Faculty Professional Development
Archive of Professional Development Sessions
College-wide professional development sessions for Bowie State Faculty
2023-24 Certificate Series Sessions
To allow faculty more flexibility to engage with CETL programming, these sessions have been recorded to provide the materails to faculty for asynchronous training. Click on the title of a session to find links to videos, presetnations, resources and more from each session.
*Certificate Opportutnity: For faculty who want to go beyond attending the Certificate Series sessions and engage with the information/teaching shared more deeply, Faculty are invited to complete assignments related to each series. Certificates will be sent to faculty that complete responses in accordance with the program guidelines.
Facilitated by Dr. Sheneese Thompson, this session introduces faculty to the opportunities provided by working on an Adobe Creative Campus and invites them to leverage all that Adobe has to offer as a tool for them and their students. Resources for this presentation include:
- A webpage presentation (created in Adobe Express)
- A recording of the session originally presented on October 4, 2023 (passcode: *30l2J43)
Facilitated by Dr. Sheneese Thompson, this session leads faculty through steps they can take to create include "Adobe Centered Assignments" in their courses. Resources for this presentation include:
- A recording of the session originally presented on November 8, 2023
- Useful links for faculty to build their own Adobe skills and understanding:
- Link to our Creative Campus page on the BSU website with links to download applications and get started using Adobe:
- Webpage created in Adobe Express to serve as an engaging, scrollable course syllabus (also an example of what an Adobe Express webpage can look like and the formatting it can include:
- Adobe training area for educators (includes both asynchronous training and upcoming synchronous training courses for educators):
- Learn more about what Adobe Express can do:
- Learning modules for asynchronous training to use Adobe for various tasks (e.g., creating marketing or job application materials, short form video creation, etc.):
Facilitated by Dr. Sheneese Thompson, this session helps faculty understand best practices for assessing "Adobe Centered Assignments" in their courses. Resources for this presentation include:
- A recording of the session originally presented on December 6, 2023
Useful links and outside resources shared during the presentation:
- Link to our Creative Campus page on the BSU website with links to download applications and get started using Adobe:
- Webpage created in Adobe Express to serve as an engaging, scrollable course syllabus (also an example of what an Adobe Express webpage can look like and the formatting it can include:
- Adobe training area for educators (includes both asynchronous training and upcoming synchronous training courses for educators):
- Learn more about what Adobe Express can do:
- Learning modules for asynchronous training to use Adobe for various tasks (e.g., creating marketing or job application materials, short form video creation, etc.):
- Webinars for more learning about how to use Adobe in your teaching (higher-ed):
- Learn how to integrate Adobe into Blackboard:
And also, an awesome YouTube* tutorial on using Adobe Rush (platform for generating videos & video-podcasts):
Direct link to view this onn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F9VSN8irB4&pp=ygUTYWRvYmUgcnVzaCB0dXRvcmlhbA%3D%3D
*YouTube has so many learning opportunities for find out how to use Adobe applications! There is even an Adobe Creative Cloud channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AdobeCreativeCloud/videos, which also has a link to the Adobe blog: https://blog.adobe.com/
Midterm Matrix Welcome Presentation by Professor Kathryn Kawecki
Presentation on the Institutional Perspective of Using Midterm Data to Enance the Student Learning Environment by Gayle Fink, BSU Assistant Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness
Presentation by Dr. Masica Jordan: Using Midterm Data to Enhance the Learning Experience for College Students
Session video: Creativity4CriticalThinking_10-30-2023_recording-trimmed.mp4
Session Presentation: creativity & critical thinking SlideShow.pdf
Session Survey: creativity & critical thinking survey.pdf
Video of the "Demystifying Data: A Guide to Intergrating Methodology into Your Research" presentation by Dr. Duchene-Kelly and Dr. Eyombo