workshop – Center for Teaching and Learning /ctl Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:56:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /ctl/wp-content/uploads/sites/88/2024/01/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png workshop – Center for Teaching and Learning /ctl 32 32 💻91ɫ Accessibility Workshops for Staff /ctl/%f0%9f%92%bbumpi-accessibility-workshops-for-staff/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:38:46 +0000 /ctl/?p=5695 Join the Center for Teaching & Learning for this interactive workshop that introduces staff to the updated Title II regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and their implications for digital accessibility in higher education. You will explore key principles of digital accessibility, usability, and universal design, with an emphasis on meeting WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines.

]]> Join the Center for Teaching & Learning for this interactive workshop that introduces staff to the updated Title II regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and their implications for digital accessibility in higher education. You will explore key principles of digital accessibility, usability, and universal design, with an emphasis on meeting WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines.

Through guided examples and hands-on activities, your will learn how accessibility barriers may affect users and how to identify and address common issues in digital materials. You will have opportunities to practice applying accessibility techniques, evaluate sample content, and make improvements using accessibility tools and checkers. By the end of the workshop, you will leave with a stronger understanding of compliance requirements and concrete skills you can apply immediately to create more accessible digital content.

Session #1 March 23, 2026

Session #2 March 30, 2026

Session #3 April 6, 2026

Session #4 April 13, 2026

]]> 💡Feedback & Engagement Strategies Workshop /ctl/%f0%9f%92%a1feedback-engagement-strategies-workshop/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:57:32 +0000 /ctl/?p=4900 Watch the recording of this practical, faculty-focused workshop on boosting student engagement in in-person classes and using closed-loop feedback to continuously improve your course. You’ll leave with ready-to-use strategies for active learning and participation, plus a simple process for collecting feedback, making targeted changes, and “closing the loop” by communicating what you adjusted and why. Ideal for instructors who want more responsive teaching, stronger classroom momentum, and measurable course improvements.

]]> Watch the recording of this practical, faculty-focused workshop on boosting student engagement in in-person classes and using closed-loop feedback to continuously improve your course. You’ll leave with ready-to-use strategies for active learning and participation, plus a simple process for collecting feedback, making targeted changes, and “closing the loop” by communicating what you adjusted and why. Ideal for instructors who want more responsive teaching, stronger classroom momentum, and measurable course improvements. .

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]]> 👩🏻‍🏫 January 12, 2026 Faculty Workshop /ctl/%f0%9f%91%a9%f0%9f%8f%bb%f0%9f%8f%ab-january-12-2026-faculty-workshop/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:19:05 +0000 /ctl/?p=4890 Watch the recording of the full day faculty workshop on Monday, January 12, 2026.

Agenda

  • 2025-2026 Highlights: Enrollment, Budget, Academic Program Development, Teaching & Learning Survey, EAB
  • University Day planning
  • Advising updates
  • General Education Curriculum
  • Title II Core Group
  • Q&A with Tricia Bertram Gallant (not recorded)
  • Ally demo
  • YourPace
  • AI Committee

]]> Watch the recording of the full day faculty workshop on Monday, January 12, 2026. .

Agenda

  • 2025-2026 Highlights: Enrollment, Budget, Academic Program Development, Teaching & Learning Survey, EAB
  • University Day planning
  • Advising updates
  • General Education Curriculum
  • Title II Core Group
  • Q&A with Tricia Bertram Gallant (not recorded)
  • Ally demo
  • YourPace
  • AI Committee
]]> 🥪Faculty Lunch & Learn: Semester Show & Tell Friday December 12, 2025 /ctl/%f0%9f%a5%aafaculty-lunch-learn-semester-show-tell-friday-december-12-2025/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:12:52 +0000 /ctl/?p=4729 Watch our Faculty Showcase where we share all of the wonderful or curious things happening in our classrooms and community. 91ɫ is a magical place where faculty care deeply about their learners and humbly explore and experiment to improve the learning experience to ensure success for every student. In this engaging conversation, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Dr. Teri St. Pierre, shares her journey of transitioning math courses to the YourPace modality, and Associate Professor of Social Work, Dr. Beverly Wagner, discusses an engaging activity that brings learners through the experiential learning cycle.

]]> Watch our Faculty Showcase where we share all of the wonderful or curious things happening in our classrooms and community. 91ɫ is a magical place where faculty care deeply about their learners and humbly explore and experiment to improve the learning experience to ensure success for every student. In this engaging conversation, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Dr. Teri St. Pierre, shares her journey of transitioning math courses to the YourPace modality, and Associate Professor of Social Work, Dr. Beverly Wagner, discusses an engaging activity that brings learners through the experiential learning cycle.

