CTL Events

Accessibility Workshop

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

COE 328 

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Accessibility Workshop

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Tech Building B001 

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Teach Day

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

COE 328

Get ready for the semester with this series of 30-minute sessions designed to spark new teaching ideas! Lunch will be provided so please RSVP.

Canvas Tips/Tricks
With a semester of Canvas experience, what are some small tips/tricks that make setting up courses even easier? For example, did you know there's a link-checking tool that will review your course for broken links? Come learn more quick and easy tools you may have missed!

Post-Exam Reflection Tool - Exam Autopsy
A growing number of faculty are using a post-exam reflection tool that asks students to review their exam errors and study strategies and make a plan for future exams. The exam autopsy empowers students to better understand their learning processes and improve their exam scores. Join us to learn more about the tool, our initial findings, and reflections from faculty who have implemented it.

Student Study Skills and Test-Taking Strategies
One thing we learned from student exam autopsies is that many students lack effective study skills and/or test-taking skills. They often cited misreading exam questions, test anxiety, poor time management, and lack of preparation as the reasons for missed exam questions. So how can we help students adopt these skills? This session will introduce strategies to build better study habits and test-taking skills so students can successfully demonstrate their learning.

Inclusive Syllabus Design
This session will showcase the CTL's inclusive syllabus template and how to apply it in your courses. Join us to learn more about how language, tone, and policies can create a more inclusive learning environment from the first day of class.

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Faculty AI Reading Group

2:00 pm 

TBD

How are you addressing AI with your students? Are you teaching with it? What about ethical concerns (data security, environmental impacts, etc)? And how do we manage academic integrity? While there are no easy answers, there are a lot of possibilities. Join the CTL's faculty reading group to learn more about AI debates and teaching strategies and engage in community discussions. Instead of a book, this semester we are putting together a "reading" packet of book chapters, podcasts, and articles about AI in higher education. Please sign up and a packet will be sent to you. There will be three discussion meetings during the semester – please choose the date and time that works for you each of the following weeks:

Faculty needing professional development hours will earn one hour for each session (max total of 3 hours)

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Manging Student Test Anxiety - Workshop with Jerry Girard

3:00 pm

COE 328 or via Webex

Some students struggle to successfully demonstrate their learning due to text anxiety. Why does that happen, and what are some teaching strategies that can help students manage their anxiety around exams? Jerry Girard, Director of Student Health Services, will join us to share evidence-based practices that faculty can encourage students to utilize in order to calm their anxieties and perform better on their exams.

Faculty needing professional development hours will earn one hour for attending this session

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Faculty AI Reading Group

11:30 am 

TBD

How are you addressing AI with your students? Are you teaching with it? What about ethical concerns (data security, environmental impacts, etc)? And how do we manage academic integrity? While there are no easy answers, there are a lot of possibilities. Join the CTL's faculty reading group to learn more about AI debates and teaching strategies and engage in community discussions. Instead of a book, this semester we are putting together a "reading" packet of book chapters, podcasts, and articles about AI in higher education. Please sign up and a packet will be sent to you. There will be three discussion meetings during the semester – please choose the date and time that works for you each of the following weeks:

Faculty needing professional development hours will earn one hour for each session (max total of 3 hours)

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Better Student Study Habits

3:00 pm

Tech B001 or via Webex

There is a lot of interesting research about how people learn best, but, unfortunately, many students choose study strategies that help them retain information for only a short period of time. And many students have never really learned how to study, much less what the research says about learning. How can we infuse some of these strategies into our classes? Come learn more about what strategies students report using and which strategies we wish they would use instead!

Faculty needing professional development hours will earn one hour for attending this session

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Faculty AI Reading Group

2:00 pm 

TBD

How are you addressing AI with your students? Are you teaching with it? What about ethical concerns (data security, environmental impacts, etc)? And how do we manage academic integrity? While there are no easy answers, there are a lot of possibilities. Join the CTL's faculty reading group to learn more about AI debates and teaching strategies and engage in community discussions. Instead of a book, this semester we are putting together a "reading" packet of book chapters, podcasts, and articles about AI in higher education. Please sign up and a packet will be sent to you. There will be three discussion meetings during the semester – please choose the date and time that works for you each of the following weeks:

Faculty needing professional development hours will earn one hour for each session (max total of 3 hours)

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Faculty AI Reading Group

11:30 am 

TBD

How are you addressing AI with your students? Are you teaching with it? What about ethical concerns (data security, environmental impacts, etc)? And how do we manage academic integrity? While there are no easy answers, there are a lot of possibilities. Join the CTL's faculty reading group to learn more about AI debates and teaching strategies and engage in community discussions. Instead of a book, this semester we are putting together a "reading" packet of book chapters, podcasts, and articles about AI in higher education. Please sign up and a packet will be sent to you. There will be three discussion meetings during the semester – please choose the date and time that works for you each of the following weeks:

Faculty needing professional development hours will earn one hour for each session (max total of 3 hours)

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Reflecting on Exam Design

10:30 am

COE 328 or via Webex

Through the post-exam assessment project, the CTL has learned more from students about the types of mistakes they make on exams. A surprisingly large number of students report making careless mistakes and/or misreading directions and questions. Though not completely avoidable, are there exam design strategies that can mitigate these types of mistakes? Join us to reflect on how we write exam questions, homework prompts, etc and practice making assessments more transparent.

Faculty needing professional development hours will earn one hour for attending this session

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Faculty AI Reading Group

2:00 pm 

TBD

How are you addressing AI with your students? Are you teaching with it? What about ethical concerns (data security, environmental impacts, etc)? And how do we manage academic integrity? While there are no easy answers, there are a lot of possibilities. Join the CTL's faculty reading group to learn more about AI debates and teaching strategies and engage in community discussions. Instead of a book, this semester we are putting together a "reading" packet of book chapters, podcasts, and articles about AI in higher education. Please sign up and a packet will be sent to you. There will be three discussion meetings during the semester – please choose the date and time that works for you each of the following weeks:

Faculty needing professional development hours will earn one hour for each session (max total of 3 hours)

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Faculty AI Reading Group

11:30 am 

TBD

How are you addressing AI with your students? Are you teaching with it? What about ethical concerns (data security, environmental impacts, etc)? And how do we manage academic integrity? While there are no easy answers, there are a lot of possibilities. Join the CTL's faculty reading group to learn more about AI debates and teaching strategies and engage in community discussions. Instead of a book, this semester we are putting together a "reading" packet of book chapters, podcasts, and articles about AI in higher education. Please sign up and a packet will be sent to you. There will be three discussion meetings during the semester – please choose the date and time that works for you each of the following weeks:

Faculty needing professional development hours will earn one hour for each session (max total of 3 hours)

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HyFlex Wins and Challenges - Lunch Reflection

11:30 am

COE 328 

Calling all HyFlex-trained instructors! Join us for an informal lunch session to share your successes and trouble-shoot your challenges with HyFlex teaching. If you’ve been trained in HyFlex but haven’t taught with it yet, you are welcome to attend and hear more from your colleagues.

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