Past Events and Programs

Project-Based Learning 101: Designing Engaging Projects

Are you ready to provide a new look to your favorite class? Want to invigorate your favorite curriculum with student-center activities? Are you interested in empowering your students to take charge of their own learning? If so, please come to Project-Based Learning 101. We will investigate: • Doing a project vs. Project-based Learning • Making projects ...

Project-Based Learning in the Online Environment

When the RISE Learning Institute sent a team of BC faculty to the nationally renowned Institute for Project-Based Learning, we asked what other colleges were doing regarding project-based learning (PBL) in online and hybrid courses. Many different colleges told us something along the lines of, “Oh, that’s hard. We haven’t done much PBL online.” Well, ...

Project-based Learning Summit

Do you currently have your students do projects? Are you interested in integrating real-world problems into your curriculum? Do you want to use an inquiry-based method of learning that is intellectually stimulating and engaging to students?  If so, please come join us in a Project-based Learning Summit. The Project-based Learning Summit is designed to help ...

Proven Retention Strategies

Come develop your teaching toolkit and share ideas with colleagues about how to implement proven strategies to increase student persistence rates. These strategies are based on research literature from Achieving the Dream school, Odessa College’s student success initiatives, and Central Michigan University’s “Putting Students on Track with Early, Frequent, Low-stakes Assessment.” We will cover the ...

Publish Your Climate Justice Lesson

Have you created and taught a climate justice lesson at Bellevue College? Would you like to make your lesson available for use by educators beyond Bellevue College? If yes, you are eligible to receive compensation to publish your lesson to the Curriculum for the Bioregion (C4B) Online Activity Collection, a highly regarded archive of engaging ...

Publish Your Climate Justice Lesson

Have you created and taught a climate justice lesson at Bellevue College? Would you like to make your lesson available for use by educators beyond Bellevue College? If yes, you are eligible to receive compensation to publish your lesson to the Curriculum for the Bioregion (C4B) Online Activity Collection, a highly regarded archive of engaging ...

Publishing Your Climate Justice Lesson with Curriculum Writer – NEW!

The Curriculum for the Bioregion (C4B) Online Curriculum Collection is a large database of engaging teaching activities used by higher education faculty. The Collection receives over 5 million unique visits per year from around the world. Publishing to this data base makes your climate justice lesson widely available, while at the same time helping you ...

Putting on Your Oxygen Mask: Breathwork for Challenging Times

Do you ever find yourself holding your breath when stressed? Are you looking for ways to promote wellbeing for yourself and your students and create a calm and supportive learning environment?  “Breathwork,” or intentional breathing exercises and practices, can help. Breathwork is grounded in centuries of cultural and spiritual practice, yet its efficacy is supported ...

Quality Online Pedagogy

This summer, discover how to be a more effective online educator! This pedagogy workshop focuses on investigating current evidence-based practices in teaching online/hybrid courses. Discussions and exercises center on topics such as effective course navigation, universal design, accessible content, copyright and fair use, effective discussions and transparent assessments, diversity and equity in online learning, and ...

Quality Online Pedagogy – This workshop is full!

This summer, discover how to be a more effective online educator! This pedagogy workshop focuses on investigating current evidence-based practices in teaching online/hybrid courses. Discussions and exercises center on topics such as effective course navigation, universal design, accessible content, copyright and fair use, effective discussions and transparent assessments, diversity and equity in online learning, and ...