Request a Workshop or Keynote
Please review my list of offerings below. If you're interested in moving forward, please complete this WORKSHOP/KEYNOTE REQUEST FORM.
Folks interested in working with me for consulting can use this form as well. I offer consulting on a variety of topics include course and community development, online pedagogy, faculty development, and facilitating live sessions.
Folks interested in working with me for consulting can use this form as well. I offer consulting on a variety of topics include course and community development, online pedagogy, faculty development, and facilitating live sessions.
Current Offerings
My typical offering consists of a 60-minute interactive presentation followed by 30 minutes for an open Q & A. Rates vary depending on institutional type, audience, and workshop recording access. I work hard to meet the needs of all types of budgets and institutions.
New Workshop! Climate Action Pedagogy (CAP) Design Challenge Co-Working Workshop
This workshop was designed with the idea that all jobs are climate jobs in mind. As educators, we can start right where we're already working to fight the climate emergency: in the classroom. CAP is aimed at teachers, faculty, and staff working in K-12 and higher education. It's discipline agnostic and all levels of expertise on climate change are welcome. In this ninety-minute session, your team will work to design one learning artifact (e.g., announcement, assessment, lesson) to weave into their courses. This is an entry-level workshop geared toward inspiring people to start somewhere and start small.
If you're looking for someone to work with your faculty/staff on climate action pedagogy on a more long-term basis, I'm open for term or year long consulting support as well. Do reach out.
Trauma-Aware Teaching
Viewing impacts of trauma through a pedagogical lens, geared toward helping faculty and staff understand the basic definitions and impacts of trauma. Includes both big picture overview and practical teaching tips.
Introduction to Neurodiversity & Neurodivergence
In this interactive session, Karen Costa, a neurodivergent educator with ADHD, will introduce her fellow educators to the neurodiversity paradigm. What is neurodiversity and how does it impact our work in our classrooms and on campus? With this foundation established, we'll then discover the related but distinct concept of neurodivergence. This is a growing area of interest in higher education, and now is a great time to learn what these terms mean, why they're so important, and how we can use them to support all students, faculty, and staff on our campuses.
Supporting ADHD Learners
Presents strengths-based, challenge-aware model of working with and supporting ADHD learners. Includes Karen's awareness of the experiences of living with ADHD. Discussion of neurodiversity model and practical strategies based on current/evolving research on ADHD.
Humanizing Online Learning through Connection-Rich Design and Teaching
Topics include using emergent strategy to shape change, what humanizing is and why we do it, and a reimagined community of inquiry (COI) model that shifts from presence to connection and considers emotional, self-regulatory, and existential connections. This aims to be a model for the present and future of higher education in a rapidly changing, volatile environment.
The Mistakes Are the Best Part: Making Educational Videos (for People Who Hate Making Videos)
Based on my book, 99 Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Videos, this workshop will both inspire and inform faculty and staff to start creating videos for their learners, one of the best approaches to humanizing online (and other) courses. Learners will have a chance to create and upload a video during the workshop. Most importantly, this workshop will help educators develop a sustainable video creation practice that honors the needs of both educators and their students. Come break some eggs and make some omelettes in this fun and interactive workshop.
New Workshop! Climate Action Pedagogy (CAP) Design Challenge Co-Working Workshop
This workshop was designed with the idea that all jobs are climate jobs in mind. As educators, we can start right where we're already working to fight the climate emergency: in the classroom. CAP is aimed at teachers, faculty, and staff working in K-12 and higher education. It's discipline agnostic and all levels of expertise on climate change are welcome. In this ninety-minute session, your team will work to design one learning artifact (e.g., announcement, assessment, lesson) to weave into their courses. This is an entry-level workshop geared toward inspiring people to start somewhere and start small.
If you're looking for someone to work with your faculty/staff on climate action pedagogy on a more long-term basis, I'm open for term or year long consulting support as well. Do reach out.
Trauma-Aware Teaching
Viewing impacts of trauma through a pedagogical lens, geared toward helping faculty and staff understand the basic definitions and impacts of trauma. Includes both big picture overview and practical teaching tips.
Introduction to Neurodiversity & Neurodivergence
In this interactive session, Karen Costa, a neurodivergent educator with ADHD, will introduce her fellow educators to the neurodiversity paradigm. What is neurodiversity and how does it impact our work in our classrooms and on campus? With this foundation established, we'll then discover the related but distinct concept of neurodivergence. This is a growing area of interest in higher education, and now is a great time to learn what these terms mean, why they're so important, and how we can use them to support all students, faculty, and staff on our campuses.
Supporting ADHD Learners
Presents strengths-based, challenge-aware model of working with and supporting ADHD learners. Includes Karen's awareness of the experiences of living with ADHD. Discussion of neurodiversity model and practical strategies based on current/evolving research on ADHD.
Humanizing Online Learning through Connection-Rich Design and Teaching
Topics include using emergent strategy to shape change, what humanizing is and why we do it, and a reimagined community of inquiry (COI) model that shifts from presence to connection and considers emotional, self-regulatory, and existential connections. This aims to be a model for the present and future of higher education in a rapidly changing, volatile environment.
The Mistakes Are the Best Part: Making Educational Videos (for People Who Hate Making Videos)
Based on my book, 99 Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Videos, this workshop will both inspire and inform faculty and staff to start creating videos for their learners, one of the best approaches to humanizing online (and other) courses. Learners will have a chance to create and upload a video during the workshop. Most importantly, this workshop will help educators develop a sustainable video creation practice that honors the needs of both educators and their students. Come break some eggs and make some omelettes in this fun and interactive workshop.