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The CTE is offering several communal learning initiatives for faculty this fall:

Faculty Learning Cohort – AI in Education: Leveraging ChatGPT for Teaching (Coursera / UPenn)

Join a group of your colleagues to explore the use of AI in higher education in this popular online course from professor Ethan Mollick, Co-Director of the Generative AI Labs at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. In this communal learning experience, we will complete the 4 modules of the course over a period of 4 weeks, meeting once per week (on a day / time to be selected by the participants) to discuss our experience and support one another along the way. Content for each module is estimated to take only an hour to complete, so this should be a fairly easy load. Live meetings will be enhanced by opportunities for asynchronous participation in discussions / Q&A in Brightspace.

Sign up for the Fall FLC: https://forms.gle/W9KN5Ss1jxXedTxa8

Faculty Reading Group – TBD

I was planning another book club to read Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick, but due to our current lack of an admin assistant, there has been a delay in obtaining physical copies of the book (in case you were not aware, Melanie moved to Savannah in July and we are currently in the process of hiring a new AA). My backup plan is to choose one of the following texts, all of which are available for free online through GGC’s Kaufman Library.

— Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers – Jessamyn Neuhaus – 20.00 at Amazon
Geeky pedagogy : a guide for intellectuals, introverts, and nerds who want to be effective teachers – Georgia Gwinnett College

— How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories Behind Effective College Teaching – Joshua Eyler – 23.07 at Amazon
How humans learn : the science and stories behind effective college teaching – Georgia Gwinnett College

— Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto – Kevin Gannon – 18.59 at Amazon
Radical hope : a teaching manifesto – Georgia Gwinnett College

— The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion – Sarah Rose Cavanagh – 18.53 at Amazon
The spark of learning energizing the college classroom with the science of emotion – Georgia Gwinnett College

— Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) – Susan Blum – 21.31 at Amazon
Ungrading : why rating students undermines learning (and what to do instead) – Georgia Gwinnett College

If you are interested in participating in the FRG this fall, please fill out the survey below to indicate your preference for one of the books above (or to suggest another title).

https://forms.gle/SFKcebmu58zHTbS6A

Mindful Self-Compassion Community

Teaching in higher education can be deeply rewarding – but also exhausting. The CTE’s Mindful Self-Compassion Community offers busy faculty a supportive space to pause, recharge, and practice simple evidence-based strategies for reducing stress and building resilience. Grounded in Dr. Kristin Neff’s research, this community will explore short, accessible practices you can use anytime to calm stress, quiet self-criticism, and reconnect with a sense of balance – with no background in mindfulness required. Join us to learn practical strategies for self-care and to gain the support of a circle of colleagues who understand the pressures of higher education and want to face them with more kindness, clarity, and strength.

Sign up for the MSCC: https://forms.gle/7x4QokNyRZkfjWbx6

The CTE’s 2025 Summer Institute will be held online in Teams on Monday May 12^th, and will feature sessions on several different topics that we feel are particularly relevant for teaching and learning today:

• ePortfolios – Find out why and how you might want to use ePortfolios in your classes, and hear about potential barriers to their use, as well as actionable strategies for implementation.
• Generative AI – Join us as we revisit the panel discussions that we facilitated last year; you will hear from some of your peers about how things may have changed (or not) over the past year with regard to school and department policies on the use of generative AI, how they may be encouraging the use of generative AI by students in their classrooms, and how they are using generative AI to develop and facilitate their courses. And then at the end of the day, we are offering a selection of demos of AI tools and techniques that some of your peers are using in their classrooms.
• Inclusive Teaching – First, hear from some of your peers in a panel discussion about why inclusive teaching is so important and how you can begin to implement some of the best practices for inclusive teaching in both your course design and your pedagogy. Then, join us for an overview of our new accessibility software Panorama and how to access it in MyCourses.
• Online Teacher Training Program – Learn about the CTE’s newly developed Foundations of Online Education program for faculty who teach online at GGC. This program is designed to enhance faculty effectiveness in online courses while also meeting regulatory and accreditation requirements.

