Upcoming Events & Workshops

Spring 2025 Events

Motivating Assignments: Balancing Rigor, Compassion, and Engagement

  • When: Thursday, February 13 from 1:00 to 2:00pm
  • Where: Zoom

When educators discuss assignments, the conversation often centers on their effectiveness in assessing student learning. In the age of generative AI, the focus has shifted toward creating 'AI-proof' assignments to minimize cheating. What if we reimagined assignments as a strategy for enhancing student engagement? What would that look like?

Join us for a virtual interactive workshop led by Drs. Hodes and Mohajeri from WCU’s College of Education and Social Work. They will share their approaches to creating assignments designed to increase student engagement and motivation. Moving beyond traditional assessment frameworks, this session will explore how assignments can serve as catalysts for enhancing student motivation, creativity, and authentic learning.

Participants will explore topics such as:

  • Designing assignments that promote academic integrity while building student confidence and capability. 
  • Strategies for shifting student focus from grade achievement to mastery learning. 
  • Inclusive and equitable assignment practices that leverage diverse student strengths and experiences and provide multiple means for student engagement and expression. 
  • Flexible assessment strategies that maintain academic rigor. 
  • Setting and communicating expectations for acceptable AI use for course assignments
  • Implementing innovative assignment strategies without increasing instructor workload.

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Promotion Panel

  • When: Thursday, February 20 from 12:30 to 1:30pm
  • Where: Zoom

Come talk with a panel of professors, assembled by our Faculty Mentoring Committee, who have recently been through the promotion process! All levels of promotion will be addressed. Questions for the panelists can be submitted on the RSVP form.

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Interactive Session: Allyship is Leadership

  • When: Friday, February 28 from 11:00am to 12:00pm
  • Where: Zoom

How might we lead more effectively? How do we move beyond awareness to effective allyship? We invite faculty and staff to discuss these topics and more in a virtual interactive session, “Allyship is Leadership.” This session is presented in collaboration with the Multicultural Faculty Commission, Faculty Ombuds Office, and the Teaching and Learning Center.

Facilitated by Janet Chang (chair of MFC) and Joan Woolfrey (Faculty Ombuds), this interactive session will discuss strategies and challenges for promoting effective allyship. This session will also provide opportunities to discuss Stories from the Front of the Room. This book focuses on BIPOC faculty experiences, the ways in which they are challenged, and how they thrive at academic institutions. If you would like to participate in this session, a complimentary copy of this book is available from the Teaching and Learning Center. The book can be picked up from Anderson 115 from Tuesday to Thursday between 11 and 2pm. Please complete the registration form.

If you have any questions, please contact Janet Chang or Joan Woolfrey.

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AI in Action @ WCU (Webinar Series)

30-minute interactive webinars to inspire and motivate you to consider new ways to engage with AI in your teaching, scholarship, and service. Each session will feature a different West Chester University presenter, and all webinars will be recorded for later viewing. Visit our blog for the full list of presenters, topics, and dates!

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