Think Like a Student: Burks Oakley II Distinguished Online Teaching Award Presentation - CFE

Think Like a Student: Engaging Online Classroom through Clear Design and Communication

What would you want from an online course you were enrolled in? What would keep you motivated and enthusiastic? “Engaged students are more likely to persist, achieve, and enjoy their online learning experience” (Singh, A., Singh D., Chhikara S., 2024). Engagement involves meaningful interactions with the online instructor and peers, as well as with the materials, and “becoming at least somewhat emotionally involved” with one’s learning (Dixon, 2015).

AI and Performance: Music, Medicine, and Mental Health

Join the UIS Performance Psychology and the AI Campus Learning Community for a panel discussion about the intersections of Artificial Intelligence and performance, broadly conceived, including: the nature of the physician-patient relationship; emotion regulation and mental health; music performance assessment and error correction.

Complimentary pizza lunch for event attendees

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Trauma-Informed Pedagogy - CSIL/CFE

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

Join colleagues across central Illinois along with presenters Justin and Heather from ICC as they explore the intersection of culturally responsive teaching and trauma-informed pedagogy. We will discuss how to teach from an awareness of relational dynamics that motivates all students' learning. Our work focuses on applying this understanding to students with experiences of marginalization.

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Designing Effective Assignments with Generative AI - CFE

Work with faculty and staff to create an assignment that engages your students with Generative AI

Generative AI can enhance student learning by stimulating creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. In this hands-on workshop, you will work with faculty, CFE and COLRS staff to design or revise an assignment for your course that incorporates generative AI tools and techniques.

This could include ways your students could use Generative AI tools such as: ChatGPT, DALL-E, Gemini (Google) or Copilot (Microsoft).

Technology Tips and Tricks Speed Meet-Rise/CFE

ITS is Planning an opportunity for you to come learn a new digital tool or learn more about a tool you are already using.

Does it feel like technology is constantly changing and there is always something new to learn? That's because it is! Finding the time to learn new tools—or learn old tools that we never got around to learning—can be a challenge. That's where our Technology Tips and Tricks Speed Meet can help!

Unveiling AI bias through a multidisciplinary lens - CFE

Unveiling AI bias through a multidisciplinary lens: Navigating AI's impact on diversity, communication, and equity

This event aims to shed light on the issue of bias in artificial intelligence (AI) by adopting an interdisciplinary approach. This event will bring together a panel of experts from various fields to uncover and examine the ethical and practical implications of AI bias. The multidisciplinary lens will enable a diverse exploration of how human biases subtly influence AI systems, perpetuating discrimination and ethical inconsistencies.

Equitable Futures Conference

Envisioning an Equitable Future: UIS and Beyond

This event is called "Envisioning an Equitable Future: UIS and Beyond" and will run from 9 am-3 pm on Friday, April 26 in the Lincoln Residence Hall (LRH) Great Room. Full-day attendance is welcome but not required. Morning and afternoon coffee/tea will be provided as well as lunch for registered attendees (registration link will be available close to the event).