Book Club: Relationship-Rich Education

Online via Zoom

How can we make our students’ experiences at AU more meaningful? Relationship-Rich Education, by Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert, offers a wide variety of practical approaches to fostering healthy relationships with and among your students. The book also explores the research behind why interpersonal relationships are so important to student success. Over three sessions, […]

AI in Teaching Workshop: Tools That Can…? Guidance for Offering Clear Expectations for Use of Generative AI Tools

Online via Zoom

with Alison Thomas (Assistant Dean for Academic Integrity), Alexis Glasgow (Academic Integrity Coordinator, Office of Academic Integrity) & Tamara Alsalih (Administrative Coordinator, Office of Academic Integrity This workshop is inspired by the Vox video “AI can do your homework. Now what?” In particular, we’ll focus on a chart featured in the video that identifies key […]

Shaping Our Place at AU: A Listening Session for Adjunct Faculty

Online via Zoom

with Erica Bondarev (CTRL Adjunct Faculty Fellow, Department of Performing Arts) Did you know that adjunct faculty make up more than 40% of the teaching community at American University? The invaluable contributions of adjunct professors are undeniable, yet we understand that feeling connected and integral can sometimes be challenging. Join us for a pivotal listening […]

Artificial Intelligence in Teaching – Coffee Chat

MGC 245

Join us for this informal meeting with the intention to create a space for faculty to come together to ask questions, share experiences, and brainstorm strategies on the ways in which Artificial Intelligence impacts your teaching, research, and other work.

Compassionate Responses: Utilizing Calling In to Address Challenging Comments

Online via Zoom

Many instructors are unsure of how to respond when students make uncomfortable or hurtful comments. Rather than 'calling out' these students, this workshop focuses on “calling in.” Using this discussion technique, instructors can compassionately and patiently invite students who make these comments into reflection and turn difficult moments into teachable ones. In this interactive workshop, […]

Artificial Intelligence in Teaching – Coffee Chat

Online via Zoom

Join us for this informal meeting with the intention to create a space for faculty to come together to ask questions, share experiences, and brainstorm strategies on the ways in which Artificial Intelligence impacts your teaching, research, and other work.

Brain Fuel: Emotion

Hybrid - MGC 245 and Online via Zoom

How does emotion impact learning? In the “Brain Fuel” series we explore evidence-based principles that span disciplines including psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and anthropology to dig deeper into how humans learn. In this session, we will consider the interaction between emotion and learning – positive and negative – and how to adapt our teaching to work […]

Introduction to Text Mining in R

Online via Zoom

In this workshop we will be covering the basics of how to clean and analyze text data in R/R-Studio. We will cover the process of cleaning the text data. We will also go over how to obtain word frequencies, generate a word cloud, conduct a sentiment analysis, and run topic modeling. This workshop assumes familiarity […]

ADVANCE AU’s Spring Symposium on Gender & Race in STEM

Butler Boardroom 600

This half-day workshop will provide faculty, staff, and students an opportunity to consider pathways to promotion and leadership in the fields of natural, mathematical, and social sciences. Sessions will examine the intersection of gender and race as they relate to mentorship and career growth. The workshop will feature a special guest keynote from Dr. Dawn […]

Artificial Intelligence in Teaching – Coffee Chat

MGC 247

Join us for this informal meeting with the intention to create a space for faculty to come together to ask questions, share experiences, and brainstorm strategies on the ways in which Artificial Intelligence impacts your teaching, research, and other work.

Artificial Intelligence in Teaching – Coffee Chat

Online via Zoom

Join us for this informal meeting with the intention to create a space for faculty to come together to ask questions, share experiences, and brainstorm strategies on the ways in which Artificial Intelligence impacts your teaching, research, and other work.

Register for this event to receive the direct Zoom link.