Upcoming Events

Aug

Location

Online

Date & Time

August 20, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Description

Join other new UMBC adjuncts, faculty, and staff for a discussion designed to help you create successful teaching, learning, and assessment experiences for yourself and your students. Since course...

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View Event Details for New Adjunct Faculty Welcome: Co-constructing a Learning Community

May

Location

Online

Date & Time

May 14, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

You’ve written papers, proposals, abstracts, and presentations that describe your research plans and accomplishments—but what about your teaching? Throughout your career, you may be asked to write...

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View Event Details for Writing and/or Talking About Your Teaching √ §

May

Location

University Center : 310

Date & Time

May 9, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Description

Join this celebration to learn more about the Faculty Learning Community (FLC) program at UMBC. Participants in the current FLCs have spent the year exploring and discussing the topics of...

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View Event Details for Faculty Learning Communities End of Year Celebration

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 23, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Description

The AI revolution is here: Are your teaching methods evolving? Join us for this timely webinar as we explore how higher education is preparing students for the rise of AI. Presenters Dr. Eugenia...

View Event Details for Enhancing Critical Thinking with GenAI √ §

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 14, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

The FDC recently held a three-part book discussion on Teaching with AI by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson (available as an ebook through the AOK library) and welcomed Dr. José Antonio...

View Event Details for Bring Your Best Idea: Integrating Generative AI to Support Student Learning at UMBC √ §

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 9, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

What options do educators have when learning data calls for change? In this session, we will explore how UMBC faculty apply innovative closing-the-loop interventions to meet students’ learning...

View Event Details for Digging into Student Learning Data: Creating Measured Curricular Change √ § Ͼ

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 3, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Many faculty approach a new semester of teaching by trying out a different pedagogical technique because they predict the change will improve the teaching and learning experience. Are you...

View Event Details for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Discussion Group √ §

Mar

Location

Engineering : 102

Date & Time

March 26, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Description

Students are reporting record levels of stress at college campuses across the US. Depression and anxiety increased dramatically during the COVID 19 epidemic among young people, as did emergency...

View Event Details for When You Are Concerned for a Student's Mental Health √ §

Mar

Location

Online

Date & Time

March 24, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Students are reporting record levels of stress at college campuses across the US. Depression and anxiety increased dramatically during the COVID 19 epidemic among young people, as did emergency...

View Event Details for When You Are Concerned for a Student's Mental Health √ §

Mar

Location

Online

Date & Time

March 11, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Join us to explore alternative ways to assess and evaluate students’ work. A range of approaches have been designed to help learners develop intrinsic motivation and love for learning. Educators...

View Event Details for Can Alternative Grading Approaches Motivate Students and Help them Focus on Learning? Exploring “Ungrading” √ §

Faculty Development Center

Faculty Development Center

Upcoming Events

New Adjunct Faculty Welcome: Co-constructing a Learning Community

Create valuable teaching, learning, & assessment experiences

Writing and/or Talking About Your Teaching √ §

Craft a narrative about your effectiveness as a teacher!

Faculty Learning Communities End of Year Celebration

Learn about the work of current FLCs and proposed FLC topics

Enhancing Critical Thinking with GenAI √ §

Featuring Dr. Eugenia Novokshanova and Dr. Michelle Kassorla

Bring Your Best Idea: Integrating Generative AI to Support Student Learning at UMBC √ §

Share your experiences with AI in class & bring questions!

Digging into Student Learning Data: Creating Measured Curricular Change √ § Ͼ

Learn how colleagues used data to improve student learning.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Discussion Group √ §

Demystifying the IRB Process for SoTL Projects

When You Are Concerned for a Student's Mental Health √ §

What to do, resources available, & supportive class design.

When You Are Concerned for a Student's Mental Health √ §

What to do, resources available, & supportive class design.

Can Alternative Grading Approaches Motivate Students and Help them Focus on Learning? Exploring “Ungrading” √ §

Can ungrading motivate and connect students & save us time?

Create valuable teaching, learning, & assessment experiences

Craft a narrative about your effectiveness as a teacher!

Learn about the work of current FLCs and proposed FLC topics

Featuring Dr. Eugenia Novokshanova and Dr. Michelle Kassorla

Share your experiences with AI in class & bring questions!

Learn how colleagues used data to improve student learning.

Demystifying the IRB Process for SoTL Projects

What to do, resources available, & supportive class design.

What to do, resources available, & supportive class design.

Can ungrading motivate and connect students & save us time?

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