We will discuss 3 evidence-based methods for incorporating active engagement activities into your lecture to improve student engagement and retention of material. These methods work for in person, remote, and recorded lectures. We will take time to discuss application to different disciplines. Facilitated by Professor Aimee Pascale. This is a hybrid event. You are welcome […]
Join the CoLab and ET&S for a half-day of programming related to digital pedagogy and academic technology.9:00am-10:00am - Emerging Considerations in Technology & Pedagogy Wondering what's going on with Musk's Twitter and what you should know about it? Concerned about the latest AI tools that everyone is talking about and what they mean for your […]
Join your colleagues when the library is officially closed for a fun, after-hours event. Food, cash bar, and a fun, relaxing time to hang out. Prof Brian Eisenhauer will be providing live music! Bring your faculty/staff ID for admission. Notes about Covid-19: The CoLab encourages all attendees to be vaccinated and boosted. Masks are optional […]
This module is for faculty who want an opportunity to consider technology tools through a more intentional lens--and to consider how their choice of technology and tools can support or thwart their teaching and design philosophies. The format for this program is asynchronous and online. Participants will receive details about how to access and participate […]
Educational technologies permeate our teaching in many ways these days, whether we teach fully online, fully face-to-face, or somewhere in the vast in-between. However, these also raise security and privacy considerations. This panel discussion brings together faculty members, IT professionals, instructional designers, and experts on privacy for a lively conversation focused on the ethical and […]
This is a closed session for Nursing and HHP faculty. Invited faculty should select ONE of the two available dates. Anyone who teaches for Nursing or HHP is encouraged to attend. These are in-person sessions. Coffee and tea are provided. Date 1: May 5, 2023 8:30-11:30am Date 2: May 15, 2023 9am-12pm
This session for HHP and Nursing Faculty is being rescheduled, due to a conflict that the CoLab now has with this date. Please enroll in the May 5th session instead if you can! See May 5, 2023 (8:30-11:30am) on our Events Calendar!
Come hang with the CoLab staff as we talk about current issues in teaching, review good ideas and share practices, and explore new possibilities for our pedagogy. Tea (and coffee!) will be provided, and lunch will be served at noon.
By definition, teaching is inclusive. If a potential learner, regardless of their identity, felt left out, then teaching did not occur. From a learning science perspective: the availability of cognitive resources depends entirely on a sense of safety. From a learner's perspective: "If I don't feel welcome, I can't learn." Inclusion, therefore, is the foundation […]
This interactive discussion will explore some of the challenges and considerations that faculty are navigating as they reconcile the rapid expansion of generative artificial intelligence tools and the implications for their work, their teaching, and their students. The session will include opportunities to learn from other faculty, interact with generative AI, evaluate its outputs, and […]
During this interactive session, participants will learn about Interfaith America's tools and resources for how to engage with religious diversity in the classroom in a productive and meaningful way. This session is in partnership with the IDEA Center.
Presenters will demonstrate how to create a climate of courageous inquiry through introduction and defnition of the terms bias, prejudice, and discrimination using emotionally-neutral, often humorous examples. Following a brief didactic presentation of Kidder’s (1995) three modes of thinking that can guide when to step into a potentially emotionally-charged topic, presenters will provide a series of vignettes to […]
Join the CoLab for the first Spring Pedagogy Institute (SPIN) on May 14th from 9AM to 5PM. This year, the focus will be on "Teaching (in) GenZ: Our Changing Information Ecosystem." We will be joined by Dave Cormier of the University of Windsor and author of Learning in a Time of Abundance: The Community Is […]
Co-sponsored by the IDEA Center and the Open CoLab. Presenters will demonstrate how to create a climate of courageous inquiry through introduction and definition of the terms bias, prejudice, and discrimination using emotionally-neutral, often humorous examples. Following a brief didactic presentation of Kidder’s (1995) three modes of thinking that can guide when to step into a potentially emotionally-charged topic, presenters […]
This is a closed meeting for members of the Justice & Security AU and the CoLab.