2023-24 Faculty Centered Events
All sessions are Friday from 12 - 1 pm
- November 3, 2023 - Creating and Implementing Videos in Education - The Highlights Recording link
- Jessica McDonald - Olney Central College
- December 1, 2023 - Teaching with Generative AI
- Link to Google Slides for Teaching with Generative AI
- Emily Boles and Layne Morsch - University of Illinois Springfield
- February 2, 2024 - Teaching with Google Earth
- Wayne Bass - Heartland Community College
- April 5, 2024 - Trauma-Based Pedagogy
- Illinois Central College Presenters
Spring 2023 Faculty Centered Events
All sessions are Friday from 12 - 1 pm
- February 3, 2023 - Ungrading Recording
Stephanie Kratz, Heartland Community College - March 3, 2023 - Collaborative Learning/Small Group Learning Recording
Cyndi Boyce, Illinois Eastern Community Colleges - April 14, Measurable Learning Outcomes
Lydia Elliott, Illinois Central College - May 5, OER Enabled Pedagogy - Postponed
Becky Parton, Lincoln Land Community College

ION offers several professional certificates for educators facilitated by experienced practitioners in the field.
Spring Meetup Opportunities
Faculty Summer Institute (FSI)
May 23-24, Faculty Summer Institute, IHotel and Conference Center, Champaign - We will develop some plans to connect for everyone that can come to FSI this year.
ChatGPT Discussions
You are all invited to join us at UIS for a series on ChatGPT. All sessions will be on Thursdays at 1 pm. All sessions will use the same Zoom link.
UIS Information on ChatGPT and AI Tools
- January 19 Let's Explore ChatGPT Recording
- February 2 How do we talk to our students about ChatGPT?
- February 9 Open discussion on ChatGPT - come to share or listen
- February 16 How can ChatGPT be used in my class?
- February 23 Implications of ChatGPT beyond education
- March 2 What problems may be created by ChatGPT and can we control or limit them?
- March 9 GPT's Role as a Search Engine - Join Ray Schroeder was postponed to April 6.
- March 23 AI Uses for Marketing - Join Cameron Ireland, Coordinator of Marketing and Graphic Design for CETL, IECC
- March 27 - 11 am (note the different time and date) - Architecture, Applications, and Opportunities - Join Yanhui Guo, Xiaoqing Li and Liang Kong from UIS
- April 6 GPT's Role as a Search Engine - Join Ray Schroeder as we explore other uses for novel Artificial Intelligence Systems - Postponed - we will let you know when it has been rescheduled
Past Sessions
Previous Spring 2023 Sessions
Field Trip to Richland Community College
March 22, 10AM - 2PM CST - SAVE THE DATE
As mentioned on a few of our previous calls, visiting other colleges and Centers for Teaching and Learning can be of great value, and Teena and Kona at RCC in Decatur, IL will host a tour of their amazing facilities on March 22. RSVP to Teena Zindel-McWilliams tzindel@richland.edu if you plan to attend. We will continue with these visits in the summer with another field trip to Illinois Central College - more details to follow soon.
Fall 2022 Sessions
- October 7, 2022 - Universal Design for Learning
Video of the UDL session https://youtu.be/VBJWJ9BxEW4
Kona Jones and Jarry Brown, Richland Community College - November 4, 2022 - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Layne Morsch, University of Illinois Springfield - December 2, 2022 - DEI/Anti-Racist Teaching
Jessica Bastian, Illinois Central College