As has been discussed at our University and many other places besides, higher education is facing a critical juncture. Much of what will become of a given institution of higher learning will depend crucially on how it responds to a number of converging factors, factor which include (but certainly are not limited to) the following:…Read More
Faculty Gathering
Faculty Learning Labs
Community-Building Events
A Crucial Move at a Pivotal Time
2020 California Association of Colleges of Nursing Conference
This October, I was privileged to attend the California Association of Colleges of Nursing conference. This year it was a virtual event. The focus was on serving our students by becoming informed about diverse populations. The Keynote speaker discussed white privilege and she gave some examples of things “white” people say that highlight their privilege. …Read More
New Faculty Experience
Adjunct Spring 2019 Gathering
Defining the Faculty Role in Student Success
Canvas Imaginings
I was fortunate to be able to attend the Canvas LMS conference for the second time this year. This year, it was once again held in Keystone, Colorado. The entire town pretty much gets taken up by both higher education and K-12 people who want to learn more about Canvas, Arc, and other educational technology…Read More
Building a Bridge to Lebanon
Over the past five years, serving refugee youth in various countries has become a passion and calling of mine. This has been a natural outgrowth of working as a child psychologist who has an expertise in trauma treatment. It has been surprising to see God open doors to serve this population in multiple countries, including…Read More
Do More with the Canvas Calendar
This video shares more ways you can leverage the benefits of the Canvas calendar. Calendar Elements Bonni Stachowiak describes the various elements of the Canvas calendar and how she sets up her class calendars. Repeating Events Bonni takes inspiration from Alicia Jackson in religion, who uses repeating events that can then be individually customized in…Read More
How do I cross list a course?
If you teach multiple sections of the same course (e.g., ANTH-102C-01 and ANTH-102C-02), you may want to consider cross-listing. Cross-listing is Canvas’ way of combining multiple sections and students from those sections use the same content from one Canvas course site. Instructors only need to add content once into the parent course, and students from…Read More
Discoveries from the Canvas Conference (InstructureCon)
Three of us from Vanguard were fortunate to be able to attend this year’s InstructureCon (a conference put on by the company that makes our learning management system, Canvas). My husband and two kids traveled with me and we sandwiched a couple of vacation days before and after the conference. Naomi Kasa, Liz Powell and I…Read More
2016-2017 Professional Development Accomplishments
Congratulations to all the Vanguard faculty who attended and presented at conferences in the 2016-2017 academic year. Below is an overview of our professional development results, as a community. We also specifically commend the following faculty for your professional development pursuits: Business and Management Bonni Stachowiak, Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Conference, Orlando, FL Bonni Stachowiak,…Read More