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) Chat
No registration required. Tuesday, January 10, 12:00 to 12:50 p.m. | In Person | LINC 468 Faculty Lounge
- Join casual community conversations about teaching. Bring a lunch, your questions, and your teaching-related success to share! Snacks and beverages provided.
Quality Teaching (QT) Talk – Inclusive Learning: Modeling & Fostering Radical Empathy
Register. Tuesday, January 24, 11:00 to 11:50 a.m. | In Person | LINC 414 or Remote via Zoom.
- This presentation examines ways that instructors can foster radical empathy and inclusivity by adopting pedagogical approaches, course policies, and class activities that promote student agency while mindfully recognizing students’ diverse experiences and positionalities within power structures at OSU and beyond.
- Presenter: Katherine Hubler, Ph.D, CTL & College of Liberal Arts
- Recordings and session materials will be accessible at QT Talks.
Quality Teaching (QT) Chat
No registration required. Tuesday, January 24, 12:00 to 12:50 p.m. | In Person | LINC 468 Faculty Lounge
- Join casual community conversations about teaching. Bring a lunch, your questions, and your teaching-related success to share! Snacks and beverages provided.
Qualtrics + Mid-Term Survey Workshop
Register. Tuesday, January 24, 2:00 p.m. | Online | Open to OSU Faculty and graduate students teaching an Ecampus course.
- See Ecampus Teaching Workshops & Events for additional information.
Qualtrics + Mid-Term Survey Workshop
Register. Thursday, January 26, 11:00 a.m. | Online | Open to OSU Faculty and graduate students teaching an Ecampus course.
- See Ecampus Teaching Workshops & Events for additional information.
Sparkshop – Warming Up the Cold Call: Tips for Encouraging Inclusive Participation in Class Discussion
Register. Friday, January 27, 12:00 to 12:20 a.m. | Virtual Event via Zoom.
- Cold calling facilitates the inclusion of a broad range of voices in discussion. However, the practice is associated with increasing the potential for student discomfort and anxiety. Join us to discuss strategies for warming up the cold call to support inclusive participation while respecting student autonomy.
- Presenter: Funmi Amobi, Ed.D., CTL
- Recordings will be accessible at Sparkshops.
Ecampus: Actively Engaging Students in an Online Course Workshop
Audience: OSU faculty teaching online | Register. | Three-week online workshop begins February 6th and ends February 27th.
- See Ecampus Teaching Workshops & Events for additional information.
Quality Teaching (QT)Talk – Effective Course Design: Intentional Blending of Synchronous & Asynchronous Learning
Register. Tuesday, February 7, 11:00 to 11:50 a.m. | In Person | LINC 414 or Remote via Zoom.
- Regardless of course modality, all Corvallis and Cascades campus courses involve learning in person during synchronous class meetings and asynchronously outside of class. How can we best leverage both types of learning activities to ensure all students have an equitable opportunity to be successful? In this interactive session, learn ways to do this through intentional design. In person attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop.
- Presenters: Cub Kahn, Ed.D., CTL & Cheridy Aduviri, M.A., CTL
- Recordings and session materials will be accessible at QT Talks.
Quality Teaching (QT) Chat
No registration required. Tuesday, February 7, 12:00 to 12:50 p.m. | In Person | LINC 468 Faculty Lounge
- Join casual community conversations about teaching. Bring a lunch, your questions, and your teaching-related success to share! Snacks and beverages provided.
Gradescope Overview
Register. Tuesday, February 14, 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. | Virtual Event via Zoom
- Join UIT-Academic Technologies to learn the key features in Gradescope and discuss how GS assignment types and features may help you in grading. We will also demonstrate Canvas and Gradescope integration and grading syncing.
Ecampus Faculty Lunch – Topic: Chat GPT
Register. Tuesday, February 14, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. | In Person (lunch included) in MU Horizon Room or Remote via Zoom. Registration form is open through February 9th. When the in-person capacity is reached, you will still be able to register to attend via Zoom.
- We look forward to having you join us to talk about new AI tools and their impact on teaching and learning!
Quality Teaching (QT)Talk – Interpersonal Communication Skills: Mentoring Peers & Students
Register. Tuesday, February 21, 11:00 to 11:50 a.m. | In Person | LINC 414 or Remote via Zoom.
- Principle 3 of the OSU Faculty Senate’s QT Framework states that quality teaching includes mentoring and advising learners. This talk provides opportunities to understand the importance of, with opportunities to practice, some essential interpersonal communication approaches. These skills and behaviors are fundamental (and critical) to mentoring, collaborating, evaluating, and/or advising relationships.
- Presenter: Brooke Howland, Ed.D., CTL
- Recordings and session materials will be accessible at QT Talks.
Quality Teaching (QT) Chat
No registration required. Tuesday, February 21, 12:00 to 12:50 p.m. | In Person | LINC 468 Faculty Lounge
- Join casual community conversations about teaching. Bring a lunch, your questions, and your teaching-related success to share! Snacks and beverages provided.
Top Hat for Student Engagement
Register. Wednesday, February 22, 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. | Virtual Event via Zoom.
- Join UIT-Academic Technologies to learn how to use Top Hat, the classroom response system supported by OSU, for student engagement during and outside of class.
Sparkshop – Emphasizing Learning Over Grades: Tips for Implementing Equitable Grading Practices
Register. Friday, February 27, 12:00 to 12:20 a.m. | Virtual Event via Zoom.
- Grades tend to support a fixed rather than a growth mindset. Students often refer to themselves as A, B, or C students based on the ranking effects perpetuated by grades. What can instructors do to refocus students on learning and decenter grades? Join us to discuss equitable grading practices that emphasize student learning success.
- Presenter: Funmi Amobi, Ed.D., CTL
- Recordings will be accessible at Sparkshops.
Managing Grades in Canvas
Register. Tuesday, February 28, 11:00 to 11:45 a.m. | Virtual Event via Zoom
- Join UIT-Academic Technologies to learn how graded activities, such as assignments and quizzes in Canvas, are connected to the Grades page, and make sure your Canvas course site and grading scheme align with your course syllabus.
Call for Participation: Funded Spring ’23 Resilient Teaching Faculty Learning Community
See call for participation and submit an expression of interest by March 6. | Funding provided. |
- This cross-disciplinary group of Fixed Term and Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty will meet on Zoom and explore pedagogical strategies to adapt to the changing teaching and learning landscape, and to build resilience into our teaching practices.
Quality Teaching (QT) Chat
No registration required. Tuesday, March, 12:00 to 12:50 p.m. | In Person | LINC 468 Faculty Lounge
- Join casual community conversations about teaching. Bring a lunch, your questions, and your teaching-related success to share! Snacks and beverages provided.
Course Design Institute
Register. (Space is limited.) Friday March 17 and 24 commitment. 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. | In Person | LINC 307
- Join the CTL for two consecutive Friday afternoons in a streamlined sequence of activities to learn backwards course design approaches to (re)develop your course.
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!
