The Office of Teaching and Learning Excellence (OTLE) provides orientation, training, and development to support and empower faculty and academic leaders to meet the diverse needs of Walden students. We ensure new and existing faculty have the tools necessary to promote inclusivity, access, and excellence in the Walden University teaching and learning experience.
Training Opportunities Available Through the Office of Teaching and Learning (OTLE)
Classroom Management and Communication
- Improving Communication with Students and Creating an Inclusive Environment
- Canvas Faculty Quick Answers: Before Class Begins: Getting Started for Faculty
- Canvas Faculty Quick Answers: Canvas Course Navigation: BigBlueButton for Faculty
- Canvas Faculty Quick Answers: Canvas Classroom Navigation - Announcements for Faculty
- “You Can Do This”: How Walden Faculty Can Help Students to Build Self-Efficacy
- Understanding Walden’s Philosophy and Learning Models Self-Paced Module
- What is Walden’s Community of Care? (Webinar)
- Compassionate Teaching Strategies in Digital Classrooms for Adult Online Students
Discussion Facilitation
- Microaggressions in the Discussion Board
- Facilitating Online Discussions Self-Paced Module (New version expected by mid-September)
- Discussion Feedback and Grading Job Aid
- Positive Communication Strategies for Discussion & Disagreement
- Screencast Feedback: Supporting Online Writers by Showing and Telling
Quality Feedback
- Cultural Competency Capacity, Writing Feedback, and Student Skill Development: Toward a Culture of Relentless Welcomeness
- Promoting Faculty Quality and Excellence Self-Paced Module
- Providing Feedback to Learners
- Feedback Fumbles webinar (Gaby Johnson)
- Teaching APA Through Course Feedback
- Providing Feedback to Learners
- Prioritizing Feedback on Graduate Student Writing
- Promoting a Constructive and Corrective Approach to Feedback
- Out of the Box: Effective Feedback for the Iterative Assignment
Outreach and Support
Time in Stage Status and Outcomes
- Capstone Course Resources (all resources fit this topic)
- Doctoral Capstone Stage Completion Goals, Term Goals, and Support Resources (Word)
- Webinars specific to doctoral:
- Educative and Transformational Mentoring: Implementing a Community of Care
- Mentors’ Transformative Emotional Intelligence to Positively Influence the Students’ Journey
- Too Good to Be True: Preventing and Addressing Data Set Integrity Issues
- Inclusive Student Mentoring
- Doctoral Master Class Series
- Professional Doctorate Master Class Series
- Mentoring Center (Coming Soon)
Teaching Excellence
The Office of Teaching and Learning Excellence (OTLE) provides orientation, training, and development to support and empower faculty and academic leaders to meet the diverse needs of Walden students. We ensure new and existing faculty have the tools necessary to promote inclusivity, access, and excellence in the Walden University teaching and learning experience.
"Our students need us to be their cheerleaders, to encourage them, and guide them along their learning road."
Jamil Norman, BS Nursing
Faculty Support Agents
Faculty Support Agents - provide individualized assistance to support the unique instructional technology, teaching, and learning needs of Walden University faculty.
Walden Faculty Coaching
Walden Faculty Coaching - Faculty coaches offer faculty members an opportunity to collaborate in a confidential 1:1 session. Sessions are solution focused so most faculty members only meet with a faculty coach one time when discussing a specific topic. If more questions arise additional faculty coaching sessions can be easily scheduled.
"Early contact fosters a working relationship. Based on our first contact I try to provide feedback in their assignment responses which are relevant to their goals."
Tina Pitt, Doctor of Education (EdD)