Faculty Professional Development
The College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) is working hard to give our faculty the training and resources they need to offer the highest level of teaching using alternative modes of instruction. To help our faculty succeed, we chose two college-level champions as well as departmental-level champions who have experience and expertise teaching hybrid or online courses. The CHHS champions will work with the faculty to promote standards, set expectations, and provide support for quality teaching and learning.
CHHS Champions
Linda Kiltz
Dr. Linda Kiltz is the former the Academic Program Director for the Master of Public Administration, Master of Public Policy, Master of Science in Nonprofit Management and Leadership, and Master of Science in Emergency Management in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Walden University. She was also a professor in the MPA program at Texas A & M University in Corpus Christi. Dr. Kiltz has over two decades of leadership experience working in both the nonprofit and government sector developing and implementing innovative programs and policies to address community problems including crime and violence, poverty and hunger, and emergency preparedness among vulnerable populations. Besides working in higher education, Dr. Kiltz has served as an officer in the U.S. Army, a sheriff’s deputy, and training manager in local law enforcement, and as a community educator for nonprofit organizations dedicated to preventing family violence and child abuse.
In her spare time, she operates an organic farming operation with her husband near Kalispell, Montana where they raise grass-fed beef, eggs from free-range chickens, and 49 varieties of organic apples.
Email: Linda Kiltz
Phone: 406-407-0360 (cell) (Mountain Time)
Video about Linda Kiltz that she uses as a welcome in her classes:
Casey Goeller
In the course of his duties working with the Academic Technology Department, he has conducted a number of faculty training workshops and previously served as the campus eLearning consultant during his time on the transition team that applied our current learning management system, Desire2Learn in 2011. Previous employment prior to his career in academia, Mr. Goeller enjoyed a long career in hospitality management and worked for six years in IT. After his undergraduate degree in Education at the University of Florida, he served as a commissioned officer in the US Army at various locations around the globe. Following that service, he was a French-language student at the University of Montpellier, France. He has two children and five grandchildren.
When not engaging in campus activities, he enjoys restoring classic cars, travel, and any kind of photography.
Email: Casey Goeller
The purpose of the champions is to lead the college's faculty learning community for alternative modes of instruction.
- Criminology, Criminal Justice, & Emergency Management
- Linda Kiltz (cell: 406-407-0360)
- Family & Consumer Sciences
- Health Care Administration: James Lott (cell: 213-324-3262)
- Health Science: Kelley Tenny
- Kinesiology
- Nursing: Kholoud Khalil-Harden
- Physical Therapy: Jackie Dawson
- Public Policy & Administration: Dina Berg
- Recreation & Leisure Studies: Curt Davidson
- Social Work:
- Keyon Anderson (562.283.5986)
- Lisa Jennings
- Speech-language Pathology: Belinda Daughrity
Resources for Teaching Remotely
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Teaching Remotely Quick Reference
-Compiled by the CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning and the CSU Faculty Development Council -
CSULB Remote and Online Teaching Resources
-Curated resources from U.S. higher education institutions
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BeachBoard Course Templates
-Pre-built course frameworks to help build your courses quickly
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Faculty Resource Guide to BeachBoard and Zoom [PDF]
-A comprehensive list of links to video tutorials and articles -
BeachBoard Tools Video Tutorials [PDF]
-List of links to quick "how-to" videos for BeachBoard Tools
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Faculty Resource Guide to BeachBoard and Zoom [PDF]
-A comprehensive list of links to video tutorials and articles -
Zoom Security Settings Reference Guide [PDF]
-Top 6 tips for keeping your Zoom meetings secure - Zoom Security: Enable a Waiting Room for Non-CSULB Guests
- In-meeting security options - How to remove a participant
- Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository, University of Central Florida
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Camtasia Instructions- Instructions for downloading Camtasia and sharing projects in BeachBoard
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Visit these TechSmith sites for training and resources to help you create better videos and presentations:
- How Video Production Affects Student Engagement
- MIT research study that states that shorter videos are much more engaging, that informal talking-head videos are more engaging, that Khan-style tablet drawings are more engaging, that even high-quality pre-recorded classroom lectures might not make for engaging online videos, and that students engage differently with lecture and tutorial videos
- Video Length in Online Courses: What the Research Says
- Quality Matters presents two studies that provide a lot of useful information for practice. Additional article, Emporia State University.
- Microsoft Stream - Space for students to upload their video projects using the Microsoft 365 tool set (1 TB) available for free
- Microsoft Sway - Create visually striking newsletters, presentations, and documentation in minutes.
- Adobe Spark - Online application for students to create social graphics, short videos, and web pages for their course projects.
- Adobe Suite: Free student access to the Adobe Suite up to the end of this S20 semester. Free to faculty and staff.
- Producing Videos at Home or Office - Benefits of instructor-created video for online courses.
- 20 Free Tools to Create Multimedia - List of interactive apps and tools to enrich your stories and boost engagement, from copyright-free images to video, data visualizations, and infographics.
- YouTube Fair Use & Copyright - YouTube Creators Channel
- Alternatives to Proctored Exams [PDF] -Adapted from Rutgers University
- Proven alternative assessment methods that are effective and less stressful for students. Also addresses students who fall within the deficit side of the digital divide.
- Academic Integrity: Grappling with Cheating and Plagiarism Vanderbilt University
- Authentic Assessments (Indiana University, Bloomington CITL)
- *Best Practices to Reduce the Impact of Cheating in Online Assessment Northern Illinois University
- Beyond the Essay (Vanderbilt University)
- Keep Teaching: Testing Strategies, California State University, Fullerton
- Tips for Exams and Alternative Assessments, Rutgers University
- Open Book Exams / Oral Exams
- A Guide for Academics - Open Book Exams [PDF] from Newcastle University; explains how to create open book exams
- Why Open-book Tests Deserve a Place in Your Courses - article from Faculty Focus
- Faculty Guidance - Accommodating students for remote class administration (Princeton).
- Accessible Teaching in the time of Covid-19 - Accessible suggestions from the disability culture and community.
- National Federation of the Blind - Don’t Be a Barrier: Be Accessible NOW - Practical recommendations for the creation of accessible instructional materials.
- General Accessibility Design Guidelines if you use Canvas - General best practices from Canvas when designing a course for accessibility concerns.
- National Deaf Center’s Remember Accessibility in the Rush to Online Instruction: 10 Tips for Educators. Share this with faculty and other professionals supporting deaf students
- Inclusion, Equity, and Access While Teaching Remotely - How faculty and instructors can ensure that all students have access to the materials they need to succeed in the course when the learning contexts are rapidly changing (Rice University).
Doing Fieldwork in a Pandemic (Deborah Lupton) - how to turn fieldwork that was initially planned as using face-to-face methods into a more ‘hands-off’ mode specifically, ideas for avoiding in-person interactions by using mediated forms that will achieve similar ends.
Best Teaching Practices in a Virtual Setting
Attached is the PowerPoint slides for the Spring Convening presentation, Best Teaching Practices in a Virtual Setting.
Panelists
- Melissa Bittner, PhD (Kinesiology)
- Belinda Daughrity (Speech-Language Pathology)
- Curt Davidson (Recreation & Leisure Studies)
Discussants
- Jackie Dawson, PhD (Department of Physical Therapy)
- Dr. Linda Kiltz (School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Emergency Management)
