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4 modules of TOPP in 2022.

Only 3 Days Left to Apply for TOPP Summer 2022

Do you plan to continue teaching online or hybrid? Want to grow your skills in course design, development, and facilitation? Invest your summer in creating an engaging and learner-centered online/hybrid course by joining your colleagues from various UH campuses in the Teaching Online Prep Program (TOPP) modules!

Modules 2&3 will run during the Summer I term. Please apply by next Monday, 4/18/22.

✮ TOPP Module 2: COURSE PLANNING FOR ACTIVE LEARNING

May 23-June3, 2022 (2 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
Create a detailed plan for active learning that aligns with the course learning outcomes. This module will prepare you for the next step of creating an online/hybrid class in TOPP Building an Online Classroom. No prerequisites.

✮ TOPP Module 3: BUILDING AN ONLINE CLASSROOM

June 6-July 1, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Asynchronous
Build an online/hybrid classroom in Laulima with guidance from the facilitators and peers. Must have completed TOPP Course Planning for Active Learning or have completed a Course Map.

✮ TOPP Module 4: APPLYING DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY

July 11-August 5, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
How would you apply the digital accessibility rules in your Laulima sites, Word, PDFs, and other resources you provide to your students? Join a supportive community to collaboratively revise your digital resources to meet ADA accessibility requirements. This module is entirely online and will include one synchronous online meeting each Monday morning. We recommend selecting one of the courses that you teach, to remediate/practice on during this PD, as we will be collectively applying different ADA rules each week.

For more details on each module, see the TOPP Information Sheet.

Questions? Please email kaptopp@hawaii.edu.

Don’t Forget to Add DE-Specific Questions to Your CES Surveys

Course Evaluation System (CES) is now open for faculty to edit their surveys until April 28, 2022. Please log in and make sure that there is a survey for each CRN that you are currently teaching, and also check the student roster for accuracy.

Course Evaluation System (CES).

IF YOU TEACH an online (DE) class, please consider adding one or more DE-Specific questions recommended for DE classes.

Please email ecafe-kcc@lists.hawaii.edu if you have any questions. Mahalo!

4 modules of TOPP in 2022.

One Week Left to Apply for TOPP Summer 2022

Do you plan to continue teaching online or hybrid? Want to grow your skills in course design, development, and facilitation? Invest your summer in creating an engaging and learner-centered online/hybrid course by joining your colleagues from various UH campuses in the Teaching Online Prep Program (TOPP) modules!

Modules 2&3 will run during the Summer I term. Please apply by next Monday, 4/18/22.

✮ TOPP Module 2: COURSE PLANNING FOR ACTIVE LEARNING

May 23-June3, 2022 (2 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
Create a detailed plan for active learning that aligns with the course learning outcomes. This module will prepare you for the next step of creating an online/hybrid class in TOPP Building an Online Classroom. No prerequisites.

✮ TOPP Module 3: BUILDING AN ONLINE CLASSROOM

June 6-July 1, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Asynchronous
Build an online/hybrid classroom in Laulima with guidance from the facilitators and peers. Must have completed TOPP Course Planning for Active Learning or completed a Course Map.

✮ TOPP Module 4: APPLYING DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY

July 11-August 5, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
How do you apply the digital accessibility rules in your Laulima sites, Word, PDFs, and other resources you provide to your students? Join a supportive community to collaboratively revise your digital resources to meet ADA accessibility requirements. This module is entirely online and will include one synchronous online meeting each Monday morning. We recommend selecting one of the courses that you teach, to remediate/practice on during this PD, as we will be collectively applying different ADA rules each week.

For more details on each module, see the TOPP Information Sheet.

Questions? Please email kaptopp@hawaii.edu.

4 modules of TOPP in 2022.

Apply for TOPP Summer 2022 Now

We invite you to join your colleagues from various UH campuses to grow your skills in course design, development, and facilitation in this summer’s Teaching Online Prep Program (TOPP) modules. For more details, see the TOPP Information Sheet.

✮ TOPP Module 2: COURSE PLANNING FOR ACTIVE LEARNING

May 23-June3, 2022 (2 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
Create a detailed plan for active learning that aligns with the course learning outcomes. This module will prepare you for the next step of creating an online/hybrid class in TOPP Building an Online Classroom. No prerequisites.