Friday, December 12, 2025

]]> 🥪Faculty Lunch & Learn: The Coherent Professor: Finding Productivity and Purpose in a Whole Faculty Life /ctl/%f0%9f%a5%aafaculty-lunch-learn-the-coherent-professor-finding-productivity-and-purpose-in-a-whole-faculty-life/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:39:19 +0000 /ctl/?p=4937

Higher education often pressures faculty to fragment their time, energy, and identity into isolated buckets: teaching, research, service, and "life." But what if sustained productivity and purpose came from approaching your career as a unified whole? Join a fellow faculty member for an inspiring and practical one-hour session designed to help you thrive, not just survive, in academic life. This talk is built on three transformative, big-picture principles:

  1. The Law of the Whole Person: Reclaiming your right and responsibility to act as a unified person, refusing to separate yourself into discrete work and life components.
  2. Consistency Beats Performance: Discovering how showing up regularly for your most important work is more vital than chasing high-stakes outcomes or occasional bursts of intense effort.
  3. Small Steps within Coherent Systems: Learning that daily, sustainable action within a well-structured personal system creates more progress than ambitious, high-profile "wins."

]]> Higher education often pressures faculty to fragment their time, energy, and identity into isolated buckets: teaching, research, service, and “life.” But what if sustained productivity and purpose came from approaching your career as a unified whole? Join a fellow faculty member for an inspiring and practical one-hour session designed to help you thrive, not just survive, in academic life. This talk is built on three transformative, big-picture principles:

  1. The Law of the Whole Person: Reclaiming your right and responsibility to act as a unified person, refusing to separate yourself into discrete work and life components.
  2. Consistency Beats Performance: Discovering how showing up regularly for your most important work is more vital than chasing high-stakes outcomes or occasional bursts of intense effort.
  3. Small Steps within Coherent Systems: Learning that daily, sustainable action within a well-structured personal system creates more progress than ambitious, high-profile “wins.”

We’ll explore how to translate these principles into practical, everyday faculty life to make it possible for you to be fully present for everything you hold to be important — both work and life — and pursue a more coherent, fulfilling, and productive career. 

About the Speaker

Dr. Robert Talbert is a Professor of Mathematics at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, where he teaches courses for Computer Science majors and writes about practical, faculty-centered approaches to improving higher education. His scholarship focuses on teaching innovation, which he shares on his blogs  and . He is the author of Flipped Learning: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty and co-author of Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education.

A Tennessee native, Talbert earned his B.S. in Mathematics from Tennessee Technological University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University, specializing in algebraic topology and category theory. Before joining GVSU in 2011, he held faculty positions at Bethel College and Franklin College, where he began blogging and experimenting with flipped instruction.

He lives in Allendale with his family and has been a bass guitarist for over 30 years, performing with several Grand Rapids–area bands.

]]> 🥪Faculty Lunch & Learn: Digital Accessibility /ctl/%f0%9f%a5%aafaculty-lunch-learn-digital-accessibility/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 19:50:29 +0000 /ctl/?p=4954 Join Sara Henry, Director of Equal Opportunity and Title IX Services for the University of Maine System, for an in-person workshop on digital accessibility at the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Friday, October 10. This session will help equip faculty and staff with the knowledge and tools needed to comply with the upcoming Title II regulations, which require public universities to make all digital content accessible by April 24, 2026. The workshop will cover the importance of accessibility for various document types, including PDFs, Google and Word documents, and PowerPoints. Participants will learn practical skills such as creating alternate text for images, writing effective image descriptions, and providing accurate captions for video content. Additionally, Henry will introduce Anthology Ally, a powerful new tool from the University of Maine System designed to help faculty integrate accessibility into their course materials.

]]> Join Sara Henry, Director of Equal Opportunity and Title IX Services for the University of Maine System, for an in-person workshop on digital accessibility at the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Friday, October 10. This session will help equip faculty and staff with the knowledge and tools needed to comply with the upcoming Title II regulations, which require public universities to make all digital content accessible by April 24, 2026. The workshop will cover the importance of accessibility for various document types, including PDFs, Google and Word documents, and PowerPoints. Participants will learn practical skills such as creating alternate text for images, writing effective image descriptions, and providing accurate captions for video content. Additionally, Henry will introduce Anthology Ally, a powerful new tool from the University of Maine System designed to help faculty integrate accessibility into their course materials.

]]> 🥪Faculty Lunch & Learn: Assessment in the Age of AI /ctl/%f0%9f%a5%aafaculty-lunch-learn-assessment-in-the-age-of-ai/ Sun, 14 Sep 2025 19:56:03 +0000 /ctl/?p=4964 As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms higher education, we’ll explore strategies for designing fair, meaningful, and innovative assessments that uphold academic integrity while embracing new opportunities. This interactive session will provide practical ideas, space for discussion, and resources to support your teaching. We look forward to sharing lunch and conversation with you!

]]> As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms higher education, we’ll explore strategies for designing fair, meaningful, and innovative assessments that uphold academic integrity while embracing new opportunities. This interactive session will provide practical ideas, space for discussion, and resources to support your teaching. We look forward to sharing lunch and conversation with you!

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