Past Events Archive

January

Spring Adjunct Orientation

• Main Orientation Session

Ann Ferren Conference 2023

• Thursday Morning Plenary: What Is Effective Instruction and How Does It Improve the Student Experience?
• Friday Lunch Plenary: A Focus on Student Retention: Creating Generative Communities That Nurture Sense of Belonging
• 101: Discussing Hate Incidents with Students
• 102: Experiential Learning Through Student Leadership Opportunities in the Core
• 103: The Challenges of Teaching Adult Learners: Best Practices and Hot Tips from Professional and Executive Programs
• 201: Toward a Trauma-Informed Teaching Practice: A Roundtable Discussion
• 202: Spice Up Your Assessments: Moving Beyond Traditional Exams and Papers
• 203: ADVANCE AU: Creating Gender and Racial Equity Among STEM Faculty
• 301: The Quiet Classroom: Recognizing and Responding to Student Hesitancy to Speak Up
• 302: Disabled/Neurodivergent Faculty Perspectives on Navigating Access Needs in the Classroom
• 303: Building Professionalism Skills for the 21st Century Workplace in Your AU Course or Program
• 401: Student Perspectives on Applying the Science of Learning to Enhance Undergraduate Instruction
• 402: Cultivating More Inclusive Classrooms With Voice and Video Assignments
• 403: Leverage AU Campus Resources to Integrate Sustainability into any Class
• 404: The Grading Equity Project
• 501: Engaging Student Leaders to Build Sustainable Experiential Learning
• 502: Emerging Learning Assets in College Assignments: Automated Written Corrective Feedback Programs
• 503: Dismantling Myths about Minorities: Using Historical Empathy in the Classroom to Move Beyond Racial Stereotypes
• 601: Embracing New Media: How to Tell Stories Using Volumetric Capture
• 602: Open Practice is Equitable Practice: Integrating Open Practices into Your Teaching and Research
• 603: The Journey to Employment: Life Lessons from and for the American University Autistic Community
• 701: Fostering Student Engagement: Strategies to Spark Meaningful Text-Based Discussions
• 702: Smartphone Filmmaking in the Classroom
• 801: Creating an AU STEM Identity Embedded with Equitable and Inclusive Principles
• 802: Military-Connected Students at AU: Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Campus Environment
• 803: Setting Students Up for Success: Career Center Collaborations for the Future of Works

“They don’t come to office hours”: Strategies for Improving our Connections with Students in and out of the Classroom

February

Promoting and Assessing In-Class Participation Equitably, 02/01/2023

Teaching Portfolio Series Midsemester Feedback Survey, 02/15/2023

Engaging Students in Discussions, 02/27/2023

March

Teaching Portfolio Series Writing Your Teaching Statement, 03/08/2023

Responding to Hate and Bias Incidents With Students, 03/23/2023

April

Ungrading and Alternative Grading: Emboldening Students and Instructors to Improve, 04/05/2023

Leveraging the Power of Generative and Assistive AI Tools in Higher Education: Strategies for Management, Utilization & Awareness, 04/11/2023

Teaching Do-Over Workshop: Learning from mistakes, goofs, and happy accidents, 04/12/2023

Fake People; Bad Data?!, 04/14/2023

May

May Faculty Workshops 2023

• Putting People on the Map: Integrating Mixed Methods and GIS for Neighborhood Mapping
• Enhancing Your Qualitative Research with Digital Tools
• Building a Strong Teaching Portfolio: A Guided Workshop
• Lifecycle of Research at AU
• Repository Options for Your Research Data
• Introduction to Assessing Bias and Equity in Measurement Models Using R
• Are surveys dead?: Dealing with distraction, fatigue, and outright fraud in online surveys
• Evidence Synthesis, Systematic Reviews, and You
• It’s All Relative (Or Is It?): A Workshop On Outcomes, Assignments & Assessing Student Learning
• Designing Authentic Assessments
• Student Perspectives on Equitable and Inclusive Teaching at AU

August

New Faculty Orientation

Monday, 08/21/2023

• Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Q&A
• The First-Year Experience as Faculty
• Graduate Studies and Programs
• Research and Sponsored Activities
• Overview of Our Students
• The Undergraduate Experience and AU Core Curriculum
• AU’s Plan for Inclusive Excellence
• Citizenship and Opportunities for Faculty Service
• Academic Integrity

Tuesday, 08/22/2023

• Student Support Services and Resources
• Disability Accommodations and Support Services
• Equity & Title IX
• Campus Safety
• University Library and Academic Technology Resources
• CTRL’s Research Support Services
• Human Resources and Payroll
• Foundations for Effective and Inclusive Teaching: Strategies and Resources from CTRL’s Teaching & Learning Team
• Writer as Witness Colloquium
• Canvas Overview

