101
- CSEA Training- Covid 19 Wellness
- Canvas Fundamentals
- Academic Senate President- presentation slides
- MPCTA President- presentation slides
- Lecture and Q&A on California Chicano/a History
- "Safe Zone/Safe Spaces" Training
- Zoom Basics
- Real Talk: Equity and Undocumented Students (slides)
- How to Get Your Canvas Course Ready: Spring Edition
- Building a Transfer Culture Community at MPC
- Discussing Spanish Language Support for our Students
- Cool Canvas Courses (slides)
- CSEA Training: Conflict Resolution
- Student Attention Span: The X Factor
- Basic Needs Resources and Student Wellness Services
- Relaxation: Guided Meditation and Chair Yoga
- Vice Presidents' Highlights
- Bringing Community into the Classroom
- Student Rights and Responsibilities/Student Conduct in an Online Learning Environment
- CSEA Training: Managing Your Money
- Assessment in the Age of a Pandemic
- New and Improved HSI
- Examining Institutional Racism: Growing Equity-Mindedness at MPC
- Engaging Opposition in Times of Great Change
Asynchronous Online Learning Material:
- Keynote Address: Webinar
- Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
- Learning Canvas Studio with Frank Silva - a tool that allows instructors and students to actively collaborate through audio and video.
- TurnItIn SimCheck Learn about using this originality checker to help students learn about (and avoid!) plagiarism.
- Regular and Effective Contact Learn key ways to keep in touch with your online students to improve student retention + equity.
- Becoming An Effective Online Teacher - This self-paced online course describes key online teaching skills.
- Self-Paced Design to Align - Do you need to get an online course developed fast? Fill out a Help Desk ticket, ask for a Canvas Shell with the D2A Template and follow this course to create an online course that is aligned with the MPC Rubric.
- Quick Course Design Tips and Accessibility Want to make sure your course flows? Want to make your course accessible? This is for you.
- What’s new in Canvas & Tech Tools All levels welcome to explore!