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Important note: This workshop is funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation and is only open to instructors (including instructional staff and graduate teaching assistants) in the following departments: Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Geography, Geology & the Environment, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and Technology. Many students struggle […]

This workshop, formerly called Design Your Course, is intended for tenure- and non-tenure-track faculty members in their first three years of service at Illinois State University. It offers a deep dive into developing effective learning outcomes, robust assessments aligned to those learning outcomes, and engaging learning activities that will help prepare your students for success. […]

Peer observation can be a valuable tool for gathering feedback on teaching practices. When used formatively, feedback gathered from peer observation can encourage scholarly teaching and has the potential to transform teaching and learning (Barbeau & Happel, 2023). This workshop will examine the role peer observations play in professional growth, identify effective practices in the […]

The National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation describes dialogue and deliberation as “innovative processes that help people come together across differences to tackle our most challenging problems.” By incorporating these processes into the curriculum, we can give students opportunities to productively engage with society's challenging problems in authentic ways. In this two-day workshop for course […]

Important note: This workshop is funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation and is only open to instructors (including instructional staff and graduate teaching assistants) in the following departments: Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Geography, Geology & the Environment, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and Technology.   As educators, we […]

Whether you're embracing AI in the classroom or hoping to mitigate its use by your students, this workshop will guide you through crafting syllabus and assignment language to help communicate your expectations clearly. You will leave with a completed or nearly-completed policy for your syllabus, so please bring artifacts from a course you plan on […]