August Faculty Workshops 2023

• 101: First Day of Class: Centering Equity and Access from Day One
• 102: Canvas Overview
• 103: People, Places, and Purpose: Getting Involved in the Alternative Break Program
• 201: Beyond the Gradebook: Faculty Perspectives on Alternative Grading
• 202: “We Don’t Belong Here”: An exploration of Identity through Artifact-Elicited Interviews with Black Queer Women and the Impact of Re-Experienced Trauma on Researchers
• Lunch Session: Who Are Our AU Undergraduate Students? Implications for Teaching and Learning
• 302: R-Studio Crash Course
• 303: Canvas Assignments, Quizzes, and Grades
• 401: Integrating Sustainability in Your Course to Enhance Cross-Disciplinary Connections
• 402: Digital Scholarship Support: Makerspace and Audio Visual Equipment for Research and Student Projects
• 501: Balancing Structure and Flexibility to Support Student Thriving
• 502: Instructional Support: What Can Course Reserves and Media Services Do For You
• 601: Addressing Intersections of Race, Religion, and Gender in Shared Intellectual Spaces with Isaac Bailey’s Why Didn’t We Riot: A Black Man in Trumpland
• 602: Getting Your Research Lab Ready for the Fall Semester
• Lunch Session: Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education – A Panel Discussion
• 701: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools and Academic Integrity: Guidance and Advice
• 702: Canvas Upgrade: A Streamlined Approach to Teaching Community-Based Courses
• 801: ChatGPT: Pedagogical Implications for Our Teaching
• 802: Kaltura Within Canvas
• 901: Trauma-Informed Teaching
• 902: Making Research & Education Outputs Openly Accessible with the Library’s New Institutional Repository 
• 903: Zoom Within Canvas
• 1001: Incorporating Current Events Into Your Teaching Praxis to Foster Critical Self-Awareness, Transformation, and Belonging 
• 1002: 60 Databases in 60 Minutes
• 1101: Compassionate Responses: Utilizing Calling In to Address Challenging Comments, Coming Soon
• 1102: Research, Data, and Methodology Support and Resources From CTRL and the Library, Coming Soon
• 1201: What’s in a Habit?, Coming Soon
• 1202: CANVAS OVERVIEW

September

• Greenberg Building Future Faculty Information Session, 09/06/2023
• Getting Ready for Reappointment and Continuing Appointment: Documenting your Teaching Effectiveness in a Teaching Portfolio, 09/08/2023
• Introduction to Latent Variable Modeling, 09/11/2023
• Getting Ready for Reappointment and Continuing Appointment: Documenting Your Teaching Effectiveness in a Teaching Portfolio, 09/13/2023
• NVivo and Matrices, 09/20/2023
• Introduction to Longitudinal Multilevel Modeling in R, 09/26/2023
• A Pedagogy of Kindness, 09/27/2023

October

• AI: Your Teaching Assistant and Creative Partner, 10/10/2023
• Academic Alerts 101: A Proactive Approach to Student Success, 10/12/2023
• Cultivating Effective Student Teamwork, 10/19/2023

December

• Getting Ready for Reappointment and Continuing Appointment: Documenting your Teaching Effectiveness in a Teaching Portfolio, 12/06/2023

January

Spring 2022 Adjunct Orientation

• Main Orientation Session
• Starting the Semester Strong: The 3 C’s of Student Engagement:
  Monday, January 3 | 6:30 PM – 7:45 PM, Watch the recording
  Tuesday, January 4 | 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM, Watch the recording
• Zoom Within Canvas
  
• Kaltura Within Canvas

Ann Ferren Conference

• 101: Practice What you Teach: The Praxis of Antiracist Pedagogy in Our Classrooms
• 102: Multilingual Students in our Classes: What do Faculty Want and Need to Know
• 103: Two Sides of the Same Coin: Mentoring Minoritized Students from the Perspective of Instructors and Students
• 104: Widening the Circles of Care: A Mindful Approach to Wellbeing, Antiracism, and Pedagogical Innovation
• 105: Getting to the Good Stuff: Uniting Writing Instruction and Disciplinary Knowledge
• 106: College Students Scrolling & Strolling through Digital Spaces: Let’s Provide Guidance and Advocacy!
• 201: Creating an Antiracist Class: Lessons Learned from Remaking the AUx2 Curriculum
• 202: Radical Empathy: International Students and Inclusion
• 203: Raise Your Hands If You Know!: Rethinking the “Participation Grade”
• 205: Trauma in the Classroom: A Better Response
• 206: Beginning with the End in Mind: Learning Outcome-Driven Assignment Design
• 207: The Value of Adjunct Faculty Mentoring: Reflecting on Best Practices
• 301: Using the Antiracist Praxis Guide: Strategies for Teaching and Research 
• 302: Disability Culture at AU: Why We Need More than Accommodations
• 303: Advancing Equity in Tenure, Promotion & Reappointment at AU
• 304: Exploring Collaborative Models for Academic Support and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Professionals
• 305: A Model for Supporting Student Activists in a Trauma-Informed Way
• 306: “How Do I Grade a Tik Tok?” (Re)designing Assignments with Room for Student Voices
• 307: Program Assessment from the Ground Up: Strategies for Efficient Faculty-Led Assessment
• 402: Experiential Learning at AU: Expanding Access, Inclusivity, and Interdisciplinarity
• 403: The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching DIV Courses
• 404: Student Experience in a Labor-Based Grading Classroom
• 405: Supporting Students’ Digital Projects at American University: Lessons Learned from Art History Masters Capstones
• 406: Space vs. Cyberspace: Contextualizing Digital Tools in a Physical Classroom
• 407: Responding to the Realities of the Pandemic: An Open Discussion on Engagement and Attendance

