Each will meet 4-5x over the semester. Explore them below and c.
Faculty As Writers
In addition to teaching, instructors often have writing projects they are trying to squeeze in. This group will explore ways to find time for writing projects, balance workloads, and maintain motivation amidst all of your other responsibilities. We'll tap into resources such as Jolie Jensen's Write No Matter What: Advice for Academics and share tips, experiences, and knowledge group members have discovered along the way. This group meets for one-hour plus optional writing time prior to the discussion.
Hybrid. Five Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30 am, with optional writing time from 9-10:30 in our Howe Library conference room: 1/21, 2/18, 3/18, 4/8, and 4/29.
Using AI Across the Disciplines: Faculty Learning Community
Generative AI is one of the hottest topics in education today. This learning community invites instructors who are (or are planning to) incorporate genAI into their teaching to connect and reflect on their experiences. Whether you are interested in using genAI as part of your own teaching process, or as part of assignments for students, you are welcome.
Hybrid. Four Tuesdays, 2-3 pm, 2/4, 2/25, 4/1, and 4/22.
Effective Assignment Instructions: Rewriting Assignments for Student Understanding using TILT
Join colleagues to review and revise your existing assignments using TILT's powerful research-supported framework. The award-winning demonstrates that clearly communicating an assignment's purpose, task, & criteria positively affects student learning, motivation and confidence, especially for first-generation students, low-income students, and students of color.
Two options:
Hybrid. Five Wednesdays, 2:15-3:15 pm: 1/29, 2/19, 3/5, 3/26 and 4/16.
Hybrid. Five Thursdays, 12-1 pm: 1/30, 2/20, 3/6, 3/27 and 4/17.
Teaching in Turbulent Times Faculty Cohort
International tensions, climate change, and a polarized and dynamic US election cycle mean that teaching and learning will be happening in unpredictable and tense times. This group provides space for instructors to process and share the experience of teaching amid turbulence. We’ll explore how we’re focusing on our own course goals, how we support students and set boundaries, and how we manage our own needs. Whether you’re teaching courses that directly engage challenging topics, or whether you’re wondering how world events might affect you and your students in the classroom, this group can help form community and create knowledge. (Hosted by our friends at The Center for Teaching and Learning.)
Virtual via Teams. Five Mondays, 1-2 pm: 1/27, 2/24, 3/17, 4/7 and 4/28.