Check out the June events and opportunities offered through CELT!
Online Instructor Certification: Introduction to Online Teaching
June 2 – 27
This is an introductory course designed for instructors to gain the knowledge and skills to facilitate an online course. Using Canvas, the learning management system for Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, participants will explore best practices in online teaching including feedback and engagement strategies. Throughout the course, participants will gain first-hand experience in an online learning environment, connect and learn with peers through a variety of learning activities, and reflect on their own teaching persona in light of their values and the Twelve Virtues of a Good Teacher. To learn more about the purpose, outcomes, and expectations of the course, please read the course description.
Register for the four-week course.
The Grading Conference
June 11 – 13
Discover fresh perspectives and proven practices at the Grading Conference, where educators across disciplines gather to reimagine assessment for learning and student growth. Hosted virtually each June, the conference brings together hundreds of postsecondary educators to share innovations and research related to grading in higher education. With interactive sessions led by leaders in grading reform, this is your opportunity to gain practical strategies and join a transformative movement in education. Working with the organizers, CELT has institutional registration for the Saint Mary’s community. Recordings of conference sessions will be made available to registrants. Preview the conference schedule.
Character Education in the Age of Automation
Join the Character Education in the Age of Automation series for webinars that approach emerging technology from the insights of whole-person education. This series, part of the Center’s Empowering Ethical Leaders Initiative, promotes human flourishing and dignity through integrating character education and mature technology-adoption in the classroom.
Project-Based Learning with the PAIR Framework
June 18th, Noon – 1:00 PM
Want to integrate authentic assessment into your courses but not sure where to start? Are you looking for ways to improve student agency and ownership of the learning process? Project-Based Learning with generative AI can be an effective way to mirror professional tasks students will encounter in future teams. Structuring a learning experience around an authentic problem can also demonstrate for students how large language models are more effective at brainstorming than generating unique insights and solutions. Working in an assignment planning journal, participants will follow the PAIR framework to co-design a project-based assignment, evaluate that assignment according to the High-Quality Project Based Learning Framework, and draft an AI-support policy for a specific assignment.
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Writer in the Loop
June 25, Noon – 1:00 PM
This online workshop facilitated by the Writing Center introduces participants to the “writer in the loop” model for teaching students how to ethically and effectively use large language models (AI). The “writer in the loop” model builds off the “human in the loop” literature on prompt engineering to develop a framework that maximizes student learning. There are two primary goals: 1) help faculty and staff develop an intellectual framework for when AI is appropriate for student use; and 2) develop skills in teaching the ethical and effective discipline-specific use of AI in the classroom. Come with questions and any insights you might want to share.
