Past Events and Programs

Designing Climate Justice Interdisciplinary Courses

This SBCTC funded program will bring together up to 7 faculty from different disciplines to design interdisciplinary courses that focus on climate justice and civic engagement. If you currently teach a course that can be adapted and taught together with a course from a different discipline under the umbrella of climate justice and civic engagement, ...

Digital Identities: Creating and Communicating the Online Self

In Digital Identities, Rob Cover makes the audacious claim that for those living in the affluent West, the divide between online and on-ground selves has become so porous as to no longer exist. We now live between the virtual and the real to the extent that differentiating between the two no longer makes sense when ...

Digital Note-Taking for the Busy Educator (NEW)

Are you ready to tame your inbox, toss your sticky notes, and level up your organization game? This workshop is designed to introduce participants to Obsidian, a cutting-edge note-taking and knowledge management tool that revolutionizes the way information is captured, organized, and interconnected. It is a free and widely-used platform that leverages the concept of ...

Discipline-Specific Climate Justice Faculty Learning Community

How can the social justice aspects of the climate crisis (climate justice) be tied to the content and skills that you teach in your course to create a coherent climate justice lesson? The connections are not always clear and obvious. As busy faculty, you are likely short on the time needed to do the research ...

Earth’s Week Presentation: Working for the Non-Human World

Presenter Joshua Wright is an 18-year-old environmental activist and filmmaker. He is an organizer with the Rainforest Flying Squad, a direct-action group dedicated to defending old growth forests. In 2020, he helped launch the Fairy Creek Blockades, which have become the largest active civil disobedience in Canadian history. Multiple articles and interviews have been published ...

Embed Quizzes in Your Videos and Students Will Watch!

Do you use videos to convey key content in your courses? Do you wonder if students are watching those videos and engaging with them? Join Li to learn about the changes in her students’ engagement with the videos in her online courses after she used the feature in Panopto to embed quizzes. Li will then ...

Embed Quizzes in Your Videos and Students Will Watch! (New)

Do you use videos to convey key content in your courses? Do you wonder if students are watching those videos and engaging with them? Join Li to learn about the changes in her students’ engagement with the videos in her online courses after she used the feature in Panopto to embed quizzes. Li will then ...

Empower Your Plate: Faculty Nutrition and Wellness Workshop—NEW! 

Join Hadise Khaniyan, HSEWI, for this engaging and informative workshop designed specifically for faculty members, focusing on nutrition and overall wellness. Each highly interactive module will provide practical tips and strategies to improve your eating habits, boost your energy levels, and enhance your overall well-being. You will learn about the latest nutritional science, how to ...

Engaging Puente and Umoja for Student Success Panel (New)

Bellevue College’s Puente and Umoja programs focus on closing the opportunity gap for Latine and Black populations and play a vital role in providing holistic student services that have been known to increase retention and graduation rates. Come learn more about how you can support the Puente program from Program Lead Hector Guzman, Puente Faculty ...

Envisioning the Future of AI in Your Classroom

Are you interested in learning more about the use of AI in the classroom and how to incorporate this tool in your class assignments? This book club workshop will provide you with practical ideas on how you can use AI in your course assignments. We will also unlock powerful ways to streamline teaching and save ...