11/21/2024

Hi TOPcast Insiders!

Where have you received the most assistance with your professional growth in our online education field? We would love to hear your story whether it is a tiny anecdote or cinematic in scope. Please send us a quick note via email (topcast@ucf.edu) or via Twitter (@topcastnow, @kthompso, or @tbcavanagh). 

- Tom and Kelvin

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Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the importance of continual growth and professional development across the various roles that make up the online education field and discuss how professional associations can help.

• Single-Origin Guatemala Los Volcanes from Sunergos Coffee (Louisville, KY)
• About Sunergos Coffee

• Job Opportunity: UCF AVP of Distributed Learning
• Professional Associations Related to Online Education (a selected list)
  • WCET (WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies)
  • UPCEA (University Professional and Continuing Education Association)
  • OLC (Online Learning Consortium)
  • 1EdTech
  • Quality Matters
  • EDUCAUSE
  • ELI (EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative)
  • POD Network (Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education)
• From EdSurge: “Loop Learnings: A Year of Insights from Digital Learning Leaders”
• From the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD): “Mentor Map”
• TOPcast Episode #20: “Professional Development Through Podcasting”
• TOPcast Episode #60: “Growing [As] Leaders in Our Online Learning Field” (with guest Dr. Kelvin Bentley)
• Backstory on the Apocryphal Lincoln Coffee/Tea Quote

• Video Version of this Episode!