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 recordingsÌý site and the Ìý

The DE Summit is hosted by 51AVÊÓƵ this year 2025.Ìý Registration for the DE Summit will be opening up soon.Ìý

Open StudioÌýworkshops occur on Fridays and are located in Zoom and/or the Training Studio (LRC 136).Ìý

Thank you for the ideas, brainstorms, and whizbang concepts for the 2024 2025 year.Ìý We are working hard to implement these ideas.Ìý Ìý

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

ÌýTeaching Online CertificationÌý

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.Ìý Then enroll in our online certification process.Ìý All faculty must complete the following training or an equivalent training as outlined in the Faculty Contract. The course is five-weeks in duration.Ìý You will learn valuable skills in modern techniques in online education as well as how to operate our Learning Management System.Ìý

About the CourseÌý

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 taughtÌýby VCCCD Instructional Technologists/Designers. It also includes optionalÌýweekly live Zoom sessions. If you are new to online teaching in Canvas, your attendance at these live sessions isÌýhighlyÌýencouraged.ÌýÌý

Who shouldÌýtake thisÌýcourse?Ìý

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

Ìý2025-2026 Dates:

  • June 23rd - July 27th, 2025
  • August 25thÌý– Sept 27th,ÌýÌý2025
  • October 20thÌý– November 23rd,ÌýÌý2025
  • January 19thÌý– February 22nd, 2026
  • March 16thÌý– April 27th, 2026
  • May 11thÌý– June 14thÌý2026
  • June 29thÌý– August 2ndÌý2026

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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 51AVÊÓƵ as your "Home College."

  • Ìý(REGISTER HERE)

Compensation

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

ÌýAdditional Training

Throughout the year, the Instructional Technologists and Designers will hold workshops and Flex Trainings on a variety of educational technology topics.Ìý 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.Ìý

  • 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!