Teaching Resources
Virtual Speakers Bureau
Welcome to the CCCOnline Virtual Speaker Bureau
Guest experts can bring new knowledge/perspective/excitement to a class. When UNC Professor Ben Varner recently presented to CCCOnline Arts and Humanities Faculty about bringing guest discussants to online courses, attendees enthusiastically supported the suggestion to pioneer such an effort at CCCOnline with our own Virtual Speaker Bureau (VSB).
The CCCOnline Speaker Bureau now allows you to bring colleagues into courses as guest discussants. Or enhance another collegue's course with your visit.
Consider the Potential
Course Events
Music appreciation instructor, Randy Macy, invited a tenor from the NY Metropolitan Opera as a guest speaker to connect the class subject matter to a larger context of opera in 21st century America. The guest also prepared a written lecture that detailed the unique experience of what it was like to grow up in the opera.
The CCD Online Writing Lab (OWL) Director has visited classes to answer student questions about how to use the Online Writing Lab services.
Several sections of Spanish Classes brought their classes together in a virtual auditorium to visit with two guests born in Spain. This event allows learners to explore the differences between cultures of countries that speak the same language. This term a guest from Mexico and a guest from Spain will visit in both Chat and asynchronous discussions, based on learner feedback last term.
A storytelling expert from San Francisco State has visited CCCOnline composition classes to discuss how the elements of good jokes and stories translate to the written medium. Learners proceeded to draft their own narrative essays after the course discussion.
In yet another course, adult literacy and math specialists discussed techniques with adult basic and secondary educators.
Events Open to a Larger Community
When Denver participated in the a One-Book citywide read, the city's event office helped facilitate Leif Enger's visit with college and public readers in the CCCOnline discussion of the book.
Professional Development
The author of a book on learning-centered teaching will discuss the book with an institution's faculty chairs and instructional design team.
How the CCCOnline VSB Works
To Become a Guest Discussant
Voluntary Applicants cut and paste information below into an email and send it to the Speaker Bureau Coordinator.
To Find and Invite a Guest Discussant from the Virtual Speaker BureauThe subjects are added to an alphabetized list of speaker subjects. A faculty who would like a guest speaker searches the list and contacts the speaker. The faculty prepares the class and writes the chair for guest access. With all in place, the guest speaker visits the class discussion.
Help Wanted!
Volunteers Please Apply Within.
Make VSB Great Through Your Participation!
(NOTE: Students may flock to your courses after your guest visit!)
Please submit your listing by pasting the following headings into an email, and sending your completed information to VSB Email:
Copy and Paste These Headings
- Name and Email:
- Discipline/Expertise:
(In addition to our academic degree areas, you may have other expertise/experience that would contribute to specific course discussions):
- How often you would be willing to visit an other course discussions in a given term: (once? twice?):
(If you are willing to be available for a period longer than one or two days, indicate that time period.)
- Your subject area for which you would lead discussion/answer questions:
(ie. The American Civil War; Women in the Modern American Arts. The topics can be broad or narrow – just list what you are comfortable with or are enthusiastic about).
Questions or Suggestions? Please feel free to write the VSB's volunteer coordinator.
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