Teaching Portfolio Workshop Developing your Teaching Philosophy Statement

February

Preparing to Collect Midsemester Feedback from Students

Begin Class with Engagement Implementing Meaningful Warm up Activities

March

Self-Care in Stressful Times

Keynote: Promoting Growth Through Effective Environmental Stewardship 

Impacts of Inclusive Pedagogy: Alumnx Panel

April

Introduction to Item Response Theory in R

Detecting Plagiarism in Student Submitted Code

May

Summer Adjunct Orientation

• Main Session
• Zoom within Canvas (AU’s synchronous class session video tool)
• Canvas Overview (AU’s Learning Management System)
• Kaltura within Canvas (AU’s Video Lecture Capture System)
• Starting the Summer Strong: The 3 Cs of Student Engagement:

May Faculty Workshops

• Moving Past Silos: Antiracism, Equity, and Communities of Practice
• Ditching SPSS/SAS/Stata for R in the Classroom and in Research
• DEI Pedagogy in Math and Science
• Community-Based Learning & Research (CBLR) Faculty Institute
• Setting Up Your Fall 2022 Research Project for Success
• Getting Started Building a Strong Teaching Portfolio – A Guided Workshop

August

August Faculty Workshops

• Session 101: Navigating Free Expression and Inclusion: Implications for Teaching and Learning
• Session 102: Delivering Blended Courses for Changing Times 
• Session 201: Sparking Student Curiosity
• Session 202: Working with Credo: An Inclusive Resource for Developing Information Literacy Skills
• Session 203: Humanize Your Online Course with VoiceThread
• Session 301: Any Course Can be a Sustainability Course!
• Session 302: Qualtrics: Changes and Implementation
• Session 402: How to Incorporate High-Impact Service-Learning Into Your Course
• Session 501: Set the Tone for Engagement, Empowerment & Collaboration from Day 1
• Session 602: R-Studio Crash Course
• Session 603: Moving from Passive to Active: Creating Engaging Videos with PlayPosit
• CTRL Faculty Awards Luncheon
• Session 701: Contemplative Pedagogy for Academic Achievement and Community Well-Being
• Session 703: Canvas Overview
• Session 801: Working Towards Antiracism and Equity in 2022: Perspectives from AU Faculty
• Session 803: Kaltura Within Canvas
• Session 901: What AU Undergraduate Students Wish AU Faculty and Staff Knew
• Session 903: Canvas Overview

New Faculty Orientation

• Day 1 – Main Session
• Day 2 – Main Session

Creating an Annotated Syllabus: Building Your Teaching Portfolio while Promoting Inclusivity

September

What is Qualitative Research?

Collecting and Responding to Midsemester Feedback from Students

Collaborating For Success: Exploring Faculty Involvement & Engagement in Living-Learning Communities at AU

Returning to the Core: The Next Chapter of Enriching Liberal Arts Education at AU

October

R for Generalized Linear Regression Models

R for Data Visualization

Fair and Efficient Grading: Using Feedback and Rubrics to Promote Student Learning

Research, Data, and Methodology Support and Resources from CTRL and the Library  Resources: PowerPoint Slides, Geospatial Research Flyer

Intro to Qualtrics

November

How to Construct an Interview Guide

Mental Health in the Classroom

Intro to Text Mining in R

Intro to Multilevel Modeling in R

Plan and Facilitate an Impactful Class Session (or Presentation)

December

Confronting Hate on Campus: Strategies and Challenges for Classroom Faculty

January

Ann Ferren Conference

• Morning Plenary: Creative Power of “Yes, And” in a World of “No, But”: Comedy for Empowering Community
• Lunch Plenary: Advancing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment
• #102: No Second Chance to Make a First Impression
• #105: Studying Your Teaching: A “How-To” Workshop
• #106: ADVANCE AU: Promoting Faculty Equity in a Time of Uncertainty
• #107: Students Lead The Way
• #201: 10 Habits to Humanize the Online Classroom: Advancing Antiracist Online Pedagogies
• #202: The Gatekeeper Project: The Quest for Social Justice
• #203: Virtual Culture Building: How 1st-Yr Students Want to Learn in the Online Environment
• #204: AU Center for Innovation: Building Communities of Innovation Across AU
• #205 Incorporating Peer Feedback into Online Courses
• #206: Social Media & Discussion Boards: Engaging Students in Online Discussions
• #207: Building Community & Course-Specific Expertise through Collab. with the Career Center
• #208:Designing Collaboration: Using Design Thinking for Student and Community Engagement
• #302: Updating Your Materials with Antiracist Best Practices
• #303: Beyond Group Projects: Facilitating Students’ Relationships to Build Community
• #304: #AportraitofUs: The Values and Voices of our New AU Eagles
• #305: Rebooting Online Learning Communities: 7 Conditions of Effective Digt. Participation
• #306: AU STEM School: What does STEM mean to AU?
• #307: Not Just the Environment: How Sustainability Affects Our Lives at AU and Beyond
• #401:‘sindikit: Creative, Collaborative, and Co-working Models
• #402: Welcoming Students to Your Classroom With the Right Name and Pronouns
• #403: Academic Rigor in the Time of COVID
• #404: Teaching Online with your Head and your Heart
• #405:Building Community Across Distance with and for International Students
• #406: Reflections on Practicum Assignments: Faculty, Student, and Supervisor Experiences

