CETL Workshop Schedule

The CETL hosts a variety of workshops and other learning activities throughout the year. Below you will find information about our upcoming sessions so you can add them to your calendar. Registration links will be provided prior to each event. Please reach out to us if there is a topic you’d like to see covered in a future workshop, or if you’d like us to host a workshop for your program, school, or college specifically. We hope to see you at some of these sessions this year!

Registration links will be added a few weeks prior to each event. Those who register will receive a calendar invitation at least one week prior to the event.

Dates, times, and locations are subject to change.

February Sessions

Productive Pathways to Promotion, Session #4: Telling Your Story: The Teaching Narrative

** For Full-Time Faculty only **

Date & Time: Friday, February 14, 12:00-1:00pm

Location: Orange Campus, Sandhu Conference D with live stream to Rinker in CC 130

Learn tips for how to align your narrative and artifacts to tell the story of who you are as a teacher, as well as demonstrate teaching effectiveness and efforts towards continuous improvement (i.e., Course Evals and Grade Report).

Guest Speaker: Kelly Fuery, Professor, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

 

Bridging Cultures: Strategies for Closing Learning Gaps for International Students and English Language Learners

Presenter: Sara Mattavelli, Assistant Professor, Wilkinson College, & CETL Faculty Fellow

Date & Time: Tuesday, February 25, 1:00-2:00pm

Locations: Orange Campus, Argyros Forum, room 201; with live-stream to Rinker Campus, CC 201

Session Description:

This session will delve into the unique experiences and challenges faced by our ESL/ELL (English as a Second Language/English Language Learners) and international student population. Together, we will explore and critically analyze the assumptions we may hold about these students and work collaboratively to develop more inclusive and supportive practices in our classrooms as well as university wide.

March Sessions

Strategies for Managing Group Work Activities

Presenters: Jeremy Hsu, Assistant Professor, Schmid College, and CETL Faculty Fellow

Date & Time: Monday, March 3, 3:00-4:00pm

Locations: Orange Campus, Leatherby Libraries, room 305

Session Description:

We know that students enjoy working in groups, and that small-group learning activities can support engagement in the classroom, but group activities can be challenging to manage in real-time. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn specific strategies for implementation and management of group work in various learning environments.

 

Productive Pathways to Promotion, Session #5: Strike a Balance: Productivity and Self-Care

** For Full-Time Faculty only **

Date & Time: Friday, March 14, 12:00-1:00pm

Location: Orange campus, Beckman 401, with live stream to Rinker in CC 130

Explore the relationship between self-care and productivity. When is enough, enough? How do you prioritize self-care and also meet the expectations for teaching excellence, scholarship, and service? Moving from habits of survival to strategies for success.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Martina Nieswandt, Vice President for Research & Graduate Education

 

Teaching with Wikipedia (for all Disciplines)

Presenter: Shira Klein, Associate Professor, Wilkinson College

Session Description:

Empower your students to make a difference by researching and writing for the world, not just for you! Through a Wikipedia assignment, your students will help ensure that accessible information about topics important to all disciplines at Chapman University is more complete and accurate while developing valuable digital literacy skills along the way. In this 50-minute webinar, you’ll hear from Dr. Shira Klein, Associate Professor of History & Department Chair, about her experience teaching with Wikipedia. You’ll also learn about Wiki Education’s free support and resources.

This event has been postponed to the fall term.  

April Sessions

Using AI to Decrease Your Teaching Workload and Create an Inclusive Classroom

Presenter: Andrea Wolfs, Assistant Professor, Crean College, and CETL Faculty Associate

Date & Time: Friday, April 4, 12:00-1:00pm

Locations: Orange Campus, Argyros Forum, room 209A; with live-stream to Rinker Campus, CC 201

Session Description:

In this session, we will discuss best practices for AI and focus on how we can best leverage it to make it work for us and ease some of our burden. Many teaching and research tasks are administrative or consist of creating content (e.g., activities, questions, vignettes) – AI can help us with these tasks by creating starting points (e.g., templates, first draft) or tips/instructions. Additionally, AI is a great resource to help design and evaluate our classes and/or class materials, including evaluating your class materials in terms of DEI principles.

Part-time faculty and GSIs are welcome to attend, but must receive prior approval from their dean. 

 

Productive Pathways to Promotion, Session #6: Strategizing for a Productive Summer 

** For Full-Time Faculty only **

Date & Time: Friday, April 11, 12:00-1:00pm

Location: Orange campus, Beckman 401, with live stream to Rinker in CC 130

Close out the year by reflecting on your progress and establish a plan to maximize your time this summer to meet your personal and professional goals. Learn more about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and Discipline-Based Educational Research (DBER) as potential avenues for your own scholarly and creative works.

 

Beyond the Hype: Teaching Students Critical AI Literacy through Practical Activities

Presenter: Nora Rivera, Assistant Professor, Wilkinson College

Date & Time: Tuesday, April 29, 2:00-3:00pm

Locations: Orange Campus, Argyros Forum, room 201; with live-stream to Rinker Campus, CC 201

Session Description:

This workshop will engage participants in discussions and practical activities that demystify generative AI technologies. Attendees will work with ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot to explore strategies to teach some of the limitations of writing with generative AI technologies. Participants will also learn various approaches to ethically leverage writing with GenAI.

Click here to register

Part-time faculty and GSIs are welcome to attend, but must receive prior approval from their dean. 

 

Please reach out to us at CETL@chapman.edu with any questions or for more information about any of our workshops.