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May

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Monday, May 17, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Monday, May 12
- 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Course Design Institute – Session 1 of 4
- 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM: Teaching Portfolio Retreat
Tuesday, May 13
- 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Course Design Institute – Session 2 of 4
- 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Forging Cross-Cultural and Global Connections With Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)
Wednesday, May 14
- 10:00 AM- 11:30 AM: Course Design Institute – Session 3 of 4
- 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: The Value of Experiential Learning and Co-Curricular Activities: Research from the AU Core
Thursday, May 15
- 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Course Design Institute – Session 4 of 4
- 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Taking Your Research Abroad: Get the Inside Scoop on the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Friday, May 16
- 10:00 AM- 11:30 AM: Welcome to Taguette! (An open source platform)
- 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Kick-Starting Your Summer Writing Project – Session 1 of 2
Monday, May 19
- 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM: Faculty Institute on Artificial Intelligence in Teaching & Research
  - 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM: Student Perspectives on AI in Teaching & Learning
  - 10:30 AM -12:00 PM: Understanding and Using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) AI for Teaching and Research
  - 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: “State of the Art Performance” – AI Use/Misuse and Insights for Teaching
  - 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM: Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Rethinking Assessment Strategies
  - 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: AI Teaching and Learning Dilemmas
Tuesday, May 20
- 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM: Kick-Starting Your Summer Writing Project – Session 2 of 2

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January

Active Learning Strategies: Quick Changes to Improve Student Engagement
- Wednesday, January 29, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Mary Graydon Student Center Room 307
- Presenters: Mac Crite, Ph.D. (Teaching & Learning Specialist, CTRL) & Hannah Jardine, Ph.D. (Teaching & Learning Graduate Assistant, CTRL)
- Are you looking to increase student engagement? Would you like to add some simple, yet effective, strategies to your teaching toolkit? Join us for this interactive workshop where we will introduce a variety of active learning activities that you can use in your teaching tomorrow. You’ll have the opportunity to learn about and practice these strategies, as well as spend time preparing to implement one (or more!) in your teaching.

February

Getting Started with Qualtrics 101
- Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | 1:00 PM – 2:00PM | Online Via Zoom
- Presenter: Tiffany Monique Quash, PhD (Qualitative/Survey Research Methodologist, CTRL)
- This workshop is for those who have not set up their Qualtrics account and need assistance doing so. This workshop is an introduction to the platform. This includes how to use the question type, where to locate the recorded data, and how to distribute the survey using an anonymous link.

Thematic Analysis and AI in Qualitative Research
- Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM | Online via Zoom
- Presenter: Tiffany Monique Quash, PhD (Qualitative/Survey Research Methodologist, CTRL)
- Scholars will spend an hour discussing the 2024 article by Prokopis A. Christou, “Thematic Analysis through Artificial Intelligence (AI)”.

Qualtrics Hour
- Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 2:30PM – 3:30PM | Online via Zoom
- Presenter: Tiffany Monique Quash, PhD (Qualitative/Survey Research Methodologist, Center for Teaching, Research & Learning)
- Let’s spend an hour together working on your survey as a community! Bring your Qualtrics survey to the “Qualtrics Hour” to discuss your latest project and troubleshoot any questions you may have within the community.

March

Lessons from Literature: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
- Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | MGSC 306 (Rescheduled from February 11)
- Presenters: Mary Catherine Stoumbos, PhD (Teaching & Learning Specialist, CTRL) & Ayah Morsy (Teaching & Learning Graduate Assistant, CTRL)
- “Lessons from the Literature” sessions begin with a short overview of key research on a pedagogical framework followed by a roundtable discussion that connects these findings to classroom applications. In this session, we will explore Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, a framework that “support[s] young people in sustaining the cultural and linguistic competence of their communities while simultaneously offering access to dominant cultural competence.” (Paris 2012, 95)
NVivo 101
- Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Online via Zoom
- Presenter: Tiffany Monique Quash (Qualitative/Survey Research Methodologist, CTRL)
- This workshop is designed for individuals who are new to using the qualitative data analysis software, NVivo.
Small Changes, Big Impact: Implementing Universal Design for Learning
- Friday, March 21, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Mary Graydon Student Center 305 or Online via Zoom
- with Mac Crite, Ph.D. (Teaching & Learning Specialist, CTRL) & Shed Siliman, Ph.D. (Teaching & Learning Specialist, CTRL)
- Are you feeling overwhelmed and unable to address student needs? Are you looking to enhance student motivation and engagement in small but impactful ways? Join us for this interactive workshop where we will explore Universal Design for Learning strategies. We will focus on practical but profound changes that you can use in your classroom tomorrow! You’ll have the opportunity to learn about and practice these strategies, as well as spend time preparing to implement one in your teaching.
Welcome to Taguette! (An open source platform)
- Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | 2:30PM-3:30PM | Online via Zoom
- Presenter: Tiffany Monique Quash (Qualitative/Survey Research Methodologist, CTRL)
- Learn how to you an open-source Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis program (CAQDAS) called Taguette. This program is a text tagging program that is available on desktops or through the server. Taguette is available on all operating systems, can offer real-time collaboration, and it’s easy to use.

