The Distance Education Team works closely with the VC Professional Development Coordination Council to provide timely and relevant Flex Workshops and ongoing faculty support. Please refer to the VC Professional Development SharePoint site and the VC DE Faculty Hub to stay up to date on offered sessions and past session recordings VC Professional Development SharePoint site and the VC DE Faculty Hub. 

Open Studio workshops occur on Fridays and are located in Zoom and/or the Training Studio (LRC 136).  If you have an idea, brainstorm, or whizbang concept please add to this survey for Distance Education PD. 

The VC DE Team also facilitates the district-wide online teaching certification and re-certification courses.  

 Teaching Online Certification 

If you are interested in teaching online or hybrid (partially online) courses at VC, first contact your Department Chair or Dean to see if you are a candidate to teach online or hybrid courses.  Then enroll in our online certification process.  All faculty must complete the following training or an equivalent training as outlined in the Faculty Contract. The course is five-weeks in duration.  You will learn valuable skills in modern techniques in online education as well as how to operate our Learning Management System. 

About the Course 

The Teaching Online Certification (TOC) was designed to enhance VCCCD faculty online teaching skills, whether you've never taught online or have taught for many years. This competency-based course centers on three online teaching fundamentals: Equity, Design, and Interaction. It has been updated with the most recent changes in DE regulations and best practices in online teaching. As a cohort, faculty will have the opportunity to meaningfully interact with other (re)certifying faculty throughout the district and experience new Canvas tools from a student perspective. Recertifying faculty will take a separate, shortened version of the TOC. At the successful conclusion of this course, participants will be awarded DE Certification and will be eligible to teach (or continue to teach) online, hybrid, and hyflex classes at any college in the VCCCD.

TOC Module Table of Contents: Equity, Overall Course Design, Designing Modules, Interaction Frameworks, Interaction Strategies

The TOC is 100% online and taught by VCCCD Instructional Technologists/Designers. It also includes optional weekly live Zoom sessions. If you are new to online teaching in Canvas, your attendance at these live sessions is highly encouraged.  

Who should take this course? 

Faculty are scheduled to teach an online (or hybrid) class in an upcoming term and have never been Distance Education (DE) Certified by the VCCCD OR are due for their 5-year recertification.

 2024-20245 Dates:

  • July 1 - August 4, 2024
  • August 26 - September 29, 2024
  • November 4 - December 15, 2024
  • January 20 - February 23, 2025
  • March 17 - April 27, 2025
  • May 12 - June 15, 2025
  • June 23 - July 27, 2025

Registration

Please use the registration form to sign up for a future VCCCD Teaching Online Certification course. You must use your VCCCD Email address and select Ventura College as your "Home College."

Compensation

Reach out to your department and/or review the current AFT contract for information on compensation for completing the TOC. 

 Additional Training

Throughout the year, the Instructional Technologists and Designers will hold workshops and Flex Trainings on a variety of educational technology topics.  We also have Open Studios on Fridays from 10- 11 AM for faculty and employees so that they can work independently on projects and ask us questions while developing.

Here is a list of topics that we have presented in the recent past. 

  • Leveraging AI in the classroom
  • Designing Accessible Online Content
  • Creating Authentic Assessments
  • Using ADA Compliant tools to reach all Learners
  • Video creation with Camtasia and Canvas Studio
  • Closed Captioning of Videos
  • Creating Authentic Assignments
  • Best Practices in Zoom Meetings
  • Using the LRC Training Studio Resources for Learning Videos
  • Universal Design for Learning
  • Regular Substantive Interaction & Accreditation Reviews
  • Addressing Academic Honesty in an Online Environment
  • and more!