20 Minute Mentor Commons
Through our membership in the OLC, faculty can access online workshops.
Apply for workshop registration and learn about other member benefits here.
Faculty and staff now have access to a new online professional development resource. The 20 Minute Mentor Commons is a growing library of video-based programs to help you address teaching opportunities and challenges. Each video is 20 minutes in length and is accompanied by PDF handouts and a transcript.
Topics include:
- What are the three worst mistakes to make in the classroom?
- How can I promote deep, lasting student learning?
- How can I connect students' interests to course content?
- How can I build community in my classroom?
- How do I create engaging threaded discussion questions?
- How do I get more students to participate in class?
- In blended courses, what should students do online?
This link is a document that lists all programs in 20-Minute Mentor Commons, sorted by category, with direct links to each one: 20-Minute Mentor Commons.
To activate your 20 Minute Mentor Commons subscription, contact us at [email protected] and we will send you the GVSU activation code.
Quality Matters
Through our institutional membership, faculty have access to the Quality Matters rubric, a set of eight research-based standards that can be used to guide online/hybrid course development. Currently, the Quality Matters rubric is used in the Foundations of Online/Hybrid Course Development and QM Teaching Circles.
Sampling of 20 Minute Mentor Commons Programs
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Program Title |
Category |
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How Do I Convert a F2F Course to a Hybrid Course? |
Blended Learning |
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In Blended Courses, What Should Students Do Online? |
Blended Learning |
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Should I Use ADDIE as a Design Map for My Blended Course? |
Blended Learning |
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What Is Blended Learning? |
Blended Learning |
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What Three Things Could I Do to Improve My Blended Course? |
Blended Learning |
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How Can I Learn Student Names? |
Classroom Management |
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How Do I Address Teasing and Bullying Behavior in the Classroom? |
Classroom Management |
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How Do I Discuss Academic Integrity During the First Class? |
Classroom Management |
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How Do I Stay Calm When Students Push My Buttons? |
Classroom Management |
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How Should I Handle Pushy Parents? |
Classroom Management |
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Is There a Solution to Students Multitasking in Class? |
Classroom Management |
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Should I Take Attendance? |
Classroom Management |
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What Do I Need to Know About Referring Students for Help? |
Classroom Management |
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What Should I Do When a Student Challenges my Authority? |
Classroom Management |
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What Should I Do When a Student Cheats? |
Classroom Management |
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Is Your Syllabus Sending the Wrong Message? |
Course Design |
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Can Service-Learning Work in My Discipline? |
Course Design |
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How Can Backward Design Make My Courses More Accessible? |
Course Design |
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How Can I Improve Lessons with a 4-step Plan? |
Course Design |
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How Can I Incorporate a Group Poster Session into my Class? |
Course Design |
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How Can I Make My Course Content More Accessible? |
Course Design |
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How Can I Make the Activities in My Course More Inclusive? |
Course Design |
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How Do I Design Courses to Enhance Student Veterans' Success? |
Course Design |
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How Do I Develop a High-Impact Capstone Course? |
Course Design |
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How Do I Get Started with Service-Learning? |
Course Design |
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What Are Five Tips for Writing Effective Learning Outcomes? |
Course Design |
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How Can I Be an Effective Mentor? |
Faculty Development |
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How Can I Best Learn from My Mentor? |
Faculty Development |
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How Can I Measure My Faculty Development Center’s Impact? |
Faculty Development |
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How Can I Use Student Feedback to Improve My Teaching? |
Faculty Development |
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How Do I Create a Successful Faculty Mentoring Program? |
Faculty Development |
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How Do I Prepare a SoTL Article for Publication? |
Faculty Development |
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What Can I Do about Feeling Tired, Stressed, and Burned Out? |
Faculty Development |
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What Can I Learn From Student Ratings? |
Faculty Development |
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How Can I Build a Successful Faculty Development Program? |
Faculty Support |
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How Do I Motivate an Unmotivated Colleague? |
Faculty Support |
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How Should I Coach an Underperforming Colleague? |
Faculty Support |
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What Steps Can I Take to Foster a Collegial Department? |
Faculty Support |
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How Can I Structure a Flipped Lesson? |
Flipped Courses |
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What Are 5 FAQs About Faculty Roles in the Flipped Class? |
Flipped Courses |
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What Is Storyboarding and How Can It Help You Flip Your Class? |
Flipped Courses |
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Where Can I Find Flippable Moments in My Classes? |
Flipped Courses |
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Are Group Exams a Viable Testing Option? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Create Meaningful Assignments for My Students? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Make My Exams More about Learning, Less about Grades? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Make My Exams More Accessible? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Make My Multiple Choice Tests More Effective? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Transform My Tests into Learning Tools? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Use a Total Point System to Clarify Grading? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Use Frequent Student Feedback to Improve My Courses? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Use Informal Writing as Part of a Low-stakes Grading Strategy? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Use Low-stakes Quizzing to Enhance Learning? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Can Rubrics Make Grading Easier and Faster? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Do I Give Feedback that Improves Student Writing? |
Grading and Feedback |
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What Is the Best Way to Grade Participation? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Do I Use FLCs to Strengthen Institutional Assessment? |
Institutional Assessment |
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How Should I Manage Conflict Within My Department? |
Leadership Skills |
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How Can I Design Copyright-Compliant Courses? |