Teaching Portfolio Series: Crafting a Teaching Statement
- Monday, March 31
- Presenters: Shed Siliman, Ph.D. (Teaching & Learning Specialist, CTRL) & Mary Catherine Stoumbos, Ph.D., (Teaching & Learning Specialist, CTRL)
- Are you working on building your teaching portfolio, or considering how to get started? Join CTRL’s Teaching & Learning Team and colleagues from across campus to discuss the purpose and structure of a teaching statement and develop a plan to begin or continue drafting your own.

April

Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies
- Thursday, April 3, 2025: 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM | Mary Graydon Student Center 306 or Online via Zoom
- Presenters: Shed Siliman, Ph.D. (Teaching & Learning Specialist, CTRL) & Ayah Morsy (Teaching & Learning Graduate Assistant, CTRL)
- In the context of economic upheaval, pervasive political conflict, and a still ongoing pandemic, students and teachers alike must grapple with trauma in their everyday lives. This session equips participants with a trauma-informed approach to teaching, anchored in compassion, preparedness, and accessibility. “Lessons from the Literature” sessions begin with a short overview of key research on a pedagogical framework followed by a roundtable discussion that connects these findings to classroom applications. Participants will discuss the importance of trauma-informed teaching, explore trauma-informed strategies, and practice tactics to build optimism and engagement in our learning spaces.

Hands-On with Elements Participatory Demonstration
- Friday, April 11, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Bender Library – B51 Screening Classroom or Online via Zoom
- Presenters: Caroline Bruckner (Sr. Professorial Lecturer, KSB), Priya Doshi (Associate Dean of Faculty and Inclusive Excellence), Hannah Pierson-Compeau (Office of Information Technology), and Abigail Puskar (Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs)
- It’s time for the yearly exercise of entering your activities and information into Elements for annual performance-based increase reviews. Whether you’re a seasoned faculty member looking for greater guidance or a newer faculty member looking for help navigating this process—this session is for you. This session will provide faculty who want some live assistance and dedicated time to fill out their Elements profiles. Bring your laptop to this interactive 90-minute session to fill out your Elements profile in real time with support from IT and the Dean of Faculty’s office. This session will help get you started on filling out your Elements content in good company.

Lessons from the Literature: Learning from Failure
- Wednesday, April 16, 2025: 2:30 – 3:30 PM | Hall of Science 101
- Presenters: Hannah Jardine, Ph.D. (Teaching & Learning Specialist, CTRL) and Sahil Mathur (Graduate Assistant for Teaching & Learning, CTRL)
- How can we design opportunities for our students to learn from failure? “Lessons from the Literature” sessions begin with a short overview of key research on a teaching and learning concept followed by a roundtable discussion that connects these findings to classroom applications. In this session, we will explore failure-based pedagogies and discuss how we might “reinvigorate failure as an educational tool” (Eyler, 2018) equitable strategies they can utilize when guiding students through these conversations.

Qualtrics Power Hour
- Thursday, April 17, 2025: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Online Via Zoom
- Presenter: Tiffany Monique Quash (Qualitative/Survey Research Methodologist, CTRL)
- Due to the success of our last Qualtrics Power Hour, we are bringing it back! Let’s spend an hour together working on your survey as a community! Bring your Qualtrics survey to the “Qualtrics Power Hour” to discuss your latest project and troubleshoot any questions you may have within the community.

