TLI Spring 2023
Spring 2023 Teaching & Learning Innovation (TLI) Series
The Teaching and Learning Innovation (TLI) Series features presentations and workshops with practical takeaways, to assist faculty and academic staff in creating effective learning environments that promote student success.
Goals include:
- sharing knowledge and new ways of thinking about classroom and academic instruction;
- presenting innovative strategies to engage students in their own learning experience;
- providing ideas for small teaching changes that have a transformational impact; and
- fostering opportunities for dialogue between peers, focused on teaching, learning, & scholarship.
New TLI Sessions will continue to be added...please check back to see the new additions!
Please contact us at fctl@eku.edu with any questions or for more information.
January
Creating Posters for Final Class Projects
January 25, 2023; 11:15am - 12:05pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Facilitator: Dr. Jonathan Gore
Many courses require students to complete a final project, but those projects are often underutilized outside of the classroom. At this TLI session, Jon Gore will help you learn how to turn these class projects into posters, and discuss ways that students can use those posters to present at on-campus events and conferences.
February
Best Practices: Supporting Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
February 2, 2023: 2:00 - 3:00pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Facilitator: Katie Moore
Often, teachers show up to the first day of classes and notice another person that is not on their roster – an American Sign Language interpreter. There are many questions that arise – how do I use an interpreter? How do I communicate with the student using the interpreter? What are the do’s and don’ts of interacting within the Deaf culture? This session, provided by Katie Moore, ABD, will provide insight to these questions you may have, and more! Please join us for best practices: supporting students, and faculty, who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
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Building Students' Teamwork Skills
February 8, 2023; 1:25 - 2:15pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Facilitator: Dr. Cindy Hayden
College educators and employers both place high value on teamwork skills needed in professional careers. This PLC will discuss various ways of providing opportunities for students to be part of a team within an existing course. Faculty will discuss ways of developing teams and grading students’ participation as a team member. Faculty will design and share short and long term assignments or projects that require interaction with other students, individual and group accountability, group processing, and teamwork skills. Teamwork skills include communication, time management, group problem solving, listening, critical thinking, resolving conflicts and negotiating, collaboration, leadership, and having fun!
Panel Discussion: ChatGPT & AI
February 9, 2023; 3:30 - 4:30pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Panelists: Dr. Dominic Ashby, Cindy Judd, Brad Powell, Dr. Nedim Slijepcevic, Dr. Matthew Winslow, & Dr. Emily Jo Davis
The use of ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence platforms are growing as these programs become more sophisticated. What does this evolution mean for higher education faculty and students? How do we ensure student learning in the age of chatbot written essays? How can we use ChatGPT as a tool in the classroom? Join a panel of faculty to discuss these and other AI questions.
Faculty Panel: Mentoring Students
February 13, 2023; 1:25 - 2:15pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Panelists: Dr. Rebecca Crawford, Dr. Amanda Green, Dr. Sara Incera, Shelby Richardson, & Dr. Ali Yaylali
Join us to hear from the participants of a fall PLC on student mentorship. The panelists will be exploring relevant questions, including:
- How do you mentor students in teaching, research, and service?
- What are the best practices to mentor students effectively?
- What are the biggest challenges to mentor students effectively?
What We Can Learn from the "Thank-a-Professor" Program
February 15, 2023; 11:15am - 12:05pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Facilitators: Dr. Laurel Schwartz & Prof. Kyle Knezevich
In fall 2022, the "Thank-a-Professor" program launched, giving students the opportunity to write a short note of appreciation to professors who impacted them in a positive way. From these notes, we can observe patterns and see which practices were repeatedly noted by students as having made a difference in their EKU experience. Join us as we explore positive faculty interactions from the student perspective.
Connecting with Students Virtually in Face-to-Face Classes: Integrating Google Suite
February 21, 2023; 12:30 - 1:30pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Facilitator: Dr. Jamie-Marie Miller
Often instructors struggle with how to foster student conversation and interaction with course content in a face-to-face class. This session will focus on the integration of Google Suite products and how it can promote discourse and collaboration in face-to-face classes. Examples of how it has been utilized will be highlighted along with conversations on how Google Suite integration supports high impact teaching practices.
March
Demystifying Study Abroad: How to talk to your advisees about study abroad.
March 2, 2023; 12:30 - 1:30pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Facilitator: Jennifer White
Learn the details of how study abroad works at EKU and what’s available for different majors so that you can talk with your students and advisees about how study abroad works at EKU! Learn the answers to common questions about types of study abroad courses available, transferring academic credit from international programs, using financial aid, applying for scholarships, and more.
OER: Modifying and Creating Open Educational Resources
March 7, 2023; 2:00 - 3:15pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Facilitator: Kelly Smith, Laura Edwards, & Dr. David Stumbo
Have you been interested in using Open Educational Resources in your classes, but unable to find an appropriate existing OER? This session will introduce you to adapting and creating original OERs. You will learn about copyright and licensing, publishing tools, accessibility and inclusivity, and professional development and funding opportunities from EKU Librarians. And Dr. Stumbo will discuss his experience authoring OER.
Strategies for Preserving Academic Integrity
March 21, 2023; 9:30 - 10:30am
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Facilitators: Cindy Tran, Cindy Judd, Matthew Winslow, Chris Daniel, Benjamin Freed, & Jeff Reed
Many faculty have recently observed an increase in academic integrity violations within their courses and have been working to counter these through several methods. In this workshop, faculty will describe course innovations they have implemented to build meaningful assignments and activities that leverage students’ intrinsic motivation to do the assignments rather than look for shortcuts as well as provide strategies for classroom discussion surrounding academic integrity.
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Appreciative Advising
March 24, 2023; 11:00am - 12:00pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Facilitator: Dr. Charlie Hughes
This presentation will review approaches from appreciative advising (Bloom, Hutson, & He, 2008). In addition, this session will discuss how this appreciative advising approach can inform decision-making not only in academic advising sessions, but also in teaching preparation and instruction.
Reference: Bloom, J. L., Hutson, J. L., & He, Y. (2008). The Appreciative Advising Revolution. Champaign, IL. Stipes Publishing, LLC.
The Troubling Trend of Faculty Burnout
March 28, 2023; 2:00 - 3:15pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Facilitators: Drs. Jamie Shaffer, Jennifer Fairchild, & Shirley O'Brien
According to burnout researcher Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark (2022) burnout is caused by chronic and unrelenting workplace stress. Three common symptoms of burnout are "overwhelming exhaustion, feelings of cynicism and detachment from the job, and a sense of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment" (Maslach et al., 2001, p. 399). This session will explore concepts from Dr. Pope-Ruark's new book, Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal, with a specific focus on causes of burnout in higher education and what the author calls "four pillars of burnout resilience" (p. 19).
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April
Effective Strategies for Writing-in-the-Disciplines Courses (WID)
April 18, 2023; 3:30 - 4:30pm
Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (Crabbe Library 318) or Online
Facilitator: Dr. Erin Presley
In this interactive workshop, we will explore effective strategies for the WID classroom, including balancing writing instruction with content, engaging students in the writing process, and giving formative feedback. Graduate students from the MA in English & Writing Professions program will also support this session with evidence-backed techniques to make teaching writing classes more manageable for instructors. By the end of this session, participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific challenges they face in their own writing classrooms and will leave with practical strategies for addressing their concerns.