Equity-Minded Teaching Certificate Program
- This comprehensive 14-hour Zoom-based certificate program is designed to equip faculty with advanced strategies and evidence-based practices for creating inclusive and equitable learning environments. The curriculum focuses on three primary areas: course and syllabus design, inclusive teaching methodologies, and critical reflection for continuous improvement.
Assessments Remix: Designing Backwards to Move Forward
- The program helps faculty create assessments that align with learning outcomes, foster deeper engagement, and reflect the diverse strengths of students. Grounded in backwards design - starting with outcomes, then planning assessments - and culturally responsive pedagogy, participants will develop assessment strategies that:
- Make learning visible
- Generate meaningful feedback
- Support continuous course improvement
Generative AI in Teaching and Learning Certificate Program
- This eight-hour fully asynchronous online course introduces faculty to the basics of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and explores ways to use GenAI in their teaching practice. Modules include "Introduction to Generative AI and Prompt Engineering"; "Understanding Generative AI in Education"; "Implementing Generative AI in Coursework"; "GenAI Detection Strategies & Tools"; "GenAI Policy Development"; and "(Gen)AI and Academic Research."
GenAI in Action: Designing AI-Enhanced Learning Experiences
- This intermediate-level, self-paced, eight-hour asynchronous course guides faculty inincorporating ChatGPT or other GenAI tools creatively and productively in course activities, assignments, and assessments. Prerequisite: IDAT's "GenAI for Teaching and Learning," the Office of the Chancellor's "AI Tools for Teaching & Learning," or equivalent. Please note there is no professional development award for this program.
Disability Justice and Accommodations
- This eight-hour asynchronous certificate program builds participants’ proficiency in disability justice by examining accommodations, the historical context of disability, and the lived experiences of disabled people as they relate to teaching and university roles. Participants will learn to apply referral strategies for accommodations, design disability-inclusive course materials, leverage university resources for inclusion, and integrate disability justice principles into their classroom interactions. The first 40 completers will receive $250 pdf if they haven't received it from another FCE program in AY 2025-2026.