2024-25 Faculty Centered Events

All sessions are Friday from 12 - 1 pm (unless otherwise noted)

• October 4, 2024 - What are Regular and Substantive Interactions in Online Courses? - Recording
  • RSI Slides
  • Anthony Pina - Illinois State University
• November 1, 2024 - Building a Badging System for Student Success
  • Glenn Whitehouse and Andrea Fortune - Florida Gulf Coast University
• December 6, 2024 - Helping Faculty Embrace New Digital Accessibility Guidelines - Recording
  • Carey Applegate - University of Illinois Springfield 
• February 7, 2025 - Generative AI and You: Teaching Fundamentals
  • Kate Herald Browne - Heartland Community College
• March 8, 2025 -
  • TBD
• April 4, 2025 - 
  • TBD

ION offers several professional certificates for educators facilitated by experienced practitioners in the field.

• Master Online Teacher
• Digital Accessibility for Educators
• Open Educational Resources for Instruction
• Master Online Leader & Administrator

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 23: AI Uses for Marketing
  • Join Cameron Ireland, Coordinator of Marketing and Graphic Design for CETL, IECC
• March 27: 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

Past Sessions