CAFE: Center for Faculty Enrichment

PRE-SEMESTER PEDAGOGY SERIES: NAVIGATING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
REGISTRATION OPEN
January 6-7, 2025 via Zoom
January 8, 2025 @ the SEED Innovation Hub

Register @ https://forms.gle/iJeZyZo5uZjB22NV6

*Participants are encouraged to focus on one course and tailor their participation to align with their or their program’s interests and teaching goals. You do not need to commit to participating for all three days.* 

In collaboration with the SEED Innovation Hub and the Digital Education Collaborative, CAFE’s January Pre-Semester Pedagogy Series offers faculty a chance to explore teaching, learning, and emerging technologies. Acknowledging the complex concerns, intellectual challenges, and opportunities these tools bring, participants will explore the intersection of these technologies with key pedagogical questions such as:

• How can we design learning experiences that promote the development of foundational skills, like critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration?
• How can we encourage students to engage deeply with complex ideas, explore multiple perspectives, and develop nuanced thinking skills?
• What instructional strategies support learners in making mistakes, struggling with difficult concepts, and achieving a deep understanding of the material?
• What role do emerging technologies play in all of this?   

Through hands-on workshops and discussions, participants will build AI literacy, explore strategies to design a course that balances responsible AI use with thoughtful decisions about when and how students should engage with these technologies, create AI-integrated assignments that promote creativity and critical thinking, and integrate technologies to create immersive educational experiences.  The series concludes on January 8 at the SEED Hub with interactive sessions where faculty can “play” with these tools and design practical course applications. Faculty are encouraged to focus on one course and tailor their participation to align with their or their program’s interests and teaching goals.  

Registration for Faculty and Staff @ Longwood University, Hampden Sydney College, and Southside Virginia Community College @ https://forms.gle/iJeZyZo5uZjB22NV6

SCHEDULE

SAVE THE DATE – AUGUST 15, 2024

CAFE, Civitae, Cormier Honors College, DEC, and the Preparing for Post Graduate Success Initiative invite you to Longwood’s second annual day of undergraduate faculty professional development–a day filled with several options and opportunities to collaborate with and learn from your faculty colleagues.

Civitae           
Engage with other Civitae faculty and find out what’s happening in your category and hear the Civitae faculty leaders share some assessment results. 

Preparing for Post Graduate Success Initiative
Design an advising syllabus.

DEC
Eat lunch and learn how your colleagues are using and navigating AI in the learning environment

The Cormier Honors College
Transform your existing courses into Honors courses.

CAFE
Participate in course and assignment design work sessions with consultants.

CLOSING RECEPTION
Kick off the semester and reconnect with colleagues at the faculty reception. 

Registration and program information are coming soon!

11th Annual Teaching and Learning Institute 2024
Consider Life Design
Monday, May 13
Longwood University

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Designing Your Life Virtual Event
Friday, May 10

The Center for Faculty Enrichment (CAFE) and the Quality Enhancement Plan Advisory Board invite ALL faculty and staff to discover life design, a framework of the new Post-Graduate Success Initiative QEP.

On Monday, May 13^th, Institute participants will explore ways to implement Life Design in the varied contexts of work with students, including 1:1 mentoring and advising, small and large group co-curricular support, and teaching in Civitae and in academic majors. The schedule will include a keynote, concurrent learning sessions, implementation work sessions, and a celebratory reception to end the day.

All are invited to also attend a pre-Institute virtual event on Friday, May 10^th.  Inspired by Stanford’s Life Design Studio, participants will immerse themselves in life design as students, applying life design to their own life and vocational wayfinding.

By the end of the Institute, all participants should be ready to prototype activities and discussions that help students consider their life design.

Formal registration will open soon.

SAVE THE DATE

Consider Life Design
Monday, May 13
Longwood University
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Designing Your Life Virtual Event
Friday, May 10

The Center for Faculty Enrichment (CAFE) and the Quality Enhancement Plan Advisory Board invite ALL faculty and staff to discover life design, a framework of the new Post-Graduate Success Initiative QEP.

On Monday, May 13^th, Institute participants will explore ways to implement Life Design in the varied contexts of work with students, including 1:1 mentoring and advising, small and large group co-curricular support, and teaching in Civitae and in academic majors. The schedule will include a keynote, concurrent learning sessions, implementation work sessions, and a celebratory reception to end the day.

All are invited to also attend a pre-Institute virtual event on Friday, May 10^th.  Inspired by Stanford’s Life Design Studio, participants will immerse themselves in life design as students, applying life design to their own life and vocational wayfinding.

By the end of the Institute, all participants should be ready to prototype activities and discussions that help students consider their life design.

Formal registration will open soon.

One of CAFE’s Signature Programs, the DLD, is an opportunity to receive rich, qualitative feedback from your students regarding how students are learning in your classroom. A member of CAFE will visit your class, talk to students, and share their anonymous feedback with you. You can use that mid-semester feedback to improve classroom interactions, achievement of student learning outcomes, and perhaps refocus your teaching strategies for the second half of the semester. Anecdotally, faculty report that, following a DLD, they see an increase in student engagement, are able to make meaningful changes to their teaching approach, and ultimately receive higher student evaluation scores at the end of the semester.

For more information on the DLDs, go to http://blogs.longwood.edu/longwoodcafe/teaching-consultations/ 

DLDs will take place starting February 19 to March 15^th.

All information, including participation, is confidential. Sign up for a DLD today using the registration link or you can click on the image below!

Registration: https://forms.gle/nLPHe5XgKXC37WzL8.

When: Tuesday, February 13^th at 12:30 -1:45pm

Where: 308 and 310 Allen Hall

Facilitator: Megan Miller,Director of Campus Career Engagement

Register here: https://forms.gle/rjJYQqsqko8CqCrC7

In partnership with major employers, The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has created 8 Career-Readiness competencies that are most important to college graduates’ ability to achieve and flourish in post-graduate employment.

In this workshop, instructors will learn about NACE’s Career-Readiness Competencies including which three are identified as most important for new graduates and which three are identified as most commonly missing in new graduates. Participants will spend time aligning a current syllabus, project, or assignment to the competencies to intentionally incorporate them into future coursework.

As the QEP continues to take shape and there is increasing awareness of the importance of demonstrating Career preparation and readiness to enhance admission and retention, the integration and alignment of NACE Career Readiness Competencies will enhance both admission decision-making and post-graduate success for our students.

To participate fully in the workshop, please bring a hard copy of a current syllabus, project instructions, or assignment sheet.

Lunch will be provided by the Office of Alumni and Career Services.