No registration necessary – links for each session are in the online program.

Visit our information page for more details.

The CTE’s Teaching & Learning Day is an annual event that showcases the fresh thinking and innovative strategies of faculty and staff related to enhancing teaching and learning at GGC. Our ninth annual Teaching & Learning Day will consist of poster presentations that provide a visual forum for individuals and groups to showcase innovative work related to teaching, learning, and technology, including but not limited to:

– Course design (face to face, hybrid, and online)
– Assignment design
– Assessment strategies
– Efforts to enhance student success
– Engaged pedagogies (including experiential learning)
– Inclusive teaching
– Research on teaching and learning

These poster sessions provide an opportunity to reach a broad audience and initiate conversations with colleagues sharing similar interests.

The CTE is partnering with GGC’s School of Science and Technology again this year to include the SST Inclusive Teaching Showcase as a part of Teaching & Learning Day.

This year’s Teaching & Learning Day will take place on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon. It will be an in-person event in the Heritage Room in the Kaufman Library.

Program: https://cte.ggc.edu/teaching-learning-day-2025-program/

Thu 04/03 @ 12:00 noon

Join us in the CTE conference room for a live broadcast of an online introductory group session to learn the basics about what self-compassion is, how it will benefit your life, and most importantly, how to practice being kinder and more supportive to yourself. These intro sessions are the perfect way to begin your self-compassion journey if you’re new or else to refresh and re-inspire your practice. This session is facilitated by one of the mentors in Dr. Kristin Neff’s Self-Compassion Community.

No registration required. Join us on campus if you can, but if you are unable to do so, please feel free to register for the event online and watch it from home: Intro to Self-Compassion Session w/ Laila Narsi

Tuesday, April 1st from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Cisco Auditorium in Building C

Please join the Digital Humanities Lab and the CTE for a Roundtable Discussion on AI in Education

Professors David Kirschner and Jason Palmer and students Katie Gierszewski and Iman Ibraheem will give perspectives on teaching and learning in our technological present. 

Faculty, staff, and students are enthusiastically invited to come and participate in the conversation!

Please invite your students and any others who might be interested.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thu 03/06 @ 12:00 noon

Join us in the CTE conference room for a live broadcast of an online introductory group session to learn the basics about what self-compassion is, how it will benefit your life, and most importantly, how to practice being kinder and more supportive to yourself. These intro sessions are the perfect way to begin your self-compassion journey if you’re new or else to refresh and re-inspire your practice. This session is facilitated by one of the mentors in Dr. Kristin Neff’s Self-Compassion Community.

No registration required. Join us on campus if you can, but if you are unable to do so, please feel free to register for the event online and watch it from home: Intro to Self-Compassion Session w/ Laila Narsi

Deadline for submission: Friday, April 4th, 2025

The CTE’s Teaching & Learning Day is an annual event that showcases the fresh thinking and innovative strategies of faculty and staff related to enhancing teaching and learning at GGC. Our eighth annual Teaching & Learning Day will consist of hybrid (physical and virtual) poster sessions that provide a visual forum for individuals and groups to showcase innovative work related to teaching, learning, and technology, including but not limited to:

– Course design (face to face, hybrid, and online)
– Assignment design
– Assessment strategies
– Efforts to enhance student success
– Engaged pedagogies (including experiential learning)
– Inclusive teaching
– Research on teaching and learning

These poster sessions provide an opportunity to reach a broad audience and initiate conversations with colleagues sharing similar interests.

The CTE is partnering with GGC’s School of Science and Technology again this year to include the SST Teaching Showcase as a part of Teaching & Learning Day.

Teaching & Learning Day will take place on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 in the Heritage Room in the Kaufman Library. It will be an in-person event.

We invite you to submit an application to present your work. Please complete this application by Friday, April 4th, 2025

For more information, please take a look at our Teaching and Learning Day FAQ. Any questions may be directed to Michael Smith at mdsmith@ggc.edu.

