Monday, October 19, 1:10pm - 2:00pm - Webinar

Do you want to learn techniques for involving your learners in your course? In this session, you will discuss strategies for active learning and student engagement that will help advance learning for everyone, such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL). You will engage with small teaching strategies to design learning activities that can enhance engagement as soon as your next class!

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Identify ways to incorporate student-active breaks in lecture
• Identify the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• Design learning activities using active engagement techniques  Register

Wednesday, November 4, 3:30pm - 4:20pm - Webinar

Do you have a desire to help your learners become more motivated to do well and persist through challenges? Join us to learn how to leverage motivation and emotion to create positive, engaging learning environments. You will analyze motivational theories and strategies to determine what might be able to best help your learners in your context.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Reflect on what motivates you
• Identify key motivational theories
• Analyze what motivational strategies can best help your learners  Register

Tuesday, September 1, 2:50pm - 4:05pm - Webinar

Active Learning doesn't have to be difficult or time-consuming. Start creating your own engagement toolkit with this selection of active learning activities that take around 15 minutes or less. Whether you're in a large or small room, have 20 or 200 students, need group work or solo reflection, we have something you can modify to suit your needs.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Compile a series of short active learning exercises that can be used in your next class
• Discuss considerations for active learning in small and large classrooms
• Brainstorm ways to use one of these activities in your discipline  Register

Thursday, September 10, 2:50pm - 4:05pm - Webinar

How can we foster meaningful engagement in the online classroom? This interactive virtual workshop explores practical active-learning strategies for both synchronous and asynchronous courses. Participants will experience approaches that encourage collaboration, participation, and deeper learning, from simple discussion and case-study activities to more structured models such as team-based learning.  Register

Thursday, October 8, 2:50pm - 4:05pm - Webinar

Many students find it increasingly difficult to afford course materials and faculty can feel at a loss for how to find and incorporate free, copyright-compliant materials into their courses. Educators may also be interested in knowing how these resources can be used creatively for more interactive learning sessions. We are here to help! This workshop will not only discuss how to adopt OER resources for your course with the library's assistance, but also to encourage you and your students to create and license OER resources for others to use in their courses. These ideas are perfect for individual or group projects that allow learners to test and use the course materials to show their knowledge retention.

Learning Outcomes

• Define OER and how it benefits faculty and students
• Examine types of OER material that can be adopted into one's course
• Discuss the processes for developing your own OER resources, including student projects, Creative Commons licensing, and assessment.  Register

Monday, October 12, 1:10pm - 2:00pm - Webinar

Explore how Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) can support the design of interactive, student-centered learning activities. This session explores practical strategies for using GenAI tools—such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot—to design discussions, case studies, and simulations that enhance engagement and deepen learning. Examine how prompt-writing techniques and intentional use of GenAI can strengthen active learning, promote critical thinking, and create more meaningful learning experiences for your students.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Apply prompt-writing strategies to generate or adapt active learning activities that support engagement and student learning.
• Design interactive learning experiences—such as discussions, case studies, and simulations—that leverage GenAI to enhance participation and collaboration.
• Evaluate GenAI-generated activities to determine alignment with learning outcomes and opportunities for refinement.
• Identify ways to integrate GenAI intentionally into learning activities to promote deeper understanding, creativity, and reflection.

This is a required session for the Teaching and Learning with Generative Artificial Intelligence digital badge. Register

Tuesday, October 20, 2:50pm - 4:05pm - Webinar

We all hear the importance of active learning and group work, but how do we grade group projects and participation in a way that seems fair and simple to us while also feeling fair to students? Should we give one grade for all, have them self-grade, use attendance, or keep checklists of who talks? In this webinar, we will discuss best practices for assessing student learning in project, discussion, or active learning situations.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Discuss contrasts between traditional grading and active learning assessment
• Utilize best practices of objectives and assignment alignment
• Analyze and reflect on which types of grading strategies work best for you, your students, and your learning goals. Register

Thursday, November 19, 2:50pm - 4:05pm - Webinar

Many educators think of games in the classroom as busy work or merely fun activities to catch students' attention, but game-based learning is a researched and valuable aspect of active learning that can expand students' abilities to engage in critical thinking about your course content. In this workshop, we will discuss various gaming strategies to understand how, when used thoughtfully, serious play can increase student retention of materials.

Learning Outcomes

In this session you will:

• Examine common uses of role-playing games and boardgames in the higher ed setting for deeper learning
• Participate in a small gaming exercise that can be adapted to fit your own discipline and classroom size
• Discuss considerations for objective alignment and inclusion when incorporating games into your course Register