Innovate Your Teaching Workshops
Innovate, Engage, Inspire: Spring Faculty Workshops
Celebrating 25 years of commitment to teaching excellence and student success at UNC Charlotte, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) welcomes faculty back to campus this Spring!
All faculty and instructional staff are invited to participate in our Spring workshops on high-impact and innovative teaching strategies designed to support student success and enhance classroom effectiveness.
Teaching Innovation Areas for 2024-2025
Get excited! There are foundational and new faculty development topics to explore this year:
- Pedagogies on Generative AI: Prompt Writing, Student Study Skills, Student Writing Skills, Syllabus and Classroom Communication, Ethical Considerations, Teaching with Zoom AI
- Student Success Strategies: Syllabus Strategies, Growth Mindset, Active Learning, Group Projects, Poll Everywhere
- Canvas Foundations: Canvas Starting Fresh, Quizzing, Assignments and Gradebook
- Teaching Effectiveness with Canvas Tools: Canvas Studio Video Insights, Canvas Analytics for Early Intervention
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Grants Program and Proposal Writing Course
Why Attend CTL Faculty Development Workshops
- Gain knowledge and practice with UNC Charlotte’s enterprise technologies for teaching and learning.
- Learn from expert CTL instructional designers, faculty development specialists, and academic partners.
- Meet your colleagues and share stories, experiences, challenges, solutions.
- Access flexible training formats for online or self-paced learning.
Schedule of Spring Workshops
Registration is required for all participants to attend and receive professional development credit.
Below is our catalog of workshops for the 2025 Spring Semester.
What’s New?
Expand Your Use of AI Tools for Teaching and Learning on Charlotte’s first AI Literacy Day!
March 28, 2025
Build Your AI Skills through New AI Workshops offered throughout the Month of April
April, 2025
Share and Learn From Colleagues and Partners about AI for Teaching and Learning!
May 14, 2025
Walk and Learn through CTL’s First Ever Walking Workshop on the Power of Story in Your Teaching!
March 11 & 17, 2025
Learn about Faculty Professional Development and Supportive Partnerships at UNC Charlotte
April 2, 2025
Celebrate and Discuss Faculty Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research on our Campus
March 11, 17, & 19, 2025
WORKSHOPS FOR FACULTY
Overview of Gen-AI Tools for Education
Part 1: Introduction to Gen-AI and Prompt Writing
Part 2: Student Study Skills with Gen-AI
Part 3: Student Writing Skills with Gen-AI
Ethical Considerations for Teaching with Gen-AI
Zoom AI for Teaching
Syllabus and Classroom Communication on AI Tools
Engage Students with AI-Curated Course Scenarios and Case Studies
Gen-AI for Narrative Skills and Visual Storytelling
Understanding Gen Z: The AI Generation
Part 1: Navigating NotebookLM – Constructing Self-Guided Learning Techniques for Students
Part 2: Navigating NotebookLM – Designing New Course Activities for Canvas
Call for Proposals
Registration
A Walkshop on Narrative Intelligence: The Power of Story in Your Teaching
A Symposium on AI-Powered Student Support Communities with Inscribe
SoTL Scholars Series
- Session 1
- Session 2
- Session 3
Learn More about the SoTL Scholars and their Research Proposals
Canvas: Starting Fresh
Canvas: Assignments and Gradebook
Canvas: Quizzes
Part 1: Canvas Analytics for Early Intervention
Part 2: Canvas Analytics to Improve Your Canvas Course Design
Part 3: Canvas Studio – Exploring Video Insights
Syllabus 101: Roadmap to Success
- Asynchronous Course
- Workshop (1-Day)
Introduction to Learning Objectives and Backward Design
- Asynchronous Course
Using Feedback to Improve Teaching and Learning
- Asynchronous Course
Growth Mindset Activities for Your Class
CTL Mindful Minutes: 30-Minute Home Yoga for Faculty and Staff
Navigating Contentious Conversations about Current Issues in the Classroom
Effective Teaching 101 (by ACUE)
Part 1: Teaching with Poll Everywhere
Part 2: Active Learning with Poll Everywhere
Designing and Implementing Group Projects
Getting Started with Active Teaching and Learning
Self-Paced Training Courses
- Starting with a Fresh Canvas (2 hrs)
- Canvas Assignments and Gradebook (2 hrs)
- Canvas Studio Training Resources (1 hr)
- Teaching with Zoom (2 hrs)
- Universal Design for Learning (2 hrs)
- Micro-Training: Dealing with Difficult Situations in the Classroom (15 min)