February

Our New Normal Cannot Be Our Old Normal, CPTL Series

May

Summer Adjunct Orientation, May 11, 2021

May Faculty Workshops

• Antiracist Curriculum Development: Lessons from the School of Ed. and the College of Arts & Sciences,
• AU Core: The Goldilocks Approach: Responding to Student Writing Enough and Not Too Much
• AU Core: University College Faculty Cohort Collaboration
• AU Core: Developing a Complex Problems Seminar
• Being a Part of DC, Not Apart from DC: A Community-Based Learning Faculty Workshop (Part 1)
• Being a Part of DC, Not Apart from DC: A Community-Based Learning Faculty Workshop (Part 2)
• Canvas Overview
• Demystifying the DIV: Unpacking & Implementing the Diversity and Equity Learning Outcomes of AU Core
• Kaltura Within Canvas
• MIS_ING DAT_: Ways to Identify Types of Missingness and Strategies to Handle Them in R
• Student Engagement in Synchronous Class Sessions
• Teaching Portfolio Part 1 of N: Writing a Teaching Philosophy
• Zoom Within Canvas

August

August Faculty Workshops

• Session 101: Fall 2021: Transitioning Back to Face-to-Face Instruction
• Session 102: Moving Beyond Accommodations: Creating Accessible and Inclusive Classrooms
• Session 103: Canvas Overview
• Session 201: Building Foundations for Undergraduate Students: A Deeper Dive Following the Foundations Summit
• Session 202: Incorporating ‘JEDI’ into Your Community-Based Courses
• Lunch Session: Trauma-Informed Social and Emotional Learning for Academic Resilience
• Session 301: Supporting International Students and Scholars in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic World
• Session 302: Open-Sourced Statistical Options for Teaching and Research
• Session 401: Going Gradeless: How to Begin Rethinking the Role, Value & Future of Grading in Your Course
• Session 402: Utilizing NVivo for Qualitative Approaches to Teaching and Learning
• Session 502: Data Sharing for AU Researchers Via the Qualitative Data Repository
• Session 601: The First-Year Writer as Witness Book: How Dr. Brittney Cooper’s Eloquent Rage Might Come Up in Your Class
• Session 602: Canvas Overview
• Lunch Session: Supporting the Students of the Pandemic
• Session 701: Using the Anti-racist Praxis Guide: Strategies for Teaching and Research
• Session 702: Leveraging Surveys with Qualtrics for Teaching, Research, and Learning
• Session 703: Canvas Tools: Zoom and Kaltura Within Canvas
• Session 801: Understanding Inclusive Pedagogy at American University: The Role of Antiracism
• Session 802: Metacognition: What is Means and How You Can Help Students Practice It
• Session 901: Teaching Inclusively in the Hybrid Learning Modality: on Campus, in Person with Technology
• Session 903: Canvas Tools: Zoom and Kaltura Within Canvas 
• Session 1001: 10 Habits to Humanize our Classroom Interactions: Advancing Antiracist Pedagogies
• Session 1002: Teaching with Open Educational Resources: Adoption and Creation 
• Lunch Session: CTRL Faculty Award Presentation
• Session 1101: Transforming Your Teaching Insights into Scholarship: A Discussion with SoTL Experts at American University 
• Session 1102: Online Information Literacy Materials for WRT 100 and Beyond: Using Credo Instruct in Your Canvas Space 
• Session 1103: Canvas Overview
• Session 1201: Welcoming Students to Your Classroom with the Right Name and Pronouns: An Introduction to New Technology
• Session 1202: Organized and Open Source: Citation Management with Zotero

September

• Strategies for Promoting Racial Consciousness and Equity in the Classroom

October

• Introduction to Latent Variable Modeling in R

November

• Trauma in the Classroom: A Better Response
• Qualtrics Features to Distribute Surveys Research Methods Talk
• Journey to Success: The International Student Lifecycle as told by AU students
• Facilitating Meaningful End of Semester Reflection with Students

January

Ann Ferren Conference

• #104 How to Create, Monitor, and Grade Team Projects
• #105: Clarity and Creativity Exploring Alternative Syllabus Formats
• #106: Mindfulness and Contemplative Pedagogical Practices in the Learning Environment
• #109: Parenting Hacks For Faculty
• #201: Integrating Antiracist Practice in Teaching
• #203: Understanding and Support Students with Learning Disabilities
• #206: Creating and AU EU Center: Building Bridges across Disciplines
• #208: Reimagine your Teaching with Ideas from the IDEAS Lab
• #210: Living Learning Communities as a Site for Interdisciplinary Thinking
• #301: Creating a Classroom of Care Moving Beyond Microagressions
• #302: Engaging Veterans on Campus Tremendous Possibilities, Solvable Challenges
• #309: What I Wish I Knew When I Started Teaching