Online Copyright Policy |
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Linking, Embedding & Streaming: What’s Legal? What’s Not? |
Online Copyright Policy |
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What Does Copyright Ownership Mean to Me? |
Online Copyright Policy |
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How Can I Get Started With the Virtual Classroom? |
Online Course Design |
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How Do I Choose Between Synchronous & Asynchronous Activities? |
Online Course Design |
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How Do I Set Students Up for Success in Online Courses? |
Online Course Design |
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What Do Students Want in Online Courses? |
Online Course Design |
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What Are the Communication 'Musts' in an Online Class? |
Online Course Facilitation |
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How Can I Set Time Management Priorities in Online Teaching? |
Online Course Management |
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How Should I Manage My Online Course? |
Online Course Management |
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I’m Teaching Online Next Term. What Do I Have to Know? |
Online Course Management |
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How Can I Use Technology to Create Custom Automated Feedback? |
Online Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Enhance the Impact of Feedback in Online Classes? |
Online Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Use Voice Feedback to Improve Student Learning? |
Online Grading and Feedback |
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How Do I Create Engaging Threaded Discussion Questions? |
Online Student Engagement |
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How Can I Better Manage Difficult Conversations with Faculty? |
Personnel Issues |
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How Can I Help Student Veterans Transition to Campus? |
Specific Student Populations |
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How Do I Accommodate Student Veterans with Disabilities? |
Specific Student Populations |
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How Flexible Should I Be with Nontraditional Students? |
Specific Student Populations |
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What Do I Do If I Suspect a Student Has Asperger’s Disorder? |
Specific Student Populations |
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What Learning Activities Help Student Veterans Succeed? |
Specific Student Populations |
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How Can I Capture Students’ Interest in the First 5 Minutes? |
Student Engagement |
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How Can I Connect Students’ Interests to Course Content? |
Student Engagement |
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How Can I Enhance Class Using Story, Popular Media and Objects? |
Student Engagement |
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How Can I Enhance Students’ Self-Regulated Learning Skills? |
Student Engagement |
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How Can I Get Students to Take Responsibility for Their Own Learning? |
Student Engagement |
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How Can I Improve My PowerPoint Presentation Skills? |
Student Engagement |
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How Can I Reduce Student Apathy and Increase Motivation? |
Student Engagement |
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How Can I Use Icebreakers to Connect with Students? |
Student Engagement |
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How Can Objects and Analogies Improve my Teaching? |
Student Engagement |
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How Do I Build Community in My Classroom? |
Student Engagement |
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How Do I Create a Climate for Learning in My Classroom? |
Student Engagement |
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How Do I Get More Students to Participate in Class? |
Student Engagement |
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How Do I Get Students to Read Their Assignments Before Class? |
Student Engagement |
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How Do I Include Introverts in Class Discussions? |
Student Engagement |
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What Kinds of Questions Encourage Student Interaction? |
Student Engagement |
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How Can I Give Negative Peer Feedback that Leads to Change? |
Teaching Strategies |
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How Can I Help Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills? |
Teaching Strategies |
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How Can I Minimize Cheating in the Classroom? |
Teaching Strategies |
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How Can I Promote Deep Learning through Critical Reflection? |
Teaching Strategies |
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How Can I Teach Critical Reflection in STEM Courses? |
Teaching Strategies |
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How Can I Use Discussion to Facilitate Learning? |
Teaching Strategies |
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How Do I Assign Students to Groups? |
Teaching Strategies |
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How Should I Respond to Wrong (or Not Very Good) Answers? |
Teaching Strategies |
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Is Team Teaching Right for Me? |
Teaching Strategies |
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Learner-Centered Teaching - Where Should I Start? |
Teaching Strategies |
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Should I Encourage Experiential Learning During Class? How? |
Teaching Strategies |
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What Are the Three Worst Mistakes to Make in the Classroom? |
Teaching Strategies |
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What Can I Do to Increase Student Retention? |
Teaching Strategies |
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What if a Student Asks a Question I Can't Answer? |
Teaching Strategies |
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How Do I Use VoiceThread for Online Student Discussion? |
Technology in Online Courses |
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Where Can I Find Free Tools for Holding Online Office Hours? |
Technology in Online Courses |
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Can I Safely Send Group Text Messages to Students for Free? |
Technology in the Classroom |
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Can I Safely Use Facebook with Students for Class Interaction? |
Technology in the Classroom |
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How Can Document Sharing Tools Help Students Collaborate? |
Technology in the Classroom |
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How Can Google Docs Help Foster Productive Collaboration? |
Technology in the Classroom |
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How Can I Create Effective Mini-lectures? |
Technology in the Classroom |
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How Can I Use Technology to Improve Learning? |
Technology in the Classroom |
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How Can I Use Twitter to Improve Teaching and Learning? |
Technology in the Classroom |
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What Works and What Doesn't When Teaching Large Classes? |
Technology in the Classroom |
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Peer Reviews of Online Teaching: What Works Best? |
Working with Online Faculty |
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How Can I Use Student Feedback to Improve My Teaching? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Can I Better Manage Difficult Conversations with Faculty? |
Grading and Feedback |
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How Do I Get More Students to Participate in Class? |
Grading and Feedback |
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What Can I Learn From Student Ratings? |
Grading and Feedback |