Teaching faculty, mark your calendar!
Engage with colleagues in one or more of the following events brought to you by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Fellows Program partners in the CTL, Academic Technologies (AT), and Ecampus. Below are highlighted events. Check the CTL calendar, AT calendar, and Ecampus Faculty Development Training site for the latest updates and details.
Quality Teaching (QT) Talk – Beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act: Teaching for Disability Justice
Register. Tuesday, April 18, 11:00 to 11:50 a.m. | In Person | LINC 414 or Remote via Zoom.
- Creating learning environments that are equitable and inclusive for people with disabilities is a complex and comprehensive endeavor. Our common frame of equity, shaped by state and federal laws, is only the beginning of realizing a more just classroom. Participants will evaluate their current knowledge, attitudes, and behavior using a maturity model for disability justice and set goals to shift their instructional practices.
- Presenter: Jeff Kenney, Student Affairs – Counseling Psychological Services
- Recordings and session materials will be accessible at QT Talks.
Faculty Chat: Teaching and Learning in the Era of ChatGPT and Generative AI
Register. Thursday, April 20, 2:00 p.m. | Remote via Zoom.
- Please join the Center for Teaching and Learning and UIT-Academic Technologies in conversations around ChatGPT and generative AI. Together we will raise awareness of these tools, discuss the challenges, and explore potential new and revised approaches for teaching and learning in the era of generative AI.
Sparkshop – Rebranding Participation: Strategies for Redefining, Implementing, and Assessing Participation as Collaboration
Register. Friday, April 21, 12:00 to 12:20 a.m. | Virtual Event via Zoom.
- Participation is critical to student learning success. Traditionally, participation is defined by how much a student says and how often they speak. This participation format benefits a few dominant talkers who account for over 75% of the verbal comments made in class. Join CTL Sparkshop to discuss strategies for redefining, implementing, and assessing participation as collaboration.
- Presenter: Funmi Amobi, Ed.D., CTL
- Recordings will be accessible at Sparkshops.
Faculty Drop in Discussion: The Impact of Generative AI on Education
- Wednesday, May 3, 2:00 to 2:45 | In Person LINC 468 Faculty Lounge
- Join the Center for Teaching and Learning and UIT-Academic Technologies in conversations around ChatGPT and generative AI. Bring your questions, experiences, and curiosity as we explore together. | Come and go as your schedule allows.
Center for Teaching and Learning’s Celebration of Quality Teaching
R.S.V.P. Wednesday, May 4, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. | In Person | MU Horizon Room 49
- Hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic/alcoholic beverages will be served after a short presentation by Dwaine Plaza winner of the 2022 Richard M. Bressler Senior Faculty Teaching Award and recognition of Teaching Awardees.
16th Annual OSU Ecampus Faculty Forum: “2023: The Next Generation of Online Education”
View full agenda, list of presenters, and register. | May 8 Workshops, May 9 Conference. | All OSU Faculty invited.
Faculty Drop in Discussion: The Impact of Generative AI on Education
- Thursday, May 11, 11:00 to 11:45 | Virtual Event via Zoom. This registration Zoom link will be active when the event starts.
- Join the Center for Teaching and Learning and UIT-Academic Technologies in conversations around Chat GPT and generative AI. Bring your questions, experiences, and curiosity as we explore together. | Come and go as your schedule allows.
Quality Teaching (QT) Talk – From Education to Employment: Connecting Students to Meaningful Careers
Register. Tuesday, May 16, 11:00 to 11:50 a.m. | In Person | LINC 414 or Remote via Zoom.
- Given the long and arduous road to college completion, students need to feel that the time and energy they are investing will lead to a meaningful career. There are many ways to help students reflect on their strengths and passions, as well as the type of work they would find most rewarding. Participants will engage in activities that highlight the types of career-focused practices they can incorporate into their own classes.
- Presenter: Tasha Galardi,College of Health and Human Sciences
- Recordings and session materials will be accessible at QT Talks.
Faculty Drop in Discussion: The Impact of Generative AI on Education
- Tuesday, May 16, 12:00 to 12:45 p.m. | In Person LINC 468 Faculty Lounge
- Curious about ChatGPT? Join CTL and UIT-Academic Technologies in conversations around ChatGPT and generative AI. Bring your questions and ideas as we explore together. Optional: Bring a laptop to try ChatGPT. Tuesday May 16 at noon in LINC 468 Faculty Lounge. | Come and go as your schedule allows.
Interactive Assessments with Top Hat Pages Webinar
- Thursday, May 18, 12:00 p.m. | Zoom virtual event. Registration required.
- Join the Interactive Assessments with Top Hat Pages webinar to learn how to extend engagement outside of class and build interactivity into every assignment.
Sparkshop: Interactive Lecturing: Small Steps for Using Universal Design for Learning Principles (UDL) to Promote Student Learning.
Register. Friday, May 19, 12:00 to 12:20 a.m. | Virtual Event via Zoom.
- There is more to lecturing. Interactive lecturing provides a framework for applying the three principles of UDL; namely multiple means of engagement, multiple means of representation, and multiple means of expression and action. Join CTL to discuss small steps for using interactive lecturing to implement UDL principles and promote learning for all your students.
- Presenter: Funmi Amobi, Ed.D., CTL
- Recordings will be accessible at Sparkshops.
Faculty Drop in Discussion: The Impact of Generative AI on Education
- Monday, May 22, 12:00 to 12:45 p.m. | Virtual Event via Zoom. This registration Zoom link will be active when the event starts.
- Join the Center for Teaching and Learning and UIT-Academic Technologies in conversations around ChatGPT and generative AI. Bring your questions, experiences, and curiosity as we explore together. | Come and go as your schedule allows.
Top Hat Peers Listen and Learn (Virtual Event)
- Thursday, May 25, 12:00 to 1:15 p.m. | Registration is required. You may stay for the entire event, or you may drop in and/or leave early as your schedule allows.
- The virtual Top Hat Peers Listen and Learn session is open to all instructors–you do not have to be currently using Top Hat. For instructors who are using or have used Top Hat, please come and share your experience in using the tool and provide feedback to Top Hat representatives on what works well for you, what doesn’t work well, and what should be improved to meet your needs in teaching. For instructors who don’t have much experience with Top Hat yet, please come with any questions you may have, or simply come see what others’ experiences are.
Call for Blended Learning Fellowship Nominations Application Date
- See call for blended fellowship nominations and apply by May 31.
- The Center for Teaching and Learning is accepting nominations and self-nominations for a 2023-24 Blended Learning Faculty Fellow. The Fellow will support CTL’s mission of enhancing teaching excellence through involvement in coordination, design and facilitation of faculty development around blended learning.
CTL Fellows Program 2023 Spring Showcase
- Register. | Monday, June 12, 11:00 to 11:50 a.m. | Virtual Event via Zoom
- Hear highlights from the Center for Teaching and Learning 2022-23 Fellows in the Colleges of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences; Engineering, Science, and OSU-Cascades. Celebrate their successes while considering what’s next and ways your college can become involved in the CTL Fellows Program.
- Contact: Assistant Director – CTL Fellows Program
Want to tailor professional development for your college or academic unit?
Reach out to your college’s CTL Fellow(s) or contact the CTL Fellows Assistant Director. CTL Fellows may be offering college or academic unit specific events in addition to the above. CTL Fellows are here to explore how to foster pedagogical successes in the colleges and are ready for discussion!
