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  • Emotional Intelligence for Teaching Presence (Virtual)

    This workshop helps faculty develop emotional intelligence skills to strengthen teaching presence and connection with students. Participants will explore strategies for reflection, regulation, and rapport-building.

  • Finding and Adapting OER Quickly (Virtual)

    Faculty will learn practical steps to find, evaluate, and adapt open educational resources efficiently. The session includes guided searches, examples of customization, and strategies to integrate OER into your course design.

  • Quality Assurance and AI (Virtual)

    MC Online is hosting a faculty workshop focused on integrating artificial intelligence tools into quality course design. This interactive session will explore how faculty can use AI effectively—especially through crafting strong prompts—to enhance teaching efficiency and improve student engagement.

  • Blackboard Ultra Open Lab (Virtual)

    This lab provides faculty with individualized support to set up or update Blackboard Ultra courses. Participants will configure navigation, grading tools, and accessibility features to ensure courses are ready for the start of the semester.

  • Blackboard Ally Open Lab (Virtual)

    Faculty will learn how Blackboard Ally can improve the accessibility of course materials. This session includes demonstrations of Ally’s scoring tools, remediation tips, and downloadable guides.

  • Prompt Crafting AI Bootcamp (Virtual)

    This interactive bootcamp will guide faculty through writing effective prompts for AI tools to generate content, quiz questions, or summaries. Participants will leave with a resource bank of tested prompts.

  • Service Learning That Transforms 

    Explore frameworks to create service-learning courses that meet real-world community needs while enhancing student learning through reflection and civic action.

  • Teaching for Transfer and Application

    Design learning experiences that involve applying concepts across different contexts. Participants will explore the theory behind retention and transfer, strategies to foster it, and redesign an assignment to include real-world applications.

  • Building Well-Being and Belonging Through Teaching

    Join Kate Woodsome, resilience strategist, Pulitzer Prize-winning trauma-democracy journalist, and visiting scholar at Georgetown University's Psychology Department for a unique learning opportunity. This interactive workshop explores the connection between nervous system regulation, well-being, and belonging in higher education. Participants will…

  • Demystifying Generative AI: What Faculty Should Know

    By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: Define generative AI and describe how tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DALL·E function at a high level. Identify practical applications of generative AI in teaching Recognize key ethical…

  • Lesson Design for Student Engagement

    This workshop will examine the different components of an effective lesson and identify ways to apply strategies that promote student engagement in different course delivery formats. The workshop will highlight components of a comprehensive lesson plan and examples of strategies…