Faculty Conversation Series
The Office for Faculty Excellence’s Faculty Conversation Series is designed to engage faculty in conversation around relevant topics that will be helpful as they teach.
For each session, faculty will read a relevant article/paper about the topic (optional), receive question prompts, engage in conversation around the topic with other faculty members, and reflect on how the conversation may have changed thinking on the topic. All sessions will be facilitated by Maria Gallardo-Williams.
By participating, faculty will:
- Have the opportunity to listen to others, share their experiences, receive insights and feedback from peers, engage in important, timely, and relevant conversations with other faculty who are interested in these topics
- Be provided with readings to learn more about the issues that are the focus of the conversations, and
- Build professional and social connections with other faculty.
Space in each conversation is limited, so register now.
Spring 2025 Sessions
- Creating Effective Writing Assignments
- Wednesday, February 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. via Zoom
- Faculty interested in writing instruction are invited to engage in a discussion on what makes a writing assignment effective for student learning. By focusing on the writing assignment, faculty can work to prompt writing effectively, to support student success in writing, and to understand the role that generative AI can play in the writing process.
- Assessing Writing Assignments
- Wednesday, March 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. via Zoom
- Faculty interested in writing instruction are invited to engage in a discussion on the best practices for assessing and giving feedback on student writing. With a focus on time management and student engagement, faculty can work to evaluate writing effectively, support student success, and think about the ways in which digital tools might help faculty assess.
- AI for Instructors
- Wednesday, April 30 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. via Zoom
- Come for an informal chat about ways in which popular Artificial Intelligence sites can help you streamline the production of teaching resources, from exam questions, to interactive study guides, to podcasts. We will learn and support each other as we experiment and create using these tools.