Invitation
CETL Teaching & Learning Events for Fall 2022
CETL is facilitating a variety of workshops on teaching & learning this semester.
Dear Colleagues:
Welcome back! The team at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) wishes you all the best for a productive and meaningful semester of work with your students.
CETL is here to support everyone who teaches at UM through a variety of services and programs, including the workshops you will see listed below.
This year we have several series of workshops that will run through the fall and spring:
--What Does It Mean to Teach Now? Teaching in and beyond the Pandemic
--What's New in Research on Teaching and Learning?
--Artificial Intelligence and Student Learning
--Active Learning in STEM
--QEP and Critical Thinking
If you scroll through the list below, you will see all of the fall workshops for each series. The RSVP information is included as well, so please consider signing up for as many as you'd like.
Lunch will be served at all of the events!
Series: What Does It Mean to Teach Now? Teaching in and beyond the Pandemic
Wednesday, September 21st, 12:00-1:00, Johnson Commons East Ballroom
"Inclusive Teaching Includes You Too: Teacher-Value in a Student-Centered World"
Facilitator: Dr. Lindsay Masland, Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of Faculty Professional Development at Appalachian State University
Wednesday, September 28th, 12:00-1:00, Student Union Ballroom
"The Great Disengagement? Building Engaged Classroom Communities That Center Student Learning"
Facilitators: Dr. Emily Pitts Donahoe, Associate Director of Instructional Support, and Dr. Josh Eyler, Director of Faculty Development and Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
Wednesday, October 26th, 12:00-1:00, Johnson Commons East Ballroom
"Pandemic Teaching Today: Developing a Trauma-Informed Pedagogy"
Facilitator: Dr. Emily Pitts Donahoe, Associate Director of Instructional Support,
Wednesday, November 9th, 12:00-1:00, Johnson Commons East Ballroom
"Building a Reflective Teaching Practice"
Facilitators: Dr. Robert Cummings, Executive Director of AIG and Associate Professor of Writing & Rhetoric, and Dr. Emily Pitts Donahoe, Associate Director of Instructional Support
Series: What's New in Research on Teaching and Learning?
Wednesday, September 7th, 12:00-1:00, Johnson Commons East Ballroom
"Are Lectures Effective? What the Research Can and Cannot Tell Us"
Facilitator: Dr. Josh Eyler, Director of Faculty Development and Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
Series: Artificial Intelligence and Student Learning
Monday, August 29th, 12:00-1:00, Johnson Commons East Ballroom
"Is Turing Taking Your Tests? Recent Developments in AI, and How They May Impact Your Teaching"
Facilitator: Dr. Robert Cummings, Executive Director of AIG and Associate Professor of Writing & Rhetoric
Friday, October 28th, 12:00-1:00, Johnson Commons East Ballroom
"AI and Data Science Developments and Their Impact on Higher Ed"
Facilitator: Dr. Robert Cummings, Executive Director of AIG and Associate Professor of Writing & Rhetoric
Series: Active Learning in STEM
Wednesday, October 19th, 12:00-1:00, Inn at Ole Miss
"Active Learning: How Do We Define It and What Does It Look Like in the Classroom?"
Facilitator: Dr. Josh Eyler, Director of Faculty Development and Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
Friday, November 11th, 12:00-1:30, Room TBD
"Getting Started with Active Learning in STEM"
Facilitators: Dr. Brenda Prager, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Dr. Adam Smith, Associate Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering
January TBD—Session on SCALE-UP by Dr. Bin Xiao, Instructional Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy
February-April—External facilitators focusing on discipline-specific applications
Series: QEP and Critical Thinking
Wednesday, October 5th, 12:00-1:00, Johnson Commons East Ballroom
"How Might We Use Technology to Enhance the Teaching of Critical Thinking?"
Facilitator: Dr. Josh Eyler, QEP Director, Director of Faculty Development, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
Spring TBD: Discipline-specific sessions on critical thinking
Reading Group
Finally, as we mentioned in an earlier email, we will be hosting a faculty reading group, where we will meet to discuss Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy's new book Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom.
All faculty are invited to register for this program. CETL will purchase the books for all attendees, and we will have them available to pick up in advance of our first meeting (see below).
For planning purposes, we ask that you only register for the group if you can commit to attending all three of the sessions.
In-person Group Meeting Dates (12:00-1:00 in the Banquet Room of Johnson Commons East):
Friday, September 23, 2022
Friday, October 21, 2022
Friday, November 4, 2022
Please send any questions to Josh Eyler at jreyler@olemiss.edu, and best of luck with the new semester!