📆 Apply for TOPP Modules 2&3 by Monday, April 18, 2022.

Applicants will be notified of their status by April 25th.

✮ TOPP Module 3: BUILDING AN ONLINE CLASSROOM

June 6-July 1, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Asynchronous
Build an online/hybrid classroom in Laulima with guidance from the facilitators and peers. Must have completed TOPP Course Planning for Active Learning or completed a Course Map.

📆 Apply for TOPP Modules 2&3 by Monday, April 18, 2022.

Applicants will be notified of their status by April 25th.

✮ TOPP Module 4: APPLYING DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY

July 11-August 5, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
How do you apply the digital accessibility rules in your Laulima sites, Word, PDFs, and other resources you provide to your students? Join a supportive community to collaboratively revise your digital resources to meet ADA accessibility requirements. This module is entirely online and will include one synchronous online meeting each Monday morning. We recommend selecting one of the courses that you teach, to remediate/practice on during this PD, as we will be collectively applying different ADA rules each week.

📆 Apply for TOPP Module 4 by June 15, 2022.

Applicants will be notified of their status by June 22nd.

Upon completion, all participants will receive digital badges and Kapi‘olani CC participants will receive a $200 stipend for each completed module.❶❷

NOTES:

❶ Eligibility for the stipends: Any 9-month Kapi‘olani faculty/lecturer, NOT teaching during Summer Session I or II, whichever does not overlap with the TOPP module(s).
❷ Total stipend amount for each person may not exceed $600.
❸ Each module has a limited number of seats. Although the program is open to faculty from any UH campus, priority will be given to Kapi‘olani CC faculty.

4 modules of TOPP in 2022.

Two Weeks Left to Apply for TOPP Summer 2022

Ready to plan your summer? (Or know someone who may be interested in TOPP?) We invite you to join your colleagues from various UH campuses to grow your skills in course design, development, and facilitation in this summer’s Teaching Online Prep Program (TOPP) modules.

For more details, see the TOPP Information Sheet.

✮ TOPP Module 2: COURSE PLANNING FOR ACTIVE LEARNING

May 23-June3, 2022 (2 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
Create a detailed plan for active learning that aligns with the course learning outcomes. This module will prepare you for the next step of creating an online/hybrid class in TOPP Building an Online Classroom. No prerequisites.

✮ TOPP Module 3: BUILDING AN ONLINE CLASSROOM

June 6-July 1, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Asynchronous
Build an online/hybrid classroom in Laulima with guidance from the facilitators and peers. Must have completed TOPP Course Planning for Active Learning or completed a Course Map.

✮ TOPP Module 4: APPLYING DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY

July 11-August 5, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
How do you apply the digital accessibility rules in your Laulima sites, Word, PDFs, and other resources you provide to your students? Learn during the weekly synchronous instruction and collaborate with your small accountability group colleagues to make your classes ADA accessible. No prerequisites.

Applications for TOPP Modules 2&3 are now open. 📆 Deadline: Monday, April 18, 2022. (Module 4 application will be coming soon.)

Upon completion, all participants will receive digital badges and Kapi‘olani CC participants will receive a $200 stipend for each completed module.❶❷

NOTES:

❶ Eligibility for the stipends: Any 9-month Kapi‘olani faculty/lecturer, NOT teaching during Summer Session I.
❷ Total stipend amount for each person may not exceed $600.
❸ Each module has a limited number of seats. Although the program is open to faculty from any UH campus, priority will be given to Kapi‘olani CC faculty. Applicants will be notified of their status by April 25th.

Teaching Online? Add DE-Specific Questions to CES

Course Evaluation System (CES) is now open for faculty to edit their surveys until April 28, 2022. Please log in and make sure that there is a survey for each CRN that you are currently teaching, and also check the student roster for accuracy.

Course Evaluation System (CES).

IF YOU TEACH an online (DE) class, consider adding one or more DE-Specific questions recommended for DE classes.

Please email ecafe-kcc@lists.hawaii.edu if you have any questions. Mahalo!

TOPP Summer 2022 Applications Now Open

Ready to plan your summer? We invite you to join your colleagues from various UH campuses to grow your skills in course design, development, and facilitation in this summer’s Teaching Online Prep Program (TOPP) modules.

 

4 modules of TOPP in 2022.

For more details, see the TOPP Information Sheet.

