The Teaching & Learning Excellence Division (TLED) Office of Faculty Development hosted its annual Summer Software Day (SSD) on Friday, July 26, 2024. More than 200 employees registered and 20+ sessions were offered during this year’s event.
The 2024 SSD theme was “The Future of Education: Adapting to a Changing Landscape.” The event aimed to provide an opportunity for faculty and staff to stay up to date with their tech skills and learn new ones to implement within their classroom and day-to-day tasks.
The event was designed to encourage continued learning by highlighting various tools, platforms, and methodologies within workshops throughout the day. The day was filled with presentations, interactive workshops, and opportunities for connecting, making it a hub for anyone interested in advancing their knowledge on timely topics.
Below is a recap of the highlights and key moments from the event.
Highlights of the Event
The event featured a keynote address from ACC Professor Stephanie Long titled “How ACC is Transforming Riverbat Success Through Flexibility.” Long’s keynote highlighted how combining innovative techniques with modality flexibility goes a long way in helping students persist. She aimed her presentation to help achieve the College’s North Star goal of a 70% student completion rate by 2030. Topics such as lessons learned from a collegewide pilot, insights into student success, and highlights of how generative AI can be helpful sparked thoughtful discussions. The presentation was also recorded and uploaded to the ACC Panopto site for viewing.
Attendees participated in an opening and closing session, as well as an additional five sessions in which they were able to choose from different topics tailored to various skills. Each session offered three or more diverse topics to choose from, hosted by an ACC faculty or staff member.
Participant feedback was overwhelmingly positive. TLED Intern and ACC student A’leya Campbell said, “I love Summer Software Day! I enjoy the widespread workshops created by our own peers and colleagues. There’s always a workshop that feels like it was made just for you!”
SSD not only has a significant impact on attendees but will also serve students as the skills and ideas learned during the day will be implemented into the classroom at ACC.
Dive Into the SSD Sessions
Given that this year’s SSD event was delivered entirely online, the sessions and workshops were captured on video. Each session was recorded to ensure that the valuable content shared could be accessed by both attendees and those who could not make it. These recordings have been uploaded to ACC’s Panopto. For those interested in watching the recordings, you will need to use your ACC credentials to log in.
SSD Professional Development Credit
SSD is also a great opportunity to receive professional development credit. For participants who attended the event live, your professional development credit will be awarded automatically in the coming weeks. Please contact TLED’s Office of Faculty Development at [email protected] for any questions regarding your professional credit.
If you are viewing sessions via Panopto, please work with your supervisor to submit that time to HR via WorkDay.
For more information on future programs and to stay informed, visit the TLED website.