Professional Development

Instructional Support Services provides a variety of professional development opportunities. For a calendar of offerings, visit,  http://www.twu.edu/professional-development/

  For Accessibility and Universal Design information and guidelines, visit,
http://www.w3.org/WAI, 
The University of Washington, DO-IT, http://www.washington.edu/doit/ and
WebAim, Web Accessibility in Mind. (http://webaim.org/) 

The Texas Higher Education, TxProfDev.org, has these modules available for faculty to review.   If you are interested, visit the site as a first time user, set up an account, and review at your convenience.

Critical Thinking
(First-time Users)  (Returning Users)
Students in all classes at all levels can profit from improved critical thinking. Teachers prepared with tested pedagogical techniques based upon the latest research will be able to help students learn how to think critically, identify skills and problem areas, transfer skills across contexts, and reflect upon their thinking habits. This set of modules was created by The University of Texas at Austin.

Foreign Language Teaching Methods
(First-Time Users) (Returning Users)
Foreign Language Teaching Methods focuses on 12 different aspects of language teaching, each taught by a different expert instructor. The site contains video footage from an actual methods course held in Spring, 2009 at The University of Texas at Austin. This flexible resource is designed to be used by foreign language teachers including English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) as a component of a classroom methods course, a stand-alone course for independent learners, or as a means of obtaining professional development credits. This set of modules was created by The University of Texas at Austin.

Reading Comprehension
(First-Time Users) (Returning Users)
Students often need guidance to improve their reading comprehension, but many teachers have not had specific training in how to help students become more effective readers. These modules provide insights into reading difficulties and effective strategies to improve reading comprehension skills in college courses across the disciplines. This set of modules was created by The University of Texas at El Paso.

Online Teaching  (Demonstration site currently available for use; the final site will be completed in 2011)
(First-Time Users) (Returning Users)
This set of modules will assist in preparing faculty to teach online and hybrid/blended courses. They include information on key issues in online education such as accessibility, creating an inviting online classroom, facilitating participation in an online environment, and various legal issues that pertain to online and hybrid education. This set of modules was created by Lone Star College.