Start Here - Frequently Asked Questions
Professional development takes on two forms, which are designed to accommodate differences in the complexity and novelty of courses, types, outcomes, expertise, and experience.
- To develop an on-campus Core Education course, the developer(s) will complete the Course Adaptation Design Institute (CADI) experience, for which compensation is available. E-campus development support will continue to be provided by Ecampus.
- DPO Academies are also required to develop and propose a course.
To teach a developed and approved Core Education course, the following training requirements are in place:
- To teach an approved Core Education course, an instructor will complete the Teaching in Core Education (TCE) training. If the instructor took the CADI, they do not need to take TCE for three years.
- To teach in Transitions, Seeking Solutions, and DPO, instructors must also complete additional specialized required trainings for the category they are teaching in.
- Some instructors may end up taking several speciality trainings plus TCE if they are teaching in multiple categories.
Referenced from Core Education Policies
Faculty Development Requirements:
- Due to the positive impact of professional development on the quality of teaching and student satisfaction, all Core Education instructors will enroll in professional development, to be renewed on a periodic basis.
- Some areas may require additional, and ongoing, professional development as is described in the category criteria and/or other Core Education policies.
- Core Education professional development will be provided on an institutional (OSU-wide) basis and will be provisioned to meet campus demand.
In the event that professional development is inadequately provisioned, with the awareness of Academic Affairs, temporary waivers may be granted.
- Emergency circumstances which require a temporary waiver may exist but are exceedingly rare (such as the sudden unavailability of an instructor, failure to hire faculty, or loss of situational awareness by a unit are not included in these).
- In these circumstances, the Director of General Education (the responsible party for the waiver) and the Coordinator of Faculty Development will actively work with faculty across units to find a solution, which may include a temporary waiver, an MOU for support from a different unit, or some other solution.
The Pedagogical Support and Development (PSD) team is charged with delivering seminars, workshops, and institutes to support faculty developing courses to include in OSU General Education course offerings.
PSD Committee:
- Kara Clevinger - Chair, Assistant Director of Pedagogical Support and Development, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Lynn Greenough - Learning Platform Services, Academic Technologies
- Ashley Holmes - Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, Interim WIC Director
- Kali Furman - Assistant Director of the Difference, Power, and Oppression Program
- Meg Mobley - Seeking Solutions Faculty Fellow, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Troy Hall - Seeking Solutions Faculty Fellow, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Brenna Gomez - Director of Career Integration, Career Development Center
- Katherine McAlvage - Ecampus
Core Education Teacher Training Schedules
| Core Education Training | Requirement | Modality | Time Commitment | Audience | Availability | Dates | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Adaptation and Design Institute (CADI) | Required to design or redesign a course for Core Ed | In-Person | 2.5 hours + CADI Canvas Guide | Faculty Only | Each Term | Fri., April 11 (Week 2): 1:30-4pm | Available via Statement of Intent Invitation |
| Teaching in Core Ed (TCE) | Required to teach a Core Ed course (unless you did CADI) | Canvas course | 1 hour | Faculty & GTAs | Launching Spring 2025; available asynchronously throughout the year | Launches April 1, 2025 Self-Paced, Asynchronous |
Registration will open April 1, 2025 |
| Seeking Solutions | Required to teach Seeking Solutions | In- person Ecampus option |
4 hours (half day) | Faculty & GTAs | Launching Spring 2025; available once per term |
In-Person: Ecampus Zoom option: |
Seeking Solutions Registration |
| Transitions | Required to teach Transitions | Self-paced Canvas course + Instructor Guide | 1 hour to complete Canvas course Optional in-person programming |
Faculty & GTAs | Launching Spring 2025; available asynchronously throughout the year | Launches April 1, 2025 Self-Paced, Asynchronous |
Registration will open April 1, 2025 |
| Difference, Power, and Oppression - Foundations (DPO-F) | Required to design or redesign a course for DPOF and required to teach DPOF. Waivers available on the DPO Website. | Variable | Variable | Faculty & GTAs | Corvallis, In-person Synchronous (Faculty) Ecampus Asynchornous (Ecampus Faculty) GRAD 542 (GTAs) Graduate Workshop, In-person Synchronous (GTAs) |
Corvallis In-Person (Faculty) |
DPO Academy Application |
| DPO Advanced (DPO-A) | Required to design or redesign a course for DPOA and required to teach DPOA. DPOF Academy must be completed or waived prior to taking the DPOA Academy. Waivers available on the DPO Website. | Variable | Variable | Faculty & GTAs |
Corvallis, In-person Synchronous (Faculty) Ecampus Asynchornous (Ecampus Faculty) GRAD 542 (GTAs) |
Corvallis In-Person (Faculty) Units are discouraged from assigning GTAs to teach DPO-A. GTAs must take GRAD 542 for DPO-A training. |
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| Beyond OSU | Optional | Community of Practice (CoP) + Resources | Variable | Faculty & GTAs | CoP launching Winter Term 2025 and continuing Spring 2025 |
Contact Brenna Gomez for dates and times. | |
| WIC Faculty Seminar | Optional to design and teach a WIC course | Faculty Seminar | 10 hours + Canvas Course | Faculty Only | TBD | Contact Ashley Holmes for dates and times. |
Core Education Course Design Requirements
Definitions
+CADI includes both the Canvas Guide, which is the prequel to the CADI, and the one-day CADI.