February

Engaging More Students Using Crowd Sourcing and Online Tools, Tech Talk Series

Using Pass-fail Grading to Align Grade Achievement with Course Learning Achievement, Chalk Talk Series

March

Screen Space Management, Tech Talks Series

Multimedia Learning: What is it? Why does it matter? How can I use it?, Tech Talk Series

Using Social Constructivism to Create Online Student Learning Communities, Online Learning

Incorporating WordPress into Your Classroom, Tech Talk Series

Assessing Strategies for Remote Courses, Online Learning

April

We’re In This Together: Collaboration and Cultural Responsiveness Online, Online Learning

Facilitating Synchronous Discussions, Online Learning

Reliable Assessments in the Habits of Mind, Chalk Talk Series

Introduction to the Teaching Portfolio Approach at AU, Chalk Talk Series

Capturing Student Participation in an Online Course, Online Learning

Incoming First Year Students in the Time of COVID, Chalk Talk Series

Student Engagement in the Virtual Classroom, Online Learning

May

Teaching with Open Educational Resources, Chalk Talk Series

Effective Communication with Your Students in the Online Classroom, Online Learning

Online Course Design Intensive:

• Online Course Design Intensive: Block 1
• Online Course Design Intensive Block 2: Learning Outcomes
• Online Course Design Intensive Block 3: Assessment & Alignment
• Online Course Design Intensive: Block 4

May Faculty Workshops:

• Being a Part of DC, Not Apart from DC: A Community-Based Learning Faculty Workshop – PART 1
• Being a Part of DC, Not Apart from DC: A Community-Based Faculty Learning Workshop PART 2
• Teaching in the Core: Strategies for Creating Course Consistency
• Teaching in the Core: University College Faculty Cohort Collaboration
• Teaching with Open Educational Resources, Part 1
• Teaching with Open Educational Resources, Part 2

June

Research-Based Best Practices for Online Instruction, Online Learning

Increasing Social Presence in Your Online Course, Online Learning

August

August Faculty Workshops

• Plenary: What is the Universal Design for Learning?: Implementing UDL for a more inclusive classroom
• #101: Leveraging Surveys with Qualtrics for Teaching, Research & Learning
• #202: Seeing Diversity-Equity-Inclusion in a New Light
• #301: Teaching Eli Saslow’s “Rising Out of Hatred”
• #401: Online Materials for WRTG 100 & Beyond: Using Credo Instruct
• #402: Accessibility and Accommodations in the Online Classroom
• #501: Antiracist Pedagogy, Gaining Inspiration from How to be an Antiracist, by I. Kendi
• #601: From Soloists to Colleagues: Collaborative Assignments and Assessment
• #602: Open-Source Statistical Options for Teaching and Research
• #701: Curiosity, Equity, and Education
• #801: Teaching with Canvas
• #902: Intro to Zoom
• #1002: Teaching with Canvas
• #1202: Eagle Online Excellence Initiative: Est. the AU Standard to Online Course Design

September

Inappropriate or Racist Language in the Classroom and Campus, Inclusive Pedagogy

January

Ann Ferren Conference

• #101: Teaching Ethical Reasoning Across the Disciplines
• #102: What Is Inquiry-Based Learning & Why Is It So Exciting?
• #104: Strategies for Faculty to Help Students in Distress
• #105: Pedagogy of the Engaged: Fostering Learning through Civic Engagement
• #106: Hands-on Research in Real Time: Crowd Sourcing in the Classroom Using Google Tools
• #108: AU’s New Initiative in STEM Education, Equity & Ethics (ISE3)
• #109: Open Licensing in Education & Research
• #110: SETs Come Too Late: Assessing Student Learning During the Semester
• #202: Building a Shared Lexicon for Teaching & Learning
• #203: Online Instruction & Inclusivity: Creating an Equitable Learning Environment
• #205: Enhancing Global Education Through Synergistic Design
• #206: Virtual & Augmented Reality (VR/AR) in Teaching & Scholarship
• #207: How to Engage Students in Community-Based Research
• #208: Bringing Your Scholarship Into the Classroom
• #209: The Secret(s) to Designing a Highly Effective Course
• #210: Teaching & Mentorship: A Balancing Act
• #301: The Updated First-Year Experience: Courses, Resources & Hacks
• #303: Creating Communities of Excellence & Caring in the Classroom & Beyond
• #304: AU Arboretum & Gardens: Resource & Partner & Research Funding Opportunities
• #308: Assessing Class Participation
• #310: Pedagogical Implications of Our Information Ecosystem: A Brainstorming Conversation

February

Feedback Tools For Writing Assignments, Chalk Talk Series

Working with Students with Disabilities and the Accommodations Process, Noontime Conversation

Fulbright Scholars Program for Faculty & Staff: Discover How You Can Make an Impact Abroad, Chalk Talk Series

