CTL Newsletter – February 28, 2025

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Pedagogy Matters 1 – Using Artificial Intelligence to Increase Authentic Student Engagement 

When: Monday, March 3, 2025 | 3:00-4:00
Where: Online via Teams
Registration: Required to get a link 

AI isn’t just a way for students to generate soulless discussion posts or get out of doing genuine research and writing.  It can also be used to deepen learning and actually make students want to engage. This interactive workshop will explore how professors are using AI to think outside the pedagogical box, gamify learning, and help students think more critically (yes, really). Through a lively mix of “show and tell,” we’ll look at real-world examples of AI boosting—not replacing—human connection in the classroom. Whether you’re AI-curious or AI-skeptical, you’ll leave with practical, ethical, and surprisingly fun ways to make AI work for you (and your students).  

Adjunct Faculty Super Saturday 

When: Saturday, March 8, 2025 | 10:30-2:00
Where: Online
Registration: Required to get a link 

If you are an adjunct faculty member interested in learning more about effective teaching and learning practices, please consider joining us for our Adjunct Super Saturday Faculty Forum on Teaching and Learning.  

WAC Online Workshop 

When: Monday, March 10, 2025
Where: Online, asynchronous
Registration: Open  

Are you teaching a Writing Intensive course for the first time and haven’t completed your certification? A professional development module on Blackboard allows new WAC faculty to gain their initial certification. It will begin with an asynchronous online portion on March 10 and end with attending the WAC Spring Symposium on April 4. 

IPED Regional Teaching Conference 

 

When: Proposals due March 14, 2025
Info: CTL iPED Webpage  

This annual conference is a professional development opportunity for faculty, staff, and administrators from Marshall University and all regionally accredited Colleges and Universities; it offers sessions based on a central theme chosen by conference organizers. Registrants participate in interactive presentations, panel presentations, roundtable discussions, workshops, and clinics which are developed around the conference theme.  

Research Mentorship Community of Practice 

When: Thursdays, 1/23, 2/13, 3/6, 4/3, and 4/24 | 2:30-3:30
Where: Online via Teams
Registration: Recommended, not required 

The Center for Teaching and Learning is excited to announce the launch of a Community of Practice (CoP) focused on research mentorship for undergraduate and graduate students. This initiative aims to foster collaboration, share best practices, and enhance the mentorship experience for both students and mentors.  

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