TE125 TEACH
Introduction to Online Pedagogy

Overview: TE125 TEACH: An Introduction to Online Pedagogy is designed for faculty to provide basic online teaching skills that are needed to teach from a predesigned PimaOnline course. While TEACH does not certify faculty to build and create their own courses, it does guide and demonstrate to faculty how to enhance and personalize a prebuilt (formerly called "Master") course. TEACH will introduce and/or refresh faculty knowledge of D2L Brightspace LMS and associated tools. Participants will gather and refine their knowledge of course navigation, managing content, and using LMS tools for activities, communication, and assessment.

Length.  This is a 20-hour, 5-week course that involves a mentored, guided cohort (i.e. not self-paced), and is facilitated by faculty development educators.

Certification: This introductory course provides TEACH-level certification, our first level of certification in a three-level certification step process for teaching, building and leading courses in D2L Brightspace.  TE125 TEACH is followed by TE150 BUILD, and together, these are prerequisites for most of our LEAD course offerings. 

Background: To teach a fully-online course, Pima faculty need to attain PCC certification by completing the PimaOnline TE125 TEACH Level Certification course. The purpose of TE125 TEACH course is to provide Pima Community College Faculty members the tools and resources to effectively teach and facilitate a predesigned course using the college's learning management system D2L Brightspace. While this course does not certify faculty to build and create their own courses, it does guide and demonstrate for faculty how to enhance and personalize a predesigned course.  

Payment for Part-Time(Adjunct) Faculty.  As noted in our course syllabus, part-time faculty who now successfully complete TE125 TEACH by the specified date will be compensated $500 for this 20-hour course.  Please note that adjunct instructors who are not employed by Pima Community College (i.e. dual-enrollment faculty) are not eligible for this payment. 

Who Can Register. All current Pima faculty and staff are welcome to enroll in this class, but please note that this course expects all registered participants to play the role of imagining they are going to be the assigned instructor for a predesigned PimaOnline course. There are no prerequisites for this introductory course. If you are currently teaching at Pima Community College as a full-time or part-time instructor (or staff member), we invite you to register today!

By the end of TE125 TEACH: An Introduction to Online Pedagogy, participants will be prepared to teach from a prebuilt course in a way that meets PimaOnline’s Criteria for Teaching Online. Regarding specific outcomes, by the end of this course, faculty will be able to use D2L Brightspace to: 

• Facilitate learning in a predesigned PimaOnline course utilizing D2L tools (i.e. Announcements, Discussions, Assignments, Quizzes, Grades and VideoNotes). 

• Personalize pre-designed courses at the start of the semester in order to help students connect with their instructor, their course, and their peers using D2L tools (and the HTML editor) .

• Communicate effectively with online students in a routine, clear, concise and timely manner to meet RSI via D2L tools.

• Engage and support students in their learning journey through whole-class and individual RSI practices that build upon students’ prior experience, interests, and unique learning needs.   

• Provide personalized feedback that is supportive, growth-minded and metacognitive (helping students identify their strengths and next steps for improvement) to help meet RSI via D2L tools.

• Create an online community that is collaborative, supportive accessible and equitable by ensuring that new and emerging activities and content within D2L Brightspace are accessible and inclusive - particularly for students with disabilities.

• Complete basic administrative tasks in D2L (e.g. importing content, requesting sandboxes) and troubleshoot D2L or other college-wide  EdTech tools (using our PimaOnline Faculty Guide and support within Pima’s D2L navbar).

To register, visit our upcoming offerings page. 

Visit our Courses for Faculty page for a complete list of offerings.

TE15 V3 was redesigned by Reed Dickson.  First offerings of V3: February 2, March 22, April 19, and May 31.

The following faculty development educators have recently taught, or are currently teaching the current iteration of this course:  Elena Grajeda, April Burge and Mark Nelson.