Fostering a Collaborative Learning Environment: Building and Assessing Student Cooperation, Chalk Talk Series

March

Being a Part of DC, Not a Part from DC: Working With Community Partners, Noontime Conversation

Smartphones in your Scholarship and Teaching, Part 2, Tech Talk Series

April

Bringing Transparency to the Classroom in an Interactive Learning Environment, Chalk Talk Series

Understanding Student Perspectives on the Learning Experience, Chalk Talk Series

May

Faculty Award Recognition Luncheon

August

August Faculty Workshops

• #102: Leveraging Surveys With Qualtrics
• #201: The First Year Writer as Witness
• #501 First Day and Beyond: Creating an Inclusive Classroom
• #901: 10 Strategies for Adding Metacognition and Reflection into Your Courses
• #1001: Science Isn’t Scary
• #1101: Teaching with Social Media and Social Media Analytics

January

Ann Ferren Conference

• Lunch Plenary: A Conversation with American University’s 15th President, Sylvia Burwell
• Morning Plenary: Voices of 21st Century Students
• #101: Exploring iGen and Generation Z: Implications for Teaching
• #105: Cross-Disciplinary Insights into Transformational Mentoring
• #106: Our Common Grounds: AU Arboretum and the Airlie Center
• #107: Immigration and Peace: Critical Issues in the Classroom and the Community
• #108: I-CORPs, Incubator, Innovation, Oh My!
• #109: Hacking New Tech for Student Engagement
• #110: Arabic and Hebrew Meeting Through Digital Edutainment
• #202: Infusing Diversity and Inclusion Into Our Courses and Writing Center Praxis
• #203: How Do We Teach Habits of Mind?
• #204: Mentoring the Mentors: The Partners in Teaching Program
• #205: What Constitutes Excellence in Community-Engaged Scholarship?
• #206: The Hidden Secrets in Presidential Tax Returns
• #207: Improving Mobile Media Production in Your Classroom
• #208: Teaching Research Methods Online: Course Design and Student Engagement
• #209: Tips and Tricks for Googling Your Way to a Learner-Centered Classroom

February

Financial Challenges Faced By Many of Our Students, Noontime Conversation

March

Navigating Diverse Political Ideologies in the Classroom and Beyond, Noontime Conversation

April

Canons Under Fire: Struggles in Decolonizing University Curriculum, Noontime Conversation

May

May Faculty Workshops

• Grading Strategies: Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
• Complex Problems Faculty Fellows Spring Workshop
• Community-Based Learning Faculty Institute
• Challenges and Best Practices to Team-Teaching
• Metacogition and Reflection
• Active Learning: Techniques to Spark Discussion

August

August Faculty Workshops (Formerly Teaching, Research & Technology Workshops)

• Lunch 8/15: Applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Create More Inclusive Classrooms 
• Lunch 8/16: Who are the AU Undergrad. Students? Implications for Teaching and Learning
• #102: Lateness, Laptops, and Learning: What Course Policies We Adopt and Why
• #301: Getting Students to Do the Reading
• #302: Aligning Course Materials with Learning Outcomes
• #502: A Book in Your Own Class: Using Strangers in Their Own Land in Your Course
• #602: Engaging the Reluctant Learner: Facilitating Growth with Google Tools
• #802: Assessing Participation in the First-Year Seminar
• #901: Simple Approaches to Tough Conversations: Civil Discourse in the Classroom
• #1002: Canons Under Fire: Struggles in Decolonizing University Curriculum
• #1201: Strategies for Teaching with Data
• #1202: Teaching, Administration, Life, and Research? Juggling It All

September

Classroom Observations and the Evaluation of Teaching, Noontime Conversation

October

Reducing Unconscious Bias in Teaching and Learning: Strategies for Inclusive Pedagogy, Noontime Conversation

All Due Respect: Speech, Inclusion and Academic Freedom in a Diverse and Politicized Environment, Noontime Conversation

November

Collaborative Research: Understanding Benefits and Avoiding Pitfalls, Noontime Conversation

Getting Started

• 1003: AU Core Course Proposal Workshop 8/21/2024
• 902: First Day of Class: Setting the Stage for Students to Thrive 8/21/2024
• 302 Bring Your Syllabus! The Peer Review Workshop 8/14/2024
• Session 501: Set the Tone for Engagement, Empowerment & Collaboration from Day 1
• Clarity and Creativity Exploring Alternative Syllabus Formats
• Mindfulness and Contemplative Pedagogical Practices in the Learning Environment
• Building a Shared Lexicon for Teaching & Learning
• The Secret(s) to Designing a Highly Effective Course
• Teaching & Mentorship: A Balancing Act
• Understanding Student Perspectives on the Learning Experience
• Exploring iGen and Generation Z: Implications for Teaching
• Studying Your Teaching: A “How-To” Workshop
• Students Lead The Way
• No Second Chance to Make a First Impression
• Academic Rigor in the Time of COVID
• 206: Beginning with the End in Mind: Learning Outcome-Driven Assignment Design
• Session 102: Delivering Blended Courses for Changing Times 
• Session 201: Sparking Student Curiosity

