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Online Learning

MARMOT Training

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Description

MARMOT = Methods, Approaches, and Resources for Multimodality and Online teaching

MARMOT trainees will work with definitions of the different course modalities, describe how they are combined º£ÌÄÖ±²¥, and apply suggested best practices for mixed modality course delivery. In this training, participants will also:

  • Investigate the guidelines for their program or department and think about how they will work within those guidelines for course delivery.
  • Develop ways to engage learners in the different modalities their courses are delivered in, including learning activities, PCC supported tools, and ways to maximize student engagement and interaction (MARMOT Training Outcome III).
  • Assess the importance of connecting and blending content across modalities, and develop ideas and support on how to do so effectively (MARMOT Training Outcome II).
  • Participate in online discussions and/or weekly Zoom meetings while also complete learning activities that could include a mix-map, course map, engagement maps, interaction plans, and tools to help with discussions, e.g., Hypothes.is, Google suite, and VoiceThread.
  • Complete a culminating activity to apply the and consider future improvements to their course.

Audience

The training is geared towards:

  • For credit courses that are delivered in more than one of the three modalities PCC has defined as ‘Combined Formats’; Online (no scheduled meetings), Online (scheduled meetings), and In-person.
  • Instructors who have already been teaching in multiple modalities or who plan to teach in multiple modalities in the near future.
  • Faculty fulfilling the refresher training described within the new employee contract.

Prerequisite Skills

Basic D2L skills

Basic Zoom skills

Basic Google Docs

Time commitment

  • 4 weeks, approximately 14 total hours
  • 3 Optional 1.5 hour Zoom sessions each week (times TBD) (Note: there are required replacement activities online to complete in lieu of Zoom attendance)
  • Weekly interactions required in online discussion and engagement activities
  • ~ 3-4 hours of online (no scheduled meetings) work required each week
  • Stipend: $300 (PT & FT Faculty)

Outcomes

MARMOT Training Outcomes:
  1. Cultivate a welcoming environment in your course that encourages learner participation and belonging.
  2. Demonstrate how the content, learning activities, and assessments in your course connect across your course modalities while demonstrating alignment with learning outcomes.
  3. Determine how you will engage students in meaningful interactions and learning activities in the synchronous and asynchronous environments.
Refresher Training Outcomes:
  1. Apply essential and high‑impact online instructional principles and strategies, identify professional learning goals, and develop an action plan for continued growth as an online instructor.
  2. Engage in structured and facilitated collaboration with colleagues through active learning, shared practice, and reflective dialogue to strengthen and refine online teaching approaches.
  3. Engage in dedicated opportunities to pilot technologies, through guided, hands-on use of Brightspace and PCC-supported tools.

If you are interested, please contact your Dean or FDC. If you have questions about the training, please email Gretchen Gebhardt (gretchen.gebhardt@pcc.edu). For more information about the MARMOT Checklist, please visit the page.