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Note: Many of the following resources are being provided by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and the California Virtual College-Online Teaching Initiative (CVC-OEI) as part of their Emergency Preparedness Resources page. For a direct link to their page, please click here.
California Community Colleges faculty, staff, and administrators will find considerable resources and information within the Vision Resource Center.
CVC-OEI is providing online training resources to support CA community college system as it transitions from face-to-face instruction to a temporary remote learning experience. This site will evolve as more resources are identified and developed.
Laurie Eberhart, Special Project Director, OC Regional Work-Based Learning & Job Placement Grant, NOCCCD, held the first of several upcoming webinars about using the regional, SWP-sponsored LinkedIn Learning resources to help faculty and staff incorporate them into their online learning classes. The first webinar was recorded and is available here. The slide deck can be can be downloaded here.. For more info contact Laurie at leberhart@noce.edu.
The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) understands the challenges being faced by college instructors across the county and is ready to help. The resources below are free of charge and available to everyone.
https://acue.org/online-teaching-toolkit/
TalentED is a geo-enabled career navigation hub that provides actionable workforce data, mapping and visualization capabilities that empower students to find programs, enter a pathway, and reach their career goals. A regional collaboration of Orange County community colleges and business partners, TalentED story maps feature priority industry sectors and high skill, high demand jobs.
An “Introduction to TalentED” course module is available for immediate use through CANVAS. For more information about the module and how to use it, click here.
Designed by the Florida State Virtual Campus and the University of Central Florida’s Center for Distributed Learning as part of a statewide faculty online teaching development program, the site provides useful links to a variety of resources including an online toolkit and a community of practice with an emphasis on faculty development administrators. Learn more at https://topkit.org/.
The following resources have been provided by Orange County Regional Director for Employer Engagement Jaime Gonzalez. To learn more about Orange County’s ATL sector, visit https://atleducation.org/.
Aviation maintenance technical schools are facing unprecedented challenges during the coronavirus outbreak. ATEC has created a COVID-19 response page with extensive resources to address the needs of instructors within this field. This page is intended to serve as a resource for schools that decide to go online. ATEC has also created a “Best Practices for Online Instruction” page here.
Automotive instructors in California can take advantage of FREE online access through the end of July. Interested instructors should reach out to Clara Bowser at clara.bowser@electude.com or visit Electude.com to get started.
Instructors or schools that are members of ATRA, Automatic Transmission Rebuilders Association, can request virtual training for their students. Contact Lance Wiggins at 805-604-2034 to learn more. Instructors will be asked to send a roster with student names and emails.
Auto instructors are invited to join ConsuLab’s education team for 30-minute daily discussions around teaching automotive and diesel in isolation. Get the latest industry news and share best practices with instructor colleagues. Click here to learn more.
Instructors can get free 90-day digital access by contacting a G-W Educational Consultant. Free resources for students and teachers are also available at www.g-wlearning.com. Training materials for G-W digital resources are available at www.g-w.com/training.
InterPlay Learning is making its latest online resources available to California Community Colleges at no cost through the end of the school year. This includes access to HVAC, Electrical and Solar online content.
For more information, contact ECU Regional Director for Employer Engagement, Jon Caffery @ jcaffery@saddleback.edu.
The ESCO Group and its partners are offering FREE HVACR online curriculum materials to educators as well as a series of FREE WEBINARS for faculty and students on such topics as gas heating, EPA certification, flammable refrigerants, and much more. Recorded webinars and other educator resources can be found at the ESCO Group website.
The Lighting Controls Association offers free, online courses about lighting technology and application. Courses are registered with CALCTP, NLCAA, NCQLP and AIA. Upon completion, the student gets a Certificate of Completion that can be shared with the professor. Visit LCA Education Express to register and learn more.
Governor Newsom announced the formation of the California Health Corps, a major initiative to expand the health care workforce and fast track qualified professionals into critical positions to fight COVID-19. Learn more here.
Certiport, a Pearson VUE business, is a leading provider of certification exam development, delivery, and program management services delivering more than three million exams each year. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Certiport is offering a free 90-day trial of curriculum and courseware that can be used by students at home or in other remote locations.
To gain access to these resources for your school, visit www.certiport.com and register for a Certiport account in the top right corner. Then, register as a Certiport Authorized Testing Center (CATC) by following the steps on the Registering a CATC PDF. There is no charge for registering as a CATC. Once your school has been setup as a Certiport Authorized Testing Center, you will be able to request your free 90-day trial of our Learning Products.
WebEx is one of the leading enterprise solution for video conferencing, online meetings, screen share, and webinars. Live and recorded classes are available here.
ITProTV is offering no-cost access to select CompTIA online training courses to educational institutions experiencing learning disruptions from the impact of COVID-19. To learn more about this program for the Spring and Summer 2020 semesters, click here and/or email edu.assistance@itpro.tv.
Free programs and courses include IBM Skills, Open P-TECH and IBM AI Education series for teachers. Learn more here.
The Federal Virtual Training Environment (FedVTE) provides several courses free of charge and without login requirements. Click here to learn more.
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