Teaching Portfolio

• Teaching Portfolio Part 1 of N: Writing a Teaching Philosophy
• Introduction to the Teaching Portfolio Approach at AU

Grading and Assessment

• AU Core: The Goldilocks Approach: Responding to Student Writing Enough and Not Too Much
• How to Create, Monitor, and Grade Team Projects
• Using Pass-fail Grading to Align Grade Achievement with Course Learning Achievement
• SETs Come Too Late: Assessing Student Learning During the Semester
• Assessing Class Participation
• Feedback Tools For Writing Assignments
• Grading Strategies: Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
• Going Gradeless: How to Begin Rethinking the Role, Value & Future of Grading in Your Course
• 203: Raise Your Hands If You Know!: Rethinking the “Participation Grade”
• 306: “How Do I Grade a Tik Tok?” (Re)designing Assignments with Room for Student Voices
• 404: Student Experience in a Labor-Based Grading Classroom
• Detecting Plagiarism in Student Submitted Code

Other

• 1202: Using “Calling in” to Address Challenging Student Comments 8/21/2024
• 1002: Using American University’s Campus as a Teaching Tool for Sustainability 8/21/2024
• 1001: Digging Deeper in Teaching and Learning: Speculative Pedagogy 8/21/2024
• 103: From Class to Career: Enhancing Your Syllabus for Student Success 8/14/2024
• Session 802: Metacognition: What is Means and How You Can Help Students Practice It
• AU Core: Developing a Complex Problems Seminar
• Teaching with Open Educational Resources
• Pedagogy of the Engaged: Fostering Learning through Civic Engagement
• Session 101: Fall 2021: Transitioning Back to Face-to-Face Instruction
• Session 601: The First-Year Writer as Witness Book: How Dr. Brittney Cooper’s Eloquent Rage Might Come Up in Your Class
• Session 1101: Transforming Your Teaching Insights into Scholarship: A Discussion with SoTL Experts at American University
• 105: Getting to the Good Stuff: Uniting Writing Instruction and Disciplinary Knowledge
• 207: The Value of Adjunct Faculty Mentoring: Reflecting on Best Practices
• 307: Program Assessment from the Ground Up: Strategies for Efficient Faculty-Led Assessment
• 407: Responding to the Realities of the Pandemic: An Open Discussion on Engagement and Attendance
• Session 301: Any Course Can be a Sustainability Course!

Online Course Design

• Online Course Design Intensive: Block 1
• Online Course Design Intensive Block 2: Learning Outcomes
• Online Course Design Intensive Block 3: Assessment & Alignment
• Online Course Design Intensive: Block 4
• #1202: Eagle Online Excellence Initiative: Est. the AU Standard to Online Course Design

Building Community in the Online Classroom

• We’re In This Together: Collaboration and Cultural Responsiveness Online
• #203: Virtual Culture Building: How 1st-Yr Students Want to Learn in the Online Environment
• #404: Teaching Online with your Head and your Heart
• Using Social Constructivism to Create Online Student Learning Communities
• Increasing Social Presence in Your Online Course
• #402: Accessibility and Accommodations in the Online Classroom
• Session 901: Teaching Inclusively in the Hybrid Learning Modality: on Campus, in Person with Technology

Student Engagement in the Online Classroom

• Rebooting Online Learning Communities: 7 Conditions of Effective Digt. Participation
• Student Engagement in Synchronous Class Sessions
• Facilitating Synchronous Discussions
• Capturing Student Participation in an Online Course
• Student Engagement in the Virtual Classroom
• Effective Communication with Your Students in the Online Classroom
• Research-Based Best Practices for Online Instruction

Feedback and Assessment Online

• Assessing Strategies for Remote Courses
• Incorporating Peer Feedback into Online Courses

Other

• Session 1102: Online Information Literacy Materials for WRT 100 and Beyond: Using Credo Instruct in Your Canvas Space 
• 106: College Students Scrolling & Strolling through Digital Spaces: Let’s Provide Guidance and Advocacy!
• Session 102: Delivering Blended Courses for Changing Times 

Demystifying AI and Large Language Models (LLMs): Prompt Engineering and Strategies for Teaching, 10/30/2024

703: New Canvas Tools to Enhance Your Teaching 8/15/2024

702 The New Wisdom of AI-power: Purdue OWL and the Changing Landscape of Popular Generative AI Tools 8/15/2024

501: Unleash Creativity: Supercharging Learning Experiences with Tech and Media 8/15/2024

401: Rethinking the Citation Machine: Strategies And Conceptual Problem-Areas For Acknowledging AI 8/14/2024

Session 2: Coordinating Student Success Efforts Using AU Technology, 8/14/2024

Social Media & Discussion Boards: Engaging Students in Online Discussions

Engaging More Students Using Crowd Sourcing and Online Tools

Screen Space Management

Multimedia Learning: What is it? Why does it matter? How can I use it?

