Dear Colleagues, I’d like to invite you to join me in welcoming Heather McGhee to our beautiful campus for a thought-provoking evening, including a discussion of her book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. This New York Times Bestseller, longlisted for the National Book Award has been called “One of today’s [...]
June 2, 10am-1pm PT in Powell 186 (in-person): Creating Connections Symposium on Writing Pedagogy - Generating Text: Teaching, Writing, and Learning in the Age of AI by Writing Programs/Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy (RSVP coming soon) The 6th annual Creating Connections symposium on writing pedagogy will take place Friday, June 2nd. Our theme for [...]
19th Annual Teaching & Learning Conference at Elon University Elon University welcomes university and college educators to the 19th Annual Teaching & Learning Conference on Wednesday, June 7th, 2023. This free, fully-virtual conference is sponsored jointly by Elon’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) and Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT). Conference Theme: Critical (re)Engagement: Transformative Teaching and Learning [...]
The 2023 Grading Conference June 9 & 10 | Online | Register Here The Grading Conference is a place where faculty join together to learn about grading practices that best support student learning, promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the classroom, and enhance student and faculty classroom experiences. Now in its fourth year, the purpose [...]
DBER-SiT event, Education Career Pathways: A virtual panel event The panel will be hosted by the DBER-SiT Professional Development team via Zoom on Thursday July 13 2023, 1pm-2:30pm PT / 4pm-5:30pm ET. The goal of the event is to highlight different education-focused career pathways available to those with a life sciences and/or DBER background. Some of [...]
"Systemic Change for an Inclusive and Diverse Faculty" Join us at the NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire Alliance Summit. Are you striving for a more diverse and inclusive faculty at your institution? Is your research or project focused on these issues? If so, then join us at the NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire [...]
Facilitating Intercultural Learning Professional Development Program Info Session: July 21st Would you like to better integrate intercultural learning into your courses, experiential learning programs, orientations, or other aspects of your work? If so, this information session is for you! Come learn more about Facilitating Intercultural Learning, the professional development program for higher education faculty and [...]
Building the Right Foundation, the Right Way: Curricular Mapping for Equity and Student Success Webinar starts at 1:00 PM Pacific on Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 Curriculum mapping and its upkeep is often relegated to a faculty colleague or administrator who has been voluntold to be responsible for it – usually for accreditation purposes. However, building a [...]
An important step toward unlocking the full potential of AI in education is to develop sound policies for use. Join our exclusive webinar for higher education leaders to explore key considerations and best practices for implementing AI and ChatGPT at both the institutional and course levels. Engage with experts and practitioners in AI, education, and [...]
Frequent POD participant Bryan Dewsbury, a biology professor at Florida International University, is part of a team that has created a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) called Inclusive Teaching, a collaboration between the SEAS Program and HHMI Biointeractive. This free online course will be launched August 15th. Thanks to all the amazing scholars who lent their talents, co-host Dr. Kayon [...]