Illinois Online Network (ION)

The University of Illinois-Springfield and the Illinois Online Network (ION) offer a variety of Professional eLearning courses, micro certificates, and professional certificate programs. Certificate programs to pursue include the newly revised Master Online Teacher Certificate, the Digital Accessibility for Educators Certificate, and more.

Check out the ION course schedule for a list of upcoming 4-week or 8-week courses. New rounds of courses start each month.

Visit the ION registration site to get started with registration. Once you have set up an account and registered for a course (please use membership code RL325), you will be emailed an invoice for the class. (Entering the code RL325 should reduce the cost of an 8-week course from $395 to $150.) Please forward that invoice to Jarry Brown (jarryb@richland.edu) and the TLC will pay for the course.

Central & Southern Illinois Faculty Development Network

Check out the CSIL Faculty Development Network 2024-2025 faculty-centered events. Monthly PD sessions are held the first Friday of each month. The website provides links to the live monthly Zoom sessions and any previously-recorded content.

Fall 2024 offerings include...

What are Regular and Substantive Interactions in Online Courses? - October 4th at 11am
- recording & slides
Building a Badging System for Student Success - November 1st at noon
Helping Faculty Embrace New Digital Accessibility Guidelines - December 6th at noon

Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support (ICSPS)

The Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support (ICSPS) resides in the College of Education at Illinois State University. The mission of ICSPS is to support the success of every learner through the comprehensive application of research-based practices, encouraging professionals to educate equitably, and offering expertise in creating excellent learning environments through professional development events.

ICSPS designs and delivers professional development, technical assistance, and program improvement strategies for career, technical, and adult education, and workforce professionals. The Center focuses on equity, access, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, retention, completion, and transition for Illinois students - encouraging achievement of special population learners. ICSPS offers customized professional development on Universal Design for Learning, strategies to enhance recruitment and retention, embracing a growth mindset, and supporting special populations students.

Check out ICSPS's growing list of professional webinars on their Equity Resources page.

Innovative Educators

Through the Perkins grant, all Richland faculty & staff have unlimited access to a variety of live and on-demand webinar trainings provided through Innovative Educators. The content addresses a wide range of topics including teaching strategies, cheating & plagiarism, AI use, teaching diverse populations, and much more.

Simply visit www.go2knowledge.com/richlandcc to create an account and browse the digital library. You can then use the "Search for content" box on the dashboard to search for a topic of interest, such as "AI."

Please reach out to Jarry with questions about any of these professional development opportunities.