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Digging Deeper in Teaching and Learning: Pedagogies of Care
- Monday, October 28, 2024 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Mary Graydon Student Center 305
- Presenter: Shed Siliman (Teaching & Learning Specialist, CTRL), Mary Catherine Stoumbos (Teaching & Learning Specialist, CTRL
- Sense of belonging and feeling connected with others play a major role in student learning and engagement. In the face of an ongoing pandemic, social unrest, and pervasive burnout, compassion can invigorate the connection that students and instructors often seek in the classroom. This session explores pedagogies of care, or compassionate pedagogies, as a tool for enhancing student sense of belonging, which supports student engagement. Participants will discuss the impetus for pedagogies of care, review the principles of its application, and select compassionate pedagogical strategies that fit their course and teaching goals.

Introduction to the new HPC and Sending Stata Jobs
- Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Mary Graydon Student Center 307
- Presenter: Eric R. Schuler (Senior Quantitative/Computational Research Methodologist, CTRL)
- This workshop is all about how to use the new high-performance computing system. We will talk about procedures, connecting, and submitting jobs that use Stata.

Introduction to the new HPC and Sending MatLab Jobs
- Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Mary Graydon Student Center 307
- Presenter: Eric Schuler (Senior Quantitative/Computational Research Methodologist, CTRL)
- This workshop is all about how to use the new high-performance computing system. We will talk about procedures, connecting, and submitting jobs that use MatLab.

Breaking Silos: Connecting Across Campus for Interdisciplinary Classrooms
- Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | SIS Room 300
- Presenter: Stina Oakes (CTRL AU Core Faculty Fellow and Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, CAS|Literature)
- Are you looking to connect with others across campus to de-silo your class? In this session, we will hear from and interact with people from other disciplines and departments as we discuss teaching and learning. Our goal is for you to leave inspired to make new connections and interdisciplinary applications in your courses, especially AU Core courses.

Demystifying AI and Large Language Models (LLMs): Prompt Engineering and Strategies for Teaching and Research
- Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | In person (Hall of Science T07) and Online via Zoom
- Presenter: Derrick Cogburn (AI in Teaching & Research Faculty Fellow, CTRL and Professor, KSB | Information Technology & Analytics / SIS | Environment, Development & Health)
- In this workshop you will build your knowledge of artificial intelligence by exploring large language models, and the machine learning and deep learning techniques and technologies that drive them. We will then introduce you to the concept of the transformer which in 2017 led to the development of the Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT) that fuel ChatGPT and similar GenAI tools. We will introduce you to a range of GenAI tools that enable you to harness the power of these LLMs via a graphical user interface (GUI), including NotebookLM, AI Studio, LearnLM, and the better known chatbots such as Claude, Copilot, and ChatGPT. The workshop includes an interactive hands-on workshop to develop and practice effective prompts for you to get the most out of diverse GenAI tools.

