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National Workshops

Professional development workshops for educators designed
to increase student engagement & promote empowerment

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Virtual workshops now offered through Zoom!

Since 1996, more than 50,000 educators have attended On Course professional development events geared for college and university educators and also applicable for high school and middle school teachers. If you want innovative strategies for engaging students and empowering them to achieve greater success—academic, personal, and professional—these are the workshops for you! Backed by extensive research, On Course strategies are proven to have a positive impact on student academic success and retention (View Institutional Studies).

At the end of the workshops, participants develop a specific plan to implement one or more strategies learned in the workshop. To extend their learning beyond the workshop, participants receive access to a web source of hundreds of innovative ways the workshop strategies have been employed by other educators across the curriculum (from Advising to Zoology and all educational roles in between).

On Course Workshops are ideal for all college faculty, student success instructors, counselors, Trio personnel, and administrators looking for a proven approach to dramatically improving student success, retention and graduation. Although geared for college faculty, the same concepts are easily applicable for middle and high school teachers.


ALL WORKSHOPS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Engaging Learners through Zoom Workshop:

  • October 27, 2023, on Zoom with Dr. Jonathan Brennan – Registration coming soon! $295

1-Day Introductory Workshop:

  • May 19, 2023, on Zoom with Dr. Jonathan Brennan – Register now! $295

Engaging and Empowering Learners Workshop:

  • May 30 – June 2, 2023, *in person* near San Francisco with Dr. Jonathan Brennan – Register now! $895 (commuter) $1195 (resident)
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“This has been, without a doubt, the best workshop I have attended during my 35 years of professional life.”
– Jan Reed, Counselor and Coordinator, First Year Programs, Piedmont Virginia Community College, VA


Engaging Learners through Zoom Workshop
February 24, 2023 and October 27, 2023, on Zoom with Dr. Jonathan Brennan

Based on the research that Dr. Brennan conducted while writing the book, Engaging Learners through Zoom: Strategies for Virtual Teaching across Disciplines (October, 2020, Wiley Jossey-Bass), this workshop offers educators in all disciplines dozens of strategies to engage their students on Zoom (or other video-conferencing platforms).

Many educators are frustrated and overwhelmed with the rapid shift to synchronous, virtual learning, and need more tools to ensure learner engagement, motivation and persistence.  Both educators and students are suffering from Zoom Fatigue, and the workshop offers concrete methods to minimize this growing problem.
View the Engaging Learners through Zoom Workshop Agenda.

1-Day Introductory Workshop
May 19, 2023, on Zoom with Dr. Jonathan Brennan

The 1-day workshop is an introduction to engaging and empowering learner-centered principles, research and strategies. The workshop provides a foundation in learner-centered education as well as practical and proven educational strategies that participants can use immediately with their students. At the end of the workshop, participants develop a specific plan to implement one or more strategies learned in the workshop. To extend their learning beyond the workshop, participants receive access to a web source of hundreds of innovative ways the workshop strategies have been employed by other educators across the curriculum (from Advising to Zoology). View the 1-Day Introductory Workshop Agenda.
Engaging & Empowering Learners Workshop (ON COURSE I)
May 30 – June 2, 2023, in-person with Dr. Jonathan Brennan

Held at retreat centers on both coasts of the United States and virtually through Zoom, this workshop is our flagship professional development event geared for college and university educators, although also applicable for middle and high school teachers. In this four-day workshop (three-day if held virtually), you’ll learn dozens of learner-centered strategies for empowering students to become active, responsible and successful learners. To see what past participants had to say about On Course Workshops…read the Testimonials. 
View the Engaging & Empowering Learners Workshop Agenda.

Designing & Facilitating Learning Workshop (ON COURSE II)
In this 4-day workshop, you’ll not only add dozens of new learner-centered strategies to your toolbox, you’ll also learn the essential skills for effectively designing and facilitating learner-centered experiences of any length…from an hour to a semester. This workshop is held at retreat centers on both coasts of the United States. To see what past participants had to say about On Course Workshops…read the Testimonials.  
View the Designing & Facilitating Learning Workshop Agenda.

TOP 10 REASONS TO ATTEND

A college hosting an on-campus On Course Workshop asked for the “Top Ten Reasons to attend an On Course Workshop” to share with their educators. We turned the request over to the On Course Ambassadors. Click HERE to read what some of them had to say.


“The Engaging & Empowering Learners (OCI) workshop kept me on the edge of my seat for four consecutive days. It has really been an eye-opener for me as an instructor, and also helped me grow as a person. I can’t thank you enough for your commitment to educators and students.”
– Robert Quinn, Faculty, Mathematics, Jamestown Community College, NY

“I enjoyed the Designing & Facilitating Learning (OCII) Workshop and will strongly recommend it to my other OCI trained colleagues! The overall content was fantastic. The design team and outcomes presented will be templates for our work both for professional development and in the classroom.”
– Melissa Komadina, Counselor, Skyline College, CA

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Spring National Conference

A Conference for
Learner-Centered Educators
April 28, 2023
Held virtually through Zoom

Registration coming soon!

National Workshops

Workshops near San Francisco & Baltimore/Washington D.C.
Workshops are held virtually on Zoom!

 

Learner-Centered Strategies that Improve Student Success and Retention

On Campus Workshops

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Workshops can be held virtually or in person!

Interactive Workshops are Ideal
for All Educators

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Workshop Testimonials

This workshop should be required for all faculty, staff, and administrators.
Lamar McWaine
Student Life Coordinator
San Jacinto College, TX
Thank you for making me a better teacher.
Gregory Walker
Faculty, Anatomy and Physiology
El Camino College Compton Center, CA
I am going back to campus more empowered and energized.
Tyrone Davidson
Director, Undergraduate Advising
Missouri U of Science & Technology, MO
On a scale of 1-10, I rate the overall value I received from the workshop as a 15.
Deborah Rayner
Faculty, Computer Science
Harford Community College, MD
I told my Dean that if I took every workshop and conference I had ever attended and rolled them into one, it would not equal what I learned and gained from your workshop.
Jan Trollinger
Faculty, English
Paine College, GA
I have never before felt a workshop I attended helped me to teach. This one will!
Lynn Ezzell
Faculty, English
Cape Fear Community College, NC
Since first attending one of the summer retreats in 1997, I’ve held nine On Course workshops for our college, and I plan to offer more.
Philip Rodriquez
Director, Student Affairs
Cerritos College, CA
Our college needs to offer this workshop for all faculty, full and part-time.
John McGill
Associate Dean, Biology
York Technical College, SC
I arrived as a skeptic, but by the end of the first day I was converted. These strategies are practical and timely. I am looking forward to implementing them in my courses.
Rodney R. Brooks
Faculty, Accounting
Glendale Community College, AZ
This workshop transformed my professional and personal life.
Susan Pitcher
Director, TRIO
Bay College, MI

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