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Apr
9

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

Learn how colleagues used data to improve student learning.

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...
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Mar
11

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

Can ungrading motivate and connect students & save us time?

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...
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Mar
5

Faculty Fulbright Accelerator

Teach, research, or work on projects in over 135 countries!

Location

Online

Date & Time

March 5, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Learn about the 2026-2027 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program at a virtual workshop for UMBC faculty in all disciplines interested in this prestigious fellowship program, the flagship educational...
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Feb
27

Identifying & Addressing Learning Obstacles with Direct Measures √ §

See how Math colleagues successfully created an intervention

Location

Engineering : 102

Date & Time

February 27, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Description

Does your program require intense core courses or other learning experiences that have become hurdles for your students? Are courses with high failure or withdrawal rates impeding student progress...
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Feb
19

Learn about our Immigrant Students' Experiences: Playing the Board Game "Emerging" √ §

Also, we'll discuss gamification and inclusive teaching.

Location

Engineering : 102

Date & Time

February 19, 2025, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Description

How much do you know about what immigrant students go through to get an education in the US? Were you aware that one in four students in US public schools are part of an immigrant family, and it's...
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Feb
18

Encouraging Academic Integrity in the Era of AI √ § (RESCHEDULED DATE)

Use best practices in course design and clear AI policies.

Location

Online

Date & Time

February 18, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

While fostering and maintaining academic integrity has always been an important goal of instruction at UMBC, advances in “the other AI” – artificial intelligence – have complicated this effort....
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