- Faculty designated to (re)design a campus-based course will be enrolled in the Canvas Guide (which includes the CTL's D.A.M.I.T. curriculum). After fully engaging with the Canvas Guide, faculty should have a syllabus, course map, and assessments.
- Faculty will then bring those materials to the CADI, where they will work with the CTL and faculty peers to refine and complete.
- At the end of the +CADI, faculty should have a complete course (re)designed that is ready to be put into the CIM proposal system.
The CADI Guide is a prequel to all forms of training and includes the CTL's D.A.M.I.T curriculum.
D.A.M.I.T. stands for Course Design, Assessment, Instructional Methods, Inclusive Teaching, and Technology.
- Folks designing just Ecampus courses will still complete the CADI Guide as a co-requisite to Ecampus specific trainings.
- Faculty (re)designing for a SeSo, Beyond OSU, or Transitions course will go through D.A.M.I.T.+. The + stands for additional pedagogical support in the signature core areas of the curriculum. Faculty will select which signature area they are (re)designing for within Canvas and then be provided modules that will assist them with the pedagogy of the category. DAMIT+ is not intended to take the place of the specialized training folks need to teach in their respective categories, it just provides the pedagogical insight to design their courses.
DOC (Designing an Online Course) and ROC (Redesigning an Online Course) are Ecampus specific trainings.
Course Adaptation and Design Institute (CADI)
Purpose/Objective:
CADI prepares faculty across disciplines who are designing or redesigning on-campuses courses as part of OSU's general education requirements to create a CIM proposal.
- Difference, Power, and Oppression, Writing Intensive Curriculum, Seeking Solutions, and Transitions will have additional specialty professional development (PD) required.
Information:
- Canvas Guide prep work and the 2.5 hour meeting
- Synchronous
- In-person, remote accommodations can be made as necessary
Yes, CADI is required. A faculty only needs to go through CADI one time regardless of the number of courses they are (re)designing for Core Ed implementation. Units may elect to assign one faculty per course that needs to be (re)designed, or designate select faculty to attend the CADI and (re)design a suite of courses.
If you have a course that is offered at both Corvallis and Cascades, one faculty can attend the CADI to (re)design a course or both campuses can have a faculty attend and collaboratively (re)design.
No. Faculty will no longer receive a stipend for attending the CADI; the honorary stipend will be awarded once the faculty's course has moved from step 1 in the CIM system workflow. Faculty will receive the honorary stipend once, regardless of how many courses the faculty is responsible for redesigning or submitting. The honorary stipend will be distributed as part of payroll and will appear as a "stipend" on a pay stub. OPE and other deductions will not be removed from the honorary stipend, except for mandatory deductions such as FICA.
If faculty are (re)designing courses for DPO, WIC, or Seeking Solutions, additional time will be required, and additional compensation will be provided.
More information will be shared soon as to the amount and structure. If you have specific questions, please reach out to Ashley Holmes.
Ecampus Course Design
Ecampus has two course development workshops: Developing an Online Course (DOC) and Redeveloping an Online Course (ROC). DOC is a six-week, fully asynchronous training and ROC is a four-week, fully asynchronous training.
All faculty working with Ecampus for the first time take DOC, regardless of whether their project is a new development or a redevelopment. Faculty who have completed DOC and are coming back to redevelop an existing Ecampus course take ROC.
DOC and ROC are both a “springboard” into course development. Faculty work closely with their assigned Ecampus instructional designer on applied projects while learning about best practices in designing asynchronous online courses.
DOC and ROC must only be taken once. Faculty who have previously completed DOC but not ROC and are coming back to redevelop a course will take ROC. Faculty who have completed both DOC and ROC previously will not have any additional Ecampus-specific training requirements for course development.
Successful completion of DOC prompts a $500 unit-to-unit transfer; for ROC, there is a $350 unit-to-unit transfer. Funds go to a department index and faculty should check with their department about how they can be accessed and used.
