ACC Course Redesign Fellowships
Overview
The Teaching & Learning Excellence Division (TLED) has created a comprehensive faculty fellowship program focused on course redesign. These fellowships are designed to support faculty in the redesign of courses employing high-impact and best practices in specific instructional methods and strategies that promote equitable student success and build on the scholarship of teaching and learning. Each fellowship includes unique time constraints, requirements, and expectations.
Below is an overview of the fellowships with links to more information about each specific fellowship.
Available Fellowships
- Adobe Creative Campus – Richard Palmer (rpalmer@austincc.edu)
- Artificial Intelligence for Teaching and Learning – Stephanie Bogdanich (sbogdani@austincc.edu)
- Great Questions – Ted Hadzi-Antich (thadzian@austincc.edu)
- Honors – Dr. Anne-Marie Thomas (athomas2@austincc.edu)
- HyFlex Teaching & Learning – Angelo Caverte (angelo.caverte@austincc.edu)
- Liberal Arts Gateway – Chris Berni (cberni@austincc.edu)
- Quality Matters – Katie McClendon (katie.mcclendon@austincc.edu)
Note: The Liberal Arts Gateway Fellowships follow a different schedule. If you’re interested in the Liberal Arts Gateway Fellowships, please visit the Liberal Arts Gateway website or email Chris Berni at cberni@austincc.edu.
Fellowship Details
Adobe Creative Campus
The Adobe Creative Campus Fellowship is a yearlong opportunity for Austin Community College (ACC) faculty to learn alternative teaching methods that increase student engagement and success through the use of Adobe Creative Cloud.
Artificial Intelligence for Teaching and Learning
The Artificial Intelligence for Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellowship is a yearlong opportunity for ACC faculty to learn how to integrate artificial intelligence into their teaching to build engagement and foster 21st-century digital literacy skills.
Great Questions
The Great Questions Faculty Fellowship offers ACC faculty the opportunity to join a small group workshop with Great Questions faculty members to redesign at least 40% of a course centered on project-based and discussion-based study of core and transformative texts within their discipline.
Honors
The Honors Fellowship supports faculty in redesigning courses to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives into their curriculum. There are four options for the Honors Fellowship.
HyFlex Teaching and Learning
The HyFlex Teaching and Learning Fellowship supports faculty in redesigning courses that employ high-impact practices in HyFlex instructional methods and strategies promoting equitable student success.
Liberal Arts Gateway
The Liberal Arts Gateway (LAG) Fellowship supports faculty who are new to the LAG course redesign process or LAG faculty interested in serving as Community of Practice facilitators for new cohorts.
Note: The Gateway Fellowships follow a different schedule. If you’re interested in the Gateway Fellowships, please visit the Liberal Arts Gateway website or email Chris Berni at cberni@austincc.edu.
Quality Matters
Participants will focus on completing the basic training for Quality Matters (QM) — Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR). Afterward, participants will complete the design of one online, hybrid, or competency-based course with support from a Distance Education Instructional Designer. The completed course must also successfully pass an internal Quality Matters review.
Contact
For questions about faculty fellowships, email tledcomms@austincc.edu. To receive reminders and updates about fellowship opportunities, subscribe here.
Related Links
- Adobe Creative Campus
- Artificial Intelligence for Teaching and Learning
- Great Questions
- Honors
- HyFlex Teaching and Learning
- Liberal Arts Gateway
- Quality Matters
Read the Course Redesign Fellowship Faculty Forum Blog Post Recap