Exploring Teaching and Learning

ETL Foundations

Join in Foundation Days - Aug 13-14, 2024

Join the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning August 13 and 14th from 9-4 pm to establish your toolkit for excellence in your courses. Sessions will orient you to teaching at USF and focus on integrating evidence-based practices that promote learning.

Explore ways to:

  • establish class community,
  • facilitate conversations,
  • design meaningful learning experiences,
  • promote academic integrity,
  • leverage generative AI
  • and more!

This foundational series is the first step in your Exploring Teaching and Learning (ETL) journey, designed to support your ongoing growth and success as an educator and learner.

The ETL Foundation series is targeted towards new and early career instructors at USF. Sessions will be held in-person at the MSC on the Tampa campus, and continental breakfast and lunch will be provided!

New faculty can reserve early using the New Faculty Orientation registration link in your email.

Limited space available - If you previously registered and can no longer attend, please contact Tim Henkel.

ETL: Foundations - Detailed agenda

Tues. Aug 13 - MSC 3707
Start Time Session
9:00 am

Welcome and Introduction

9:15 am

Your Teaching Community at USF

Discover the support, policies, and opportunities that come with teaching at USF, emphasizing learning and teaching as processes.
10:45 am

Break

11:00 am

Exploring the Science of How People Learn

Identify several evidence-based learning principles and how to implement them in everyday classrooms to enhance students’ learning.
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Supporting Academic Integrity

Examine practices for establishing a culture of academic integrity at the beginning of the semester and sustaining it throughout the learning experience.
2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Building Classroom Community

Building a sense of community in the classroom can help promote student success through their motivation, confidence, and feeling of belonging. This session will explore strategies to enhance the community in your courses.
3:15 pm

First Day of Class Engagement 

Explore first day activities and strategies to create a collaborative classroom environment and positive expectations about learning
3:45 PM

Day 1 Wrap Up

 

Weds. Aug 14 - MSC 3707
Start Time Session
9:00 am

Welcome

9:15 am

Leveraging genAI for Learning and Teaching

Given the increasing prevalence of generative AI and its potential to transform higher education, join in an open conversation about implications for learning and teaching.
10:45 am

Break

11:00 am

Designing Meaningful Learning Experiences 

Identify the components of backward design for learning, and how to write and align learning objectives, assessments, and instructional strategies to create effective and engaging educational experiences.
12:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

Facilitate Intentional Classroom Conversations 

Explore the practices and polices that shape positive and inclusive classroom discussions in this workshop.
2:30 pm

The Big Idea

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Teaching and Learning Digitally 

This session highlights the services, approaches and tools from Innovative Education’s Digital Learning team, including a brief overview of USF’s Learning Management System, Canvas. Faculty will have an opportunity for hands-on practice in their own Canvas course, so please bring a laptop if possible.