The Hub

Authentic Intelligence: Redesigning Assignments for the Age of AI
2026-02-17 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Generative AI is changing the way students approach learning and the way we design assignments. Instead of trying to make assignments “AI proof,” we can create AI-augmented learning experiences where students to use AI as a tool while making their own contributions visible and essential. This session will present practical strategies for redesigning assignments to emphasize personal, unique, local, and recent elements that foster genuine engagement and critical thinking. Faculty will work with one of their own assignments and leave with a redesigned or enhanced version that leverages AI without losing student ownership of learning.

Creative Ideas to Promote Authentic Online Discussions
2026-02-25 17:00 - 18:00
The online discussion board is a tool to engage students in meaningful discussion; however, many instructors are noticing either AI-generated or superficial responses that do not reflect authentic ideas. The purpose of this session is to share ideas that promote engaging interactions that encourage authentic, meaningful responses.

All Together Now! Faculty, Students, and AI as partners in Open Pedagogy
2026-03-04 16:00 - 17:00
This session will explore leverage AI as a tool to supplement (not replace) both student and faculty knowledge and voices to co-create learning materials for authentic audiences.

Service Learning as a High-Impact Practice
2026-03-25 14:00 - 15:00
Faculty will be introduced to service learning through the framework of High-Impact Practices (HIPs), used to foster student engagement, civic responsibility, and deep learning. Faculty will explore evidence-based strategies for integrating service-learning into their courses.

Transforming Assessments to Assets
2026-03-25 17:00 - 18:00
What happens to student assessments after they are graded? Given the time and effort spent to create and take an assessment, how can we use it to continue students learning? In this workshop we will review strategies such as metacognitive practices that engage students in reflection, goal setting, and analysis to student learning.

Service-Learning and Community Engagement for Any Discipline
2026-03-26 13:00 - 14:00
Service-learning and community engagement are integral to Montgomery College’s values and academic programs. As students prepare for life beyond the classroom, service-learning opportunities can help students build valuable skills while engaging in meaningful projects that align with their own interests and values. The session will present a variety of service-learning examples and planning tools.

AI Explored: What Every Instructor Needs to Know About Generative AI (Beginner)
2026-03-26 15:00 - 16:00
Curious about ChatGPT, Claude, or how AI is transforming education? Join us for an engaging, non-technical introduction to the world of generative AI. You’ll gain a solid understanding of what generative AI is, how tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and DALL·E work, and how they’re already reshaping teaching, learning, and administrative processes. We’ll also explore the ethical dimensions of AI use in education through the RESPECT Framework, addressing bias, misinformation, academic integrity, and privacy concerns, including FERPA and ADA compliance. Whether you’re skeptical, intrigued, or ready to dive in, this workshop will ground you in what matters most.

Designing with AI (Intermediate)
2026-03-31 17:00 - 18:00
This session aims to equip faculty with practical AI-assisted teaching strategies. Participants will explore a range of options for using AI to ease their workload and increase student engagement such as tailoring scenarios and cases to students’ interests, drafting grading rubrics, generating discussion prompts aligned with Bloom’s taxonomy, writing study guides to support student reading, creating question banks for randomized quizzes and tests, writing journal and exit ticket prompts, writing questions for Yuja video quizzes, and more. Faculty should leave this session with additional ways to use AI in their teaching.

Generative AI as Co-Designer (Advanced)
2026-04-06 17:00 - 18:00
In this session participants will explore using AI Conversations in Blackboard Ultra, using AI to “interview” famous historical figures, using AI as a 24/7 tutor to support student learning and more. Faculty should come prepared to share their best ideas and leave with additional ways to use AI in their teaching.

Prepare Students for Sustainability Careers
2026-04-08 15:30 - 16:30
This workshop equips faculty with strategies to embed green skills, ethical reasoning, and sustainability into their teaching practices. Participants will explore interdisciplinary approaches to preparing students for careers that address environmental, social, and economic challenges in a rapidly changing world.

Finding and Adopting Open Educational Resources (OER)
2026-04-09 14:00 - 15:00
Adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) not only reduces educational costs for students but also helps faculty customize courses for students’ learning needs. In this session, faculty will learn practical steps to find, evaluate, and adopt OER using guided searches using MC Library tools.

Enhancing Community Connections Through Micro-learning
2026-04-16 14:00 - 16:00
Micro-learning is an approach that offers short learning modules to support learners’ mastery of concepts in small chunks. Coupled with an existing community of peers, micro-learning has the potential to engage participants in social learning around a common interest. This session will present examples of micro-learning and explore different tools to create brief, engaging learning modules to spark discussion and connection among like-minded peers.

Build Your Own Interactive Learning Exhibit
2026-04-22 15:00 - 16:00
Museums are interactive spaces that invite inquiry, creativity, reflection, and diversity. Drawing on elements of museum pedagogy (including design, materials, and narrative), this workshop will engage participants in a sample exhibit and invite them to reflect on the experience before brainstorming how to use this strategy in their courses or as a student assignment.
