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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, 3-week, 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, including our BUILD and LEAD offerings, please view the offerings below.
Regarding the impact of this course series, many Pima faculty and staff have successfull achieved faculty development certification - with over a thousand accomplishing TEACH certification and over 300 achieving BUILD certification (as of Summer 2024). Further, our LEAD courses have seen over 500 successful course completions!
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"). Faculty or staff who successfully complete this course achieve TEACH certification. 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. Faculty or staff who successfully complete this course achieve TEACH certification. 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. Faculty who successfully complete both LEAD 175 and three additional LEAD courses achieve LEAD certification.
Our LEAD Courses
All LEAD faculty development course offerings are 15-hour, 4-week courses unless otherwise noted. If you want to jump ahead, you can register today for any LEAD courses that have no required prerequisites (e.g. LEAD 179, 180, 183, and 185). See all courses with asterisks(*) below. All other courses include prerequisites.
TE125 TEACH completion reqiured for: LEAD 177 and 178.
TE150 BUILD completion required for LEAD 175, 176, 181, 182, 184 and 185.
Click on the links below to learn more about our courses
LEAD 176 Synchronous & Asynchronous Interaction Online(150 prereq)
LEAD 177 Inclusive & Equitable Course Design for Diverse Learners (125 prereq)
LEAD 178 Creating Meaningful Discussions in Online Courses (125 prereq)
LEAD 180 Rethinking Rubrics (no prereq)*
To learn more, visit our LEAD Online Pedagogy Courses playlists at MyCareerCenter via MyPima.
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
Who Teaches our Courses?
Online faculty development courses are taught or co-taught by faculty development educators (FDE). These faculty and staff are experts in teaching and learning and are certified to teach in their disciplines at Pima (with the exception of LEAD 181-183). FDEs include faculty development staff, department heads, adjunct and full-time faculty, as well as exempt professional staff (i.e. Pima's instructional designers, web designers, and videographers). If you are interested in being considered to teach any faculty development course, contact Reed!
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.