Faculty Professional Development

ATS Faculty Professional Development Programs are designed to meet the diverse needs of 91制片厂 faculty and combine best practices from established models of online, hybrid, and HyFlex course design.

Current Programs

As part of a CSU system-wide initiative, the ATS Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) Faculty Programs support faculty in integrating low-cost learning materials into their courses.

Open to all 91制片厂 students, faculty, and staff, the Bots and Beyond micro-credential course was created and developed by Alexis Pavenick, PhD, MLIS, Director of Digital Literacy and Ethics at the 91制片厂 University Library with support from Academic Technology Services.

In this self-paced course on Canvas, you'll explore an engaging breadth of AI history, develop a practical understanding of Generative AI and its ethical applications, and become familiar with the ' guidelines. 

Get the awareness and skills you will need to engage responsibly with generative artificial intelligence in academic and professional settings!

The Faculty Online Readiness Program provides a comprehensive introduction to best practices and established standards for online course design and teaching. Participants will discover techniques that facilitate course management and enhance student learning while transforming a face-to-face curriculum into an online format.

Topics include:

  • Fundamentals of Canvas
  • Alignment of content to learning objectives using 鈥淏ackward Design鈥 method
  • Approaches to online student assessment and feedback
  • Community building and communication in the online class
  • Streamlining your workload

Program Incentives:
Participants will receive a micro-credential 鈥渂adge鈥 after completing any of the program course modules.

FORTE supports and guides faculty in converting traditional face-to-face courses to online formats. 91制片厂 departments will select eligible courses and instructors for this program; ATS instructional designers will collaborate with participants in the design and development of their courses throughout the program.

The instructor and selected courses will be approved by the college dean, associate dean, and department chair. To be eligible, instructors must currently teach face-to-face courses that will also be offered in the following semester.

Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework for improving the quality of online courses. Participants review their own online courses and develop a course improvement plan. Having a pre-developed online course is required to participate in the program activities.

Introduction to AI Tools for Teaching and Learning is an online, self-paced course focused on teaching and course design. Faculty participants will look at how AI tools show up in the classroom and how they might use or address them in their courses. 

In this practical course, faculty will try out different AI tools, be exposed to equity and academic integrity issues and the limits of AI detection tools, and work toward creating an AI use policy that makes sense for their own class. 

Previously Offered

Applying the Quality Matters Rubric explores principles of online course design based on the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric and engages participants in hands-on activities to make specific adjustments to course materials shown to improve student learning outcomes.