OLC Accelerate 2022 UNC Charlotte Presentation Resources

Moving from Surviving to Thriving: Effective Practices for Addressing Self-Care and Burnout

Burned out? Just practice self-care! Except it’s not that easy, is it? In this interactive workshop, we’ll skip right past the hype and look deep under the hood at what causes burn out. We’ll help you to identify what self-care actually means for you, discuss how to influence your own mental models with story, and explore ways to practice self-care holistically rather than individually.

What Media? Identifying and Applying Media in Course Design.

Not quite sure why the content you’re designing feels like it’s missing something? In this presentation, we’ll cover identifying when and why media is appropriate in course design and what you can do to make it happen.

Oh the Places You’ll Go: Navigating the Lurches and Slumps as an Online Learning Professional in Higher Education

Join this session for a playful parody of Dr. Seuss’s Oh, the Places You’ll Go! from an online learning professional career perspective and talk through some strategies for designing your way through the lurches and slumps of Higher Education. And if you’re stuck in the Waiting Place – this session might help!

Instructional Design Summit – Part 1: Thrive, Don’t Survive: Affective Labor, ID Burnout, and Designing Your Work Life

Join us for an interactive education session where we’ll explore how negative affective work states contribute to Instructional Designer burnout. As a remedy, you’ll participate in three work life design exercises that highlight the importance of recognizing negative affective states, help align your passions and personal values with your vocational and academic pursuits, and ultimately, reconnect you with a sense of purpose, problem solving and intrinsic motivation relating to your role.