(Programs listed alphabetically)
Assessments Remix: Evidence of learning in the age of AI
- This eight-hour hybrid institute will support faculty in developing more intentional strategies for assessing student learning, especially considering the GenAI challenge. Participants will explore how to align assessments with learning outcomes, design tasks that generate meaningful evidence of student learning, provide feedback that supports improvement, and use assessment results to strengthen teaching and course design. By the end of the institute, participants will have practical strategies and tools for developing assessments that not only measure what students know and can do, but also promote deeper learning, engagement, and reflection.
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.
Equity-Minded Teaching Certificate Program
- This eight-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.
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."
One Thing That Matters Series on Online Teaching
- This six-part, hands-on series offers practical, research-informed strategies that faculty teaching online in Canvas can implement immediately. Topics include strengthening instructor presence, providing feedback that motivates learning, facilitating meaningful online discussions, using formative assessment to guide instruction, increasing student engagement, and proactively supporting students before they disengage. Each two-hour online session focuses on one high-impact practice. Faculty may commit to all six sessions and deliverables for $750, or to one or more workshops and session-specific deliverables for $100 per workshop.
Responding to GenAI: Practical Strategies and Applications
- 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.
Teaching Forward Workshop Series
- These online synchronous series challenges instructors to discover the next frontier in their own teaching. Through engaging, discussion-based workshops, participants explore both emerging pedagogies and innovative refinements of established teaching practices. Each session features experts who introduce promising approaches to teaching and learning, whether inspired by leading-edge technologies or by new insights into effective pedagogy, and invites faculty to consider how these ideas can be adapted across disciplines and teaching contexts.