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Teaching Fundamentals & Innovations Workshop Series

Summer 2026 Schedule

All are welcome to attend CAT's workshop series which empowers participants to expand their pedagogical knowledge, explore varied teaching strategies, and apply these methods effectively to enhance student learning and success.  

When incorporating new instructional strategies into your teaching, you can collect feedback from students, peers, and engage in self-reflection to assess their impact on learning. This feedback can be part of your annual review and provide additional evidence of your professional growth and dedication to teaching excellence. 

In an effort to accommodate your schedules, we offer identical sessions on different dates for most workshops and on-demand options that can be accessed at any time from anywhere! 

To register for a workshop, click on the "Reserve Your Spot" button below. 

Don't miss out -- register now while spots are still available! 

Should you need an ADA accommodation to participate in a University event, program, or activity or need to request materials in an accessible format, please contact FIU’s Office of Civil Rights Compliance and Accessibility (CRCA) at 305-348-2785 or accommodations@fiu.edu. All requests for ADA accommodation or accessible materials for this event must be submitted to CRCA at least seven (7) business days prior to the event or at the earliest possible opportunity.

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Designing Student Learning Outcomes That Drive Learning

Take your Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) to the next level. In this active workshop, you’ll transform existing objectives into clear, powerful outcomes that guide lesson design, assessment, and student learning. Leave with SLOs that make expectations transparent, strengthen alignment between teaching and assessment, and help students understand not just what they are learning, but how and why.

Facilitated by Gáramis Campusano, EdTech Specialist, Center for the Advancement of Teaching 

Fulfills TA Certificate Category: Syllabus and Course Design or Elective
Fulfills Foundations of Teaching Category:  Backward Course Design

                                                                       

NEW! 

Enhancing Student Learning Opportunities with Notebook LM 

Google's Notebook LM is a powerful tool for enhancing student learning opportunities. Whether you want to create a podcast from student notes or flashcards from course resources, Notebook LM offers a variety of options that can help students with knowledge acquisition, comprehension, and practice. By leveraging Generative AI, Notebook LM stands out as a virtual notebook with seemingly no limit. Learn more about what this incredible tool can do for you and your students by attending this workshop.


Facilitated by Gáramis Campusano, EdTech Specialist, Center for the Advancement of Teaching, and Jennifer Gebelein, Director of AI Integration and Faculty Success, Office of Faculty Leadership and Success

Fulfills TA Certificate Category: Assessing Student Learning or Elective
Fulfills Foundations of Teaching Category:  How Learning Works

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Groupwork That Works: Designing Tasks and Teams for Real Learning

Design groupwork that actually works. In this active workshop, you’ll create a group-worthy project or activity and learn simple strategies for forming, structuring, and coaching student groups. Leave with a ready-to-use task and tools to boost engagement, accountability, and learning.

Groupwork That Works will focus on the following topics:

  • Day 1 - Group Worthiness, Student Learning Outcomes, Defining and Assigning Student Roles, and Creating a Prompt.
  • Day 2 - Peer Content Review; Rubric; Self, Peer, and Group Assessment.

Facilitated by Eric Simon, Associate Director of Hybrid & Faculty Development Support Programs, and Leanne Wells, Senior Director for Teaching Learning and Success, Center for the Advancement of Teaching

Fulfills TA Certificate Category: Syllabus and Course Design or Elective
Fulfills Foundations of Teaching Category:  How Learning Works


Teaching in the Age of AI: Fundamentals Workshop

Tackle the practical application of integrating AI into your courses. Generative AI and Large Language Models have the power to redefine our teaching work in the classroom. In these three half-day workshops, participants will leverage them to enhance their teaching and learning practices. In particular, this workshop will address:

  • Redesigning our lessons using AI,
  • Creating AI-enhanced assignments and assessments,
  • Teaching students how to use AI ethically, and
  • Addressing academic integrity concerns.
Facilitated by Gáramis Campusano, EdTech Specialist, Center for the Advancement of Teaching

Fulfills TA Certificate Category: Syllabus and Course Design or Elective
Fulfills Foundations of Teaching Category:  Backward Course Design

*Prerequisite to Teaching in the Age of AI: Assignment and Assessment Design


Canvas: Elements of Teaching I

This is part one of a three-part workshop series that introduces faculty to the effective and flexible ways you can use Canvas to support teaching, learning, and student success. Participants will explore practical strategies for communicating with students, organizing course content, designing assessments, and providing meaningful feedback using Canvas tools. This workshop series will highlight approaches that promote clarity, engagement, accessibility, and transparency, while giving faculty time to reflect on and refine their own courses. Through guided demonstrations, hands-on activities, and collaborative discussions, faculty will leave with updated Canvas course components and ideas they can adapt and use right away.

