Spring 2025 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!
Deep Dive into Collaborative Learning: Understanding Its Effectiveness and Application
Collaborative learning is key to promoting deeper understanding, critical thinking, and communication skills among students. Dive into our workshop on collaborative learning to discuss its transformative potential and gain practical strategies for implementation. Discover how collaborative learning can change the way you teach, creating fun and engaging classrooms where students do their best.
Facilitated by Cem Sayar, Instructor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Miami
Fulfills Certificate Requirement: Assessing Student Learning or Elective
Teaching with AI 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 Certificate Requirement: Syllabus and Course Design or Elective
In-Person Option:
Virtual Option:
AI in Action Workshop:
Designing Effective Assignments and
Assessments for AI-Enhanced Learning
This 3-day virtual workshop is intended for faculty who already have a working familiarity with AI and want to continue to grow this knowledge by exploring pedagogical approaches for promoting students' AI literacy. Faculty participating in this workshop will received individualized feedback throughout the three days on assigned tasks. In particular, the following topics will be addressed:
- General and Discipline-Specific AI Literacy,
- Designing Writing Assignments that Integrate AI, and
- AI for Assessment Purposes.
Additional Information:
- Selected faculty participants are required to attend all three sessions.
- Spaces are limited.
- Faculty selections will be based on self-reported AI familiarity/interest and WAC oversight.
Facilitated by Writing Across the Curriculum
Fulfills Certificate Requirement: Syllabus and Course Design or Elective
Fridays: February 7, 14, and 21, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., via Zoom
Fostering Belonging & Building Community in the Classroom
Join us for this workshop to learn actionable strategies for co-creating a learning community that cultivates a sense of belonging and increased student and instructor engagement. We will explore dynamic ways to cultivate deeper connections, promote inclusivity, and support students in feeling seen and valuaed throughout their learning journey.Facilitated by Natalia Giordano, Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Social Work
Fulfills Certificate Requirement: Culturally Responsive/Inclusive Teaching or Elective
Adopting a Midsemester Feedback Practice
It's almost midterm... Are you thinking about conducting a midsemester check-in? Doing so can provide you (and your students) with valuable information that you can use to tailor or adjust the remaining weeks of the term. Midsemester check-ins can take many forms. In this session, your facilitators will help you develop survey questions, decide what tools to use, and discuss ways you might respond to the feedback you receive.Facilitated by Gáramis Campusano, EdTech Specialist, Center for the Advancement of Teaching
Fulfills Certificate Requirement: Culturally Responsive/Inclusive Teaching or Elective
Evidence-Based Teaching: Collecting & Using Data from Students to Inform Our Teaching
Unlock the power of insights with our dynamic workshop on collecting student learning data in the classroom. Discover innovative techniques and tools to seamlessly gather data on student progress and perceptions of teaching, enabling personalized teaching strategies. Elevate your courses and foster student success through informed, data-driven instruction.
Facilitated by Leanne Wells, Senior Director, Faculty Leadership & Success
Fulfills Certificate Requirement: Assessing Student Learning or Elective
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
- Introduction to Feedback Box
New workshops are added periodically!
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