✭ TOPP Module 2: COURSE PLANNING FOR ACTIVE LEARNING

May 23-June3, 2022 (2 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
Create a detailed plan for active learning that aligns with the course learning outcomes. This module will prepare you for the next step of creating an online/hybrid class in TOPP Building an Online Classroom. No prerequisites.

✭ TOPP Module 3: BUILDING AN ONLINE CLASSROOM

June 6-July 1, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Asynchronous
Build an online/hybrid classroom in Laulima with guidance from the facilitators and peers. Must have completed TOPP Course Planning for Active Learning or completed a Course Map.

✭ TOPP Module 4: APPLYING DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY

July 11-August 5, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
How do you apply the digital accessibility rules in your Laulima sites, Word, PDFs, and other resources you provide to your students? Learn during the weekly synchronous instruction and collaborate with your small accountability group colleagues to make your classes ADA accessible. No prerequisites.

Applications for TOPP Modules 2&3 are now open. (Module 4 application will be coming soon.) 📆 Deadline: Monday, April 18, 2021

Upon completion, all participants will receive digital badges and Kapi‘olani CC participants will receive a $200 stipend for each completed module.❶❷

NOTES:

❶ Eligibility for the stipends: Any 9-month Kapi‘olani faculty/lecturer, NOT teaching during Summer Session I.
❷ Total stipend amount for each person may not exceed $600.
❸ Each module has a limited number of seats. Although the program is open to faculty from any UH campus, priority will be given to Kapi‘olani CC faculty. Applicants will be notified of their status by April 25th.

Questions? Please email us at kaptopp@hawaii.edu.

Excellence in ONLINE Teaching Award (EOTA) 2021/22

We hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving! We are very thankful for the wonderful nominations that have come in for the 2021/22 VCAA Excellence in Online Teaching Award (EOTA). This award recognizes outstanding educators who teach online courses at Kapi‘olani Community College.

This Fall’s nomination form will be open until the end of this week. You may nominate any faculty member who has taught at least one online class at Kapi‘olani CC in the previous or current year and exhibits an extraordinary level of online teaching effectiveness, exceptional course design and creativity, and regular and substantive interaction that benefits students.

Please submit your nominations via this Google Form! Individuals must receive at least three independent nominations from a current Kapi‘olani CC student, colleague, or community member to be considered for the award. The Fall nominations will close on Sunday, December 5, 2021. Mahalo!

Excellence in ONLINE Teaching Award (EOTA) 2021/22

We are excited to see the nominations for the 2021/22 VCAA Excellence in Online Teaching Award (EOTA) coming in. Thank you so much for nominating so many deserving individuals. 

We know it has been a tough year for all of us, and teaching & learning online can be very challenging. So if you had the chance to take an online class at KapCC with a teacher that made online learning engaging and fun, providing you with valuable resources and the support you need to succeed, then consider nominating this individual for the EOTA. This award recognizes outstanding educators who teach online courses at Kapi‘olani Community College.

You may nominate any faculty member who has taught at least one online class at Kapi‘olani CC in the previous or current year and exhibits an extraordinary level of online teaching effectiveness, exceptional course design and creativity, and regular and substantive interaction that benefits students.

Please submit your nominations via this Google Form! Individuals must receive at least three independent nominations from a current Kapi‘olani CC student, colleague, or community member to be considered for the award. Nominations will close on Sunday, December 5, 2021. Thank you for your nominations.

Excellence in ONLINE Teaching Award (EOTA) 2021/22

We are excited to begin collecting nominations for the 2021/22 VCAA Excellence in Online Teaching Award (EOTA). Have you taken an online class that was everything you ever dreamed of? Have you interacted with an online teacher that made you feel heard and excited to learn? Have you visited an online course site filled with resources that makes learning engaging and fun? If your answer is yes, then please consider nominating this individual for the EOTA, recognizing outstanding educators who teach online courses at Kapi‘olani Community College.

You may nominate any faculty member who has taught at least one online class at Kapi‘olani CC in the previous or current year and exhibits an extraordinary level of online teaching effectiveness, exceptional course design and creativity, and regular and substantive interaction that benefits students.

Please submit your nominations via this Google Form! Individuals must receive at least three independent nominations from a current Kapi‘olani CC student, colleague, or community member to be considered for the award. Nominations will close on Sunday, December 5, 2021. Thank you for your nominations.