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Transformative Learning Center

Welcome to the Transformative Learning Center (TLC)

The TLC serves faculty and staff of Cabrillo in a few major areas: Faculty Development in Transformative and Sustainable Teaching and Learning Practices, Teaching enhanced with Technology, Distance Education Coordination, Vision Resources Center (VRC) and Canvas Technical Support. Your TLC Team, welcomes you. Let us fly together!

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TLC's Professional Development

  • Fall 2024 Open Enrollment
    TIDL 1: Self-Paced TIDL 1 Refresher Couse: Equity-Minded Online Teaching with Canvas

    This is a self-paced course that should take approximately 3 hours to complete, including the project and quizzes. By the end of this course, you will be able to better understand the OEI CVC rubric, online equity, and accessibility.3 Hours of Flex Credit. If you have any questions about enrolling or as you work through the course, please reach out to the Facilitator: Joy Polanco O’Neil Registration in the VRC

  • Fall 2024 Open Enrollment
    Canvas Self-Paced Refresher and Readiness Course

    This is a self-paced course that should take approximately 3 hours to complete, including the project and quizzes. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Import course content from a previous semester and update course dates. Run the link validator and fix the most common types of broken links. Identify the best source for support for different situations. Complete the Canvas Readiness Checklist. If you have any questions about enrolling or as you work through the course, please reach out to the Facilitator: Joy Polanco O’Neil Registration in the VRC

TLC Created Website Guides to Help You Succeed!

What Guidance Are You Seeking?

Support Services Guide

Take a glance inside to see what we offer for professional development in teaching and learning and technology support. Connect with us if you have any questions. Schedule an one-on-one hour consultation with us to support your classroon and online instuction. Earn 1 hour of Flex Credit. Learn more about what we offer.

Teaching W/ Technology Guide

Teaching with Technology can be explained as the practice of using technology tools in the person or online classroom to create or enhance more engaging, inclusive, accessible, and universal learning experiences. Learn more about the TLC supported instuctional technology and up your innovation in your course today!

Distance Education Guide

This website is a TLC Cabrillo College supplemental website to support Distance Education instruction. Find what you are looking for on our left side bar links. Be sure to check the ongoing FAQs for most recent and relevant information regarding Distance Education at Cabrillo. Learm more about DE guidelines, best practices, handbook and Canvas Q and A!

Accessibility How-to Guide

Accessibility is a requirement for all of the college but more specifically to instruction, your materials are required to be accessible. Learn how-to's, courses, and cheatsheets for Cabrillo College Staff and Faculty. It's your responsibility to ensure your course is accessible.

Faculty Instructional Guide (FIG)


Our students attend Cabrillo because of you! We are proud of our values at Cabrillo: a welcoming place, learning, student focus, equity, collaboration, ethics, community esteem, sustainability and global citizenship. Your real-world knowledge and engaging teaching methods provide a learning experience that helps our students achieve their goals and values. The FIG is your one-stop shop for your success in instructional responsibilities at Cabrillo.

VRC MySeahawkPD User Guide

The Vision Resource Center (VRC) MySeahawkPD is our Cabrillo College portal to register for Professional Development workshops, training, and Flex Events, record flex credit, print reports of your learning, and create a community with our Cabrillo colleagues and with the broader California Community College System of colleagues. MySeahawkPD is part of the California statewide Vision Resource Center. The Transformative Learning Center (TLC) created this User Guide and tech supports users in navigating the VRC MySeahawkPD. User the guide to help!

TLC Team
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Joy Polanco O'Neil, Ph.D.
Director, Transformative Learning Center
Cristy Pazera
Cristy Pazera
Computer Technology Center Evening and Weekend Coordinator, CABT Academic Specialist
Viiew of Cabrillo College
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