Canvas Workshop I will focus on the following topics:

  • How to Use Communication as an Engagement Tool
  • How to Use My Landing Page to Engage My Students
  • How to Use the Course Outline in Support of the Syllabus

While faculty are strongly encouraged to register for all three Canvas workshops offered during the semester, they may register for each workshop separately.


Facilitated by Gáramis Campusano, EdTech Specialist, and Eric Simon, Associate Director of Hybrid & Faculty Development Support Programs, Center for the Advancement of Teaching

Fulfills TA Certificate Category: Syllabus and Course Design or Elective
Fulfills Foundations of Teaching Category:  Teaching with Canvas


Canvas: Elements of Teaching II

This is part two of a three-part workshop series that introduces faculty to the effective and flexible ways you can use Canvas to support teaching, learning, and student success. 

Canvas Workshop II will focus on the following topics:

  • How to Use Modules to Keep My Students on Track throughout the Semester
  • How to Assess Student Progress and Engagement
  • How to Communicate Consistent Assessment Expectations

While faculty are strongly encouraged to register for all three Canvas workshops offered during the semester, they may register for each workshop separately.


Facilitated by Gáramis Campusano, EdTech Specialist, and Eric Simon, Associate Director of Hybrid & Faculty Development Support Programs, Center for the Advancement of Teaching

Fulfills TA Certificate Category: Assessing Student Learning or Elective
Fulfills Foundations of Teaching Category:  Teaching with Canvas


Canvas: Elements of Teaching III

This is part three of a three-part workshop series that introduces faculty to the effective and flexible ways you can use Canvas to support teaching, learning, and student success. 

Canvas Workshop I will focus on the following topics:

  • How to Ensure that Materials, Assignments, and Assessments Are Accessible for Students
  • How to Structure the Grade Book So That Students Can Make Informed Decisions about Their Course Progress
  • How to Use the Grade Book and Rubrics to Provide Meaningful, Constructive, and Timely Feedback

While faculty are strongly encouraged to register for all three Canvas workshops offered during the semester, they may register for each workshop separately.


Facilitated by Gáramis Campusano, EdTech Specialist, and Eric Simon, Associate Director of Hybrid & Faculty Development Support Programs, Center for the Advancement of Teaching

Fulfills TA Certificate Category: Syllabus and Course Design or Elective
Fulfills Foundations of Teaching Category:  Teaching with Canvas

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On-Demand Workshops
in the Teaching Fundamentals & Innovation Hub!

The Hub provides self-paced trainings on high-impact, research-based skills and strategies for enhancing student learning and teaching effectiveness. With busy schedules in mind, this training hub allows you to select brief workshops of interest that can be accessed at any time from anywhere! 

Current workshops in the Hub:

  • Classroom Assessment Techniques: What are Students Really Understanding?
  • The Science of Learning: Enhancing Student Learning and Motivation
  • What is Learning, and How to Facilitate It
  • From Challenges to Connection: An Introduction to Mindful Communication
  • Obtaining Course Feedback Using Microsoft Forms
  • Bigger Classes, Bigger Connection: Real Engagement in a World of Distractions
  • Giving Meaningful Feedback in Large Classes
New workshops are added periodically!

What FIU Educators Are Saying …

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching at FIU may be our most powerful resource on campus. From best pedagogical practices across myriad modalities to backward course design, course alignment, and syllabi and rubric development, CAT offers new ways of approaching teaching our students across disciplines. Not only have the CAT workshops helped me enhance my courses and provide my students with a better experience, but they have also made me more thoughtful and constantly in search of new and better ways to present my students with the information they need to succeed.

Lisa Cain, Associate Professor, Hospitality & Tourism Management

The CAT workshops and certificate programs are fantastic tools that have enriched my Ph.D. experience by offering opportunities to prioritize the advancement of teaching and learning at the university level. Thank to the CAT, I have learned about, and incorporated, pedagogical methods in my own classroom that I otherwise would not have known about.

Andrew Bernal, Graduate Instructor, Economics

I am so grateful for the programming and support offered by the CAT, as I always find a bright idea to try out in my teaching. I have relied on the amazing team at the CAT for help thinking through how, when, and where I can best foster student learning and growth. I hope to keep taking advantage of these important resources.

Ana Prado, Assistant Teaching Professor, English

CAT's workshop series had an incredible impact on the development of my teaching. The various strategies and materials introduced throughout the series not only assisted in my duties as a graduate teaching assistant but were invaluable resources when designing my first class. It truly empowered me to feel more confident in my abilities as an instructor, which has allowed me to better assist and support my students.

Kristin Noa, Graduate Instructor, Politics & International Relations

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