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Adabtable Course Design Committee

Adaptable Course Design Community (AC⚡DC)

Flexibility is key to student success - design courses that adapt to your needs and student needs

Adaptable Course Design is one of the projects that stemmed from Butte's Quality Focused Essay (QFE). The project overview is found on the Adaptable Course Design page.

Resources for Adaptable Course Design can be found on the Resources page; examples of how these can be applied is on the faculty examples page.

AC⚡DC Presents Spring Festival 🌷information and times.


Join the Community

In an effort to be more adaptable, we will be building an asyncrhonous community! Join the AC⚡DC Community on Teams using the code: 3gbfyg6.  If you have trouble getting onto the site, contact Suzanne Wakim.

Community Council

  • Lisa Christiansen
  • Mandeep Grewal
  • Leslie Henson
  • Julie Jenks
  • Melody Schmid
  • Suzanne Wakim

AC⚡DC Jam Session

👀 Watch this space for more information about the Jam Session in Fall 2024. If you would like direct messages about the Jam Sessessions, please email Suzanne Wakim


2021 - 2023 Community Work

Meetings

Meetings notes are recorded in an ongoing meeting notes document

Committee Members:

  • Stacy Bearden
  • April Browne
  • Jennifer Charles-Tollerup
  • Lisa Christiansen
  • Madeline Christopher
  • John Dalgren
  • Maggie Dorsett
  • Irma Gonzalez-Cuadros
  • Mandeep Grewal
  • Julie Jenks
  • Susan Krug
  • Travon Robinson
  • Melody Schmid
  • Heather Springer
  • Suzanne Wakim
  • Teresa Ward
  • Robert Withrow-Clark

Actions Taken

Fall 2023

  • 40 faculty completed the Humanizing Online Teaching Academy

Spring 2023

  • Continued Learning Group
  • Continued building website and Canvas resources
  • Spring Festival - Training on Adaptive Course Design; 4 sessions over 2 Fridays in April - 15 faculty attended the workshops with most faculty attending more than one workshop.
  • Monthly "Jam Sessions" to discuss Course Design - approximately 7 faculty attended each month.
  • Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practices Grants to bring "Humanizing Online Teaching" and "Liquid Syllabus Community of Practice" to Butte

Fall 2022

  • Added AC⚡DC notation to Flex calendar
  • Began Group - 4 faculty are participating in the learning group.
  • Continued building website and Canvas resources

Spring 2022

  • Spring Festival - Training on Adaptive Course Design; 4 sessions over 2 Fridays in April - 22 faculty attended the workshops with most faculty attending more than one workshop.
  • Survey sent to all faculty
  • Survey results

Fall 2021

  • Committee participants and collaborative partners identified
  • Flex workshops developed
  • Survey Designed
  • Continued to develp the list of frameworks to include in the project
  • Initial projects identified: Canvas course, workshop series, learning groups.
  • Webpage develoment begins

Spring 2021

  • Initial planning and development of the Quality Focused Essay
  • Flex Workshop to present project and identify interested participants

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