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Fletcher Center Teaching and Learning Resources: Onboarding & Faculty Development

Teaching and learning resources for Hagerstown Community College

New faculty

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New Faculty Getting Started Guide -  Orientation to teaching at HCC, faculty support, campus systems, parking, pay, and guidelines and policies such as FERPA, copyright, and accessibility

New Full-Time Faculty Group - Program that trains and supports new full-time faculty members for teaching, service, professional development, and the faculty career

D2L Training for Instructors - Complete self-paced course in the D2L Brightspace learning management system

D2L Main Instructor Resources - Resources for instructional design, video-making, accessibility, inclusive access, and e-learning tools such as Panopto, Respondus and Turnitin

Faculty development training

Faculty development opportunities

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Join HCC colleagues for a spring reading and discussion group focusing on the intersection of hope and critical thinking. Contact the Fletcher Center for information.

Teaching in the Community College workshop

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Teaching in the Community College is a non-credit faculty development course designed for new and continuing instructors who want to build their skills in effective course design and teaching practice for traditional, online or hybrid formats.

The four-unit online workshop uses hands-on activities to help instructors develop practical strategies for teaching effectively. Contact the Fletcher Center for information.

The spring 2025 session of the workshop will run May 1-30.

To register, complete the Professional Development Request form. Instructions are in the calendar event on this page. (Click on any  Teaching in the Community College event May 1-30.)

Master Classrooms & Quality Matters

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The Distance Learning department at Hagerstown Community College coordinates the development of Master Classrooms to ensure quality and consistency in online course design. The Master Classroom also serves as the version of the course that undergoes Quality Matters course review. 

Quality Matters (QM) is a non-profit organization that promotes and improves the quality of online and hybrid course design through a rubric, professional development, and course peer review. To create a free account, navigate to QM sign-in and choose "No, I am new here." 

Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR), QM's flagship workshop, is available from the Fletcher Faculty Development Center annually as a face-to-face workshop or from QM as a two-week online workshop. In addition to learning about the QM Rubric and the course review process, participants learn to apply the concept of alignment and draft helpful recommendations for course improvement. 

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