No. After the Ecampus development/redevelopment proposal is accepted, faculty will automatically be enrolled in their required workshop (if the required trainings have not been completed previously). DOC and ROC are offered every quarter and will be taken as part of the first term of the two-term course development.
Online teaching training is required for all Ecampus faculty. Faculty who are new to Ecampus teaching should take New Instructor Training (NIT); faculty who have been teaching online at OSU previously and have not completed New Instructor Training should take Instructor Training Refresh (ITR). More information is available on the Ecampus website.
The Canvas Guide will be a co-requisite to the DOC and/or ROC.
Teaching in Core Education Specialized Teacher Training
Teaching in Core Education (TCE) Trainings
Yes. Anyone who will be teaching in the new curriculum, regardless of campus, modality, and rank, must participate in self-guided, asynchronous training through Canvas.
Teaching courses in Core Education is a great responsibility and honor. While courses will be (re)designed by faculty who have participated in an intensive one-day CADI, we understand course sections are handed off and shared between campuses and modalities. Over the years, the Core Education Committee (formerly the Baccalaureate Core Committee) has seen significant course drift when assessing individual course sections. Sometimes, to the point where a course or sections of a course are no longer teaching to the Core Education category learning outcomes, nor have assessments to meet the outcomes. The TCE will be developed so that no matter who (re)designed the course, all ranks of individuals adopting or adapting a course will be equipped with evidence-informed signature practices.
Please note, graduate students who are assigned as instructor of record are also required to participate.
The TCE also represents a commitment to the shared responsibility and vitality of Core Education at OSU. It is on us to promote the importance, value, and purpose of Core Education as a whole and through individual categories and courses to our students for years to come.
Instructors of Core Education courses are required to participate in TCE every three years. This self-paced, asynchronous module is considered part of job duties and is not additionally compensated.
Individuals cannot be assigned as an instructor of record for a Core Education course unless they have participated in and are up-to-date with the TCE. TCE is a one-hour asynchronous training. It was designed to be completed in a short amount of time in the event where last-minute hires are made or folks realize they did not complete the training in advance of course scheduling.
In instances where emergency hires are made or last-minute teaching assignments occur, exceptions and accommodations can be made. Please contact McKenzie Huber ([email protected]) with requests for exceptions. Requests will be determined in consultation with the Core Education Committee Co-chairs.
Folks who go through the CADI, DOC, or ROC, will have already participated in the TCE curriculum via the CADI Canvas Guide. Folks have three years after completing the CADI Guide before the TCE is required.
Specialized Trainings
Please visit the DPO Website for up-to-date teacher training requirements.
For questions, contact Tenisha Tevis ([email protected]) or Kali Furman ([email protected]).
The purpose of the Seeking Solutions teacher training is to prepare faculty and TAs to design and/or teach Seeking Solutions courses. The training provides basic knowledge and ample resources for instructors and TAs to effectively design, implement, and assess inter- and transdisciplinary problem-solving and teamwork.
Instructors should complete CADI or TCE before attending Seeking Solutions teacher training. The structure of the training is a half-day workshop (4 hours) and offered in three formats: a synchronous in-person session, a synchronous online Zoom session for Ecampus instructors, and an asynchronous online course. All participants will receive a stipend upon completion of the training.
Seeking Solutions teacher training is required for all faculty designing or teaching a Seeking Solutions course for Core Education, and any member of the teaching team for Seeking Solutions courses, including instructors of record and recitation instructors.
If you have questions about Seeking Solutions, please contact the faculty fellows: Troy Hall ([email protected]) and Meg Mobley ([email protected]).
The purpose of the Transitions teacher training is to prepare faculty and TAs to teach Transitions courses. The training provides guidance on the centrally developed curriculum, approaches to the required learning materials, and strategies for teaching first-year and transfer students.
The structure of the training is a self-paced Canvas course. Transitions teacher training is required for all faculty teaching a lower- or upper-division Transitions course for Core Education, and any member of the teaching team for Transitions courses, including instructors of record and recitation instructors.
If you have questions about Transitions, please contact Kara Clevinger ([email protected]).
The WIC Faculty Seminar focuses on learning best practices for teaching writing across the disciplines. Designed for faculty teaching WIC courses and faculty using writing in non-WIC courses, the seminar is appropriate for all faculty who are interested in improving student learning through writing. Read more about the WIC Faculty Seminar on the WIC Website.
Faculty proposing a new WIC course are required to attend the CADI and are encouraged to also attend the WIC Faculty Seminar before teaching a WIC class or as early in their WIC teaching as possible. Existing WIC courses are automatically moved to the WIC category in Core Education. Online course (re)design will continue to take place through Ecampus. Everyone who teaches a course in Core Education, including WIC courses, must complete the "Teaching in Core Education" training. Contact the WIC Director for questions or more information.