Incorporating WordPress into Your Classroom

Hands-on Research in Real Time: Crowd Sourcing in the Classroom Using Google Tools

Virtual & Augmented Reality (VR/AR) in Teaching & Scholarship

Smartphones in your Scholarship and Teaching, Part 2

Teaching with Social Media and Social Media Analytics

Hacking New Tech for Student Engagement

Improving Mobile Media Production in Your Classroom

Tips and Tricks for Googling Your Way to a Learner-Centered Classroom

405: Supporting Students’ Digital Projects at American University: Lessons Learned from Art History Masters Capstones

406: Space vs. Cyberspace: Contextualizing Digital Tools in a Physical Classroom

Session 202: Working with Credo: An Inclusive Resource for Developing Information Literacy Skills

Session 203: Humanize Your Online Course with VoiceThread

Session 603: Moving from Passive to Active: Creating Engaging Videos with PlayPosit

Session 3: Applying Universal Design to Academic Advising, 8/14/2024

Session 4: Do I Belong at AU? Creating a Culture of Belonging Through Dialogue, 8/13/2024

Session 901: What AU Undergraduate Students Wish AU Faculty and Staff Knew

Morning Plenary: Creative Power of “Yes, And” in a World of “No, But”: Comedy for Empowering Community

AU Center for Innovation: Building Communities of Innovation Across AU

Building Community & Course-Specific Expertise through Collab. with the Career Center

Designing Collaboration: Using Design Thinking for Student and Community Engagement

Beyond Group Projects: Facilitating Students’ Relationships to Build Community

Not Just the Environment: How Sustainability Affects Our Lives at AU and Beyond

‘sindikit: Creative, Collaborative, and Co-working Models

AU Core: University College Faculty Cohort Collaboration

Being a Part of DC, Not Apart from DC: A Community-Based Learning Faculty Workshop (Part 1)

Being a Part of DC, Not Apart from DC: A Community-Based Learning Faculty Workshop (Part 2)

Creating Communities of Excellence & Caring in the Classroom & Beyond

AU Arboretum & Gardens: Resource & Partner & Research Funding Opportunities

Fostering a Collaborative Learning Environment: Building and Assessing Student Cooperation

What Constitutes Excellence in Community-Engaged Scholarship?

Session 201: Building Foundations for Undergraduate Students: A Deeper Dive Following the Foundations Summit

Moving Past Silos: Antiracism, Equity, and Communities of Practice

Community-Based Learning & Research (CBLR) Faculty Institute

Teaching Research Methods

801: Tools for Everyone: Incorporating Mapping into Teaching and Research 8/15/2024

502: Research, Data, and Methodology Support and Resources from CTRL and the Library 8/15/2024

Setting Up Your Fall 2022 Research Project for Success

Open-Source Statistical Options for Teaching and Research

Open Licensing in Education & Research

How to Engage Students in Community-Based Research

Teaching Research Methods Online: Course Design and Student Engagement

Session 1002: Teaching with Open Educational Resources: Adoption and Creation 

Session 1202: Organized and Open Source: Citation Management with Zotero

Detecting Plagiarism in Student Submitted Code

Qualitative Research Topics

802: Qualtrics and Designing Various Question Types 8/15/2024

Leveraging Surveys with Qualtrics for Teaching, Research & Learning

Utilizing NVivo for Qualitative Approaches to Teaching and Learning

Data Sharing for AU Researchers Via the Qualitative Data Repository

Qualtrics Features to Distribute Surveys Research Methods Talk

Session 302: Qualtrics: Changes and Implementation

Quantitative Research Topics

701: Getting Started with R for Teaching Quantitative Methods: An Intro to R-Markdown 8/15/2024

602: Getting Started with Python for Teaching Quantitative Methods: An Intro to Jupyter Notebooks 8/15/2024

MIS_ING DAT_: Ways to Identify Types of Missingness and Strategies to Handle Them in R

Introduction to Item Response Theory in R

Ditching SPSS/SAS/Stata for R in the Classroom and in Research

Session 602: R-Studio Crash Course

R for Data Visualization

R for Generalized Linear Regression Models

101: AU Library’s Holistic Support for Student Success 8/14/2024

Spark Tank Solutions and Innovations for Student Success at AU, 8/13/2024

Thriving Spotlights: Champions for Student Success, 8/13/2024

Strategies for Faculty to Help Students in Distress

Teaching, Administration, Life, and Research? Juggling It All

Building Foundations for Undergraduate Students: A Deeper Dive Following the Foundations Summit

Trauma-Informed Social and Emotional Learning for Academic Resilience

Lunch Session: Supporting the Students of the Pandemic

Trauma in the Classroom: A Better Response

104: Widening the Circles of Care: A Mindful Approach to Wellbeing, Antiracism, and Pedagogical Innovation

205: Trauma in the Classroom: A Better Response

305: A Model for Supporting Student Activists in a Trauma-Informed Way

Self-Care in Stressful Times

Session 701: Contemplative Pedagogy for Academic Achievement and Community Well-Being

Workshop on Writing Narratives for Promotion to Senior Professorial Lecturer or Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer

Writing Scholarship Narratives for Tenure Applications and Promotion Applications to Associate or Full Professor (Term or Tenure-Track Faculty)