November

So Your Colleague is a Chatbot: Preparing Students for AI in the Workforce
- Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Butler Board Room 600
- Presenter: Jennifer Steele (AI in Teaching & Research Faculty Fellow, CTRL and Professor, School of Education)
- This workshop prepares faculty to grapple with the implications of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for our students’ future careers. What do the data tell us about which jobs are most vulnerable to AI, which are least vulnerable, and which skills should we cultivate in our classrooms? And how might problem-based learning mitigate the inequitable effects of AI and prepare students to confront the urgent problems of the 21st century? This workshop will include a presentation of new research on these questions. In addition, participants will discuss and share assignment and grading ideas that prepare our students for the 21st century workforce we want to see.
Crafting Tomorrow’s Course Content Today: A Guided AI Ped Tech Discovery – Module 8: Responsible Use of Research Assistant AI Tools
- Thursday, November 14, 2024 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Mary Graydon Student Center 305
- Presenter: Krisztina Domjan (CTRL AI in Teaching & Research Faculty Fellow and Professorial Lecturer, CAS | Literature)
- Curious about how AI can streamline your research process? Research Assistants AI tools that aid in information gathering, synthesis, and analysis. Disclosing and Documenting AI Use. Utilizing artificial intelligence transparently.
Bridging the Gap: Integrating Personal and Professional Passions into the Classroom
- Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Kettler-Palmer Lounge (Sports Center 237)
- Presenter: Natasha Coco Benitez (Adjunct Instructor, Department of Health Studies, and CTRL Adjunct Faculty Fellow)
- Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking panel discussion rooted in story-telling! AU faculty members will share their personal and professional stories, revealing how their real-world experiences enrich their teaching and inspire students.
Last Day of Class: Ending on a High Note
- Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Mary Graydon Student Center 306 and Online Via Zoom
- Presenters: Hannah Jardine (Teaching & Learning Specialist, CTRL) and Sahil Mathur (Teaching & Learning Graduate Assistant, CTRL)
- As the semester draws to a close, join us for an interactive workshop on planning the last day of class. Leave with an actionable plan that includes activities to synthesize student learning, prepare students for final assessments, encourage student reflection on their experience, and foster a sense of accomplishment and community beyond the course.
AI and Qualitative Research
- Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Mary Graydon Student Center 305
- Presenter: Tiffany Monique Quash (Qualitative/Survey Research Methodologist, CTRL)
- Scholars will spend an hour discussing the 2023 article by Prokopis A. Christou, “How to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a resource, methodological, and analysis tool in Qualitative Research”. Here is the link to the article.
Crafting Tomorrow’s Course Content Today: A Guided AI Ped Tech Discovery – Module 9: Responsible Use of AI Tools – Writing Assistants
- Thursday, November 21, 2024 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Mary Graydon Student Center 305
- Presenter: Krisztina Domjan (CTRL AI in Teaching & Research Faculty Fellow and Professorial Lecturer, CAS | Literature)
- How can AI-powered tools provide personalized feedback and support to students? Writing Assistants: AI-powered platforms for improving writing skills and content creation.
Fulbright Scholars Information Session
- Friday, November 22, 2024 | 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM | Butler Board Room 600
- with María Verónica Elías (Associate Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas, San Antonio and 2024-2026 Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador) & C. Anne Claus (Associate Professor, CAS | Anthropology)
- If you are thinking about traveling abroad to do research, join us for this information session with Fulbright Alumni Ambassador María Verónica Elías, who will talk about her Fulbright Scholar experience in Canada in 2022-2023, and AU’s own Anne Claus (CAS | Anthropology), who will talk about her year as a Fulbright Scholar in Japan in 2022-2023. The session will explore how the Fulbright Award impacted the panelists’ professional and personal growth, scholarly work, and academic careers, both during the fellowship and upon returning to their home institutions. Further Fulbright opportunities will also be discussed, and the panelists will answer questions from faculty.

December

Module 10: Responsible Use of AI Tools – Writing Assistants
- Thursday, December 5th, 2024 | 1 PM – 2:00 AM | Mary Graydon Student Center 305
- Presenter: Krisztina Domjan (CTRL AI in Teaching & Research Faculty Fellow and Professorial Lecturer, CAS | Literature)
- Curious about how generative AI can assist in creating more inclusive, engaging, and adaptive learning environments? AI Tools for Inclusive Pedagogy – Universal Design for Learning: Leveraging AI to support diverse learning needs and styles. Writing “Assistant” AI Tools: Deficiencies or Emerging Learning Assets?
Module 11: Reimagining Education with AI
- Thursday, December 10th, 2024 | Time TBD | SIS 102
- Presenter: Krisztina Domjan (CTRL AI in Teaching & Research Faculty Fellow and Professorial Lecturer, CAS | Literature)
- Willing and ready to reimagine course content by integrating AI fluency skills that align with your students’ learning habits? AI and the Learning Sciences: Applying cognitive research to enhance AI-assisted education. SAMR Model: Framework for integrating technology in teaching. Growth Mindset: Fostering adaptability and continuous learning with AI tools.
Module 12: Integrating AI into Coursework
- Thursday, December 12th, 2024 | 1 PM – 2:00 AM | Mary Graydon Student Center 305
- Presenter: Krisztina Domjan (CTRL AI in Teaching & Research Faculty Fellow and Professorial Lecturer, CAS | Literature)
- Implement AI-enhanced assessments that promote both equity and creativity in the classroom. Are you ready to harness AI tools to transform your teaching methods? AI-Ready Assessments: AI-Enhanced Presentations. Administrative Task Automation. Checklists for AI Integration. Autonomous Learning with AI. Canvasifying AI – Integration into Coursework.

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