Thursday, September 18 – Friday, September 19, 2025

CALL FOR PROPOSALS NOW OPEN!   We invite you to submit your proposal for the fully virtual 2025 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Summit!  
 
This year we are seeking proposals in four formats:   SoTL Sessions, which report the findings of an inquiry-based SoTL study in a 20-minute live session  Scholarly Teaching Sessions, which share an innovative or noteworthy teaching idea in a 10-minute live session  SoTL and Scholarly Teaching Virtual Posters, which allow presenters to share their ideas in a visual format without live interaction

Submit Your Proposal Here

Submission Deadline: April 30, 2025

2025 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

We are excited to announce our keynote speaker: Alison Cook-Sather, Mary Katharine Woodworth Professor of Education at Bryn Mawr College and Director of the Teaching and Learning Institute at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges in the United States. She has developed internationally recognized programs that position students and teachers as pedagogical partners, most notably Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT), which has served as a model for numerous other institutions around the world.

Keynote Speaker

2025 PLENARY SPEAKERS

In addition to the keynote address, the Summit offers three plenary sessions from leaders in the field. This year’s plenary speakers are:  Kelly Hogan, Ph.D and Viji Sathy, Ph.D Earle Abrahamson, Ph.D. Matt Fisher, Ph.D. More information about the keynote and plenary sessions is coming soon

Plenary Speakers

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Our conference, formerly known as the Research on Teaching and Learning Summit, has a rich tradition of celebrating the scholarship of teaching and learning with an intentionally developmental focus, helping participants at all levels of SoTL experience grow as teacher-scholars.

 Learn More

We hope you’ll join us! 

The SoTL Summit Conference Team

Wed 02/05 @ 12:00 noon

Join us in the CTE conference room for a live broadcast of an online introductory group session to learn the basics about what self-compassion is, how it will benefit your life, and most importantly, how to practice being kinder and more supportive to yourself. These intro sessions are the perfect way to begin your self-compassion journey if you’re new or else to refresh and re-inspire your practice. This session is facilitated by one of the mentors in Dr. Kristin Neff’s Self-Compassion Community.

No registration required. Join us on campus if you can, but if you are unable to do so, please feel free to register for the event online and watch it from home: Intro to Self-Compassion Session w/ Laila Narsi

by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson

Join the CTE in the Spring 2025 semester for a book club consisting of a series of moderated discussions scheduled to take place over a period of eight weeks (this will allow us to focus on one section of the book (four chapters) every two weeks, with an additional two-week period for final discussions and wrap-up.

Participants will decide whether the book club will take place virtually (in Teams or Zoom), face-to-face in the CTE, or in some sort of hybrid combination of both formats.

The CTE will provide copies of the book to the first 12 faculty who sign up. All other participants will need to purchase their own copies or access the text for free through the Kaufman Library (a direct link will be provided for everyone who signs up).

Moderator: Michael D. Smith (CTE)

Timeline / Schedule:

Jan 17 – Feb 02: signup period (see the form below) and polling of participants to determine format / meeting times. Books for the first 12 faculty to sign up will be available for pickup (soon) in the CTE.

Feb 03 – Feb 7: Week 1 (reading time)
Feb 10 – Feb 14: Week 2 – discussion of Introduction, Chapters 1 – 4 (77 pages)
Feb 17 – Feb 21: Week 3 (reading time)
Feb 24 – Feb 28: Week 4 – discussion of Chapters 5 – 8 (77 pages)
Mar 03 – Mar 07: Spring Break
Mar 10 – Mar 14: Week 5 (reading time)
Mar 17 – Mar 21: Week 6 (discussion of Chapters 9 – 12 and Epilogue (77 pages)
Mar 24 – Mar 28: Week 7 (catchup reading / reflection time)
Mar 31 – Apr 04: Week 8 (final discussion – takeaways, next steps, and wrap-up)

Book Club Sign Up Form

For more information, contact Michael D. Smith (mdsmith@ggc.edu)