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About our PimaOnline Faculty Development Course Series
We provide free courses for all Pima faculty - including face-to-face, hybrid, and online instructors at Pima Community College. These short, 4-week and 5-week courses are designed to expand your online pedagogy and course design skills using D2L Brightspace and third-party tools.
All faculty who anticipate teaching a pre-designed, D2l Brightspace course (i.e. course "masters") are strongly encouraged to complete our introductory course, TE125 TEACH: Introduction to Online Pedagogy. For advanced courses in online design and teaching, please view the offerings below.
What are our introductory courses?
TE125 TEACH: Introduction to Online Pedagogy
This course is designed for faculty teaching from a predesigned course (what has previously been called a "course master"). Learn more.
TE150 BUILD: Introduction to Instructional Design
This course is designed to help faculty learn how to build courses from scratch through D2L Brightspace. Learn more
What intermediate and advanced courses are offered?
Throughout the year, PimaOnline offers a broad variety of intermediate and advanced faculty development courses to support your continued professional growth. To learn more, visit our LEAD Online Pedagogy Courses, PimaOnline FY21-FY22 playlist at MyCareerCenter via MyPima.
Our LEAD Courses
All LEAD faculty development course offerings are 15-hour, 4-week courses unless otherwise noted.
How to Achieve LEAD-Level Certification
All Pima Faculty may attain LEAD-level certification by being TEACH and BUILD certified and by successfully completing four LEAD Seminars; one of the four must be the LEAD 175 focused on Quality Review/Course Development. Faculty who become LEAD certified receive a $500 honorarium for their effort. To learn more, visit our LEAD Certification page.
What Do Our LEAD Courses Look Like?
To learn more about self-paced and custom-designed opportunities for faculty development, visit our faculty development & training page.
Alternately, take a look at one of our course trailers in progress: LEAD 179 Student-Centered Learning
Other Options
Tailored Workshops. If you are seeking a custom workshop for your department, please use our Online Pedagogy Custom Training Request Form.
College-Wide Workshops. If instead, you are looking for college-wide workshops, visit our friends at the TLC!
Troubleshooting. Scroll down on your D2L Brightspace global home page (d2l.pima.edu) to the widget titled "D2L Brightspace Tech Support" or visit our Help page.
Further Questions?
If you have any questions about our upcoming faculty development offerings contact Reed Dickson (rdickson1@pima.edu). If you are seeking other kinds of offerings for your department, contact Reed and/or use our Faculty Development Workshops and Services Request Form.