With Fall term underway, the weekly HubCap is back!
Every Friday, look for our recap of teaching tips, recent pedagogical scholarship, teaching events on and off campus, new posts on our blog, and more! Each created and curated by a member of our staff.

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As the semester begins, it's a great time to listen to your students and build rapport, which can significantly impact their success. For those teaching online, humanizing online learning is just as important.

In these early weeks check out 101 Things to Do in the First Three Weeks of Class and these strategies for a successful first week.

For more insights on today’s students, The Chronicle of Higher Education has been publishing a series on Teaching Gen Z.

And if you want to dive deeper into student engagement, listen to Gardner’s podcast with Brent Drake and check out Belen Garcia's post on the Hub Blog - Does Student Engagement Matter? 

Please Help us Create a Collection of UM–Dearborn Syllabus Statements

Whether you are embracing or avoiding GenAI in class all faculty should communicate their stance on GenAI through a syllabus statement,

We have been providing links to collections of statements from Ann Arbor and even those collected more broadly to help faculty in crafting their own statements. But we are interested in building our own resource here at Dearborn, compiling statements from our faculty.

You can include your name or remain anonymous. If you would prefer that we not make your statement part of our resource that is okay too, we would still love to learn from your statement — you can indicate all of this when you submit. 

You may have different statements for different classes. Use the button below to submit up to 4 different statements using our form. 

Looking to go beyond a syllabus statement? Shelly Jarenski's recent series on the Hub Blog about going beyond the AI syllabus statement are a great start - the latest post just came out yesterday!

Keep an eye out for new GenAI faculty development programming
coming soon from The Hub

And remember you can always book a 1-on-1 consultation with our instructional designers to talk GenAI or any other teaching concerns

September 23 at 1pm in the Mardigian Library, room 1211

Register/Express Interest Here

In this workshop, which is open to all instructors, you will hear from faculty who teach digital information literacy across the curriculum and learn how they are implementing our Common Read book Verified in their courses.

Jennifer Coon (College of Business) will discuss how she teaches information literacy as part of business communications.

The Foundations program is implementing a common assignment project for teaching the SIFT method for digital information literacy in the classroom this fall after a successful summer pilot.

After learning key takeaways from these assignments, you will have an opportunity to apply them to your own subject area, adapting what has worked for other instructors to the specific needs of your classroom.

If you are not able to make it in person, please still let us know your interest by filling out the form to receive workshop materials by email. And if you need a copy of the book fill out this form to request one!

Questions or comments? Autumm Caines; acaines@umich.edu

While the HubCap is designed with our faculty as the primary audience, others (campus leaders, directors, student services staff) may also find valuable insights within.Feel free to forward this newsletter on if you know someone who could benefit from this information.

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