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Now that we are settling into the semester, think about ways to foster interactions. A sense of belonging not only improves students' well being, it also improves learning and retention.

Community Building in the Classroom, includes strategies broken down by categories 1) social 2) metacognitive and 3) content-based

Building a Sense of Community Among Students in STEM, sections for programs, pedagogy, and faculty/student interactions and with many strategies applicable beyond STEM courses

Humanizing Online Learning with Michelle Pacansky-Brock, blog post summary and recording of her talk to UM-D

Students’ Sense of Belonging Matters: Evidence from Three Studies, recording of a workshop with summary 

Bonus tip: Don't forget to submit Early Warning notices which connect students with the broader campus community, including advisors or access to the food pantry. A reminder email, with more info about the program, was recently sent by Jess LaGrange.

On Friday October 20th from 1-2 pm, join the Scholar-in-Residence about GenAI. This virtual session is focused on student voice. If you missed the first conversation, focused on faculty and assignment ideas, here is the recording.

HFC's teaching and learning center, CTEI, hosts monthly Teamwork Tuesdays. UM-D faculty are invited for this semester's series on Social Justice. The first one is Tuesday, October 3rd, from 3 to 4 p.m.

Tracy Davis, HFC's new Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging will spend some time exploring: how trauma informs the way that we process information, how to define injustice trauma and its relationship to social justice, and how trauma affects our work as educators.

The hyflex session will meet physically in the CTEI hyflex room, which is N-01 - lower level of the N/Campus Safety Building, while the virtual modality will take place on Zoom:

With a rapidly changing news cycle surrounding generative AI tools it is crucial for educators to stay informed. Locally, U-M has brought these tools in house with the various U-M GPT offerings. Autumm Caines, one of our instructional designers in the Hub, has been following these technologies for a few years now and brings us an introductory workshop covering the essentials including: AI vocabulary, defining the technology, practical use cases, prompt engineering basics, and an overview of several of the large scale concerns about this technology's impacts. Autumm has delivered this workshop at other institutions and conferences but this iteration will include a new section explaining and highlighting the U-M offerings.

Faculty, staff, and students are welcome.

Hub Affiliates will develop expertise on a teaching and learning topic, of their own choosing, for the benefit of the campus teaching community and receive a $3000 stipend for their work during 2024. Check out the program description for suggested topics or pitch your own.

Our work in the Hub is connective – we want to be the vehicle that helps share your thoughtful teaching strategies with each other. If you know of something that will increase student success, use the Affiliates program to share it with your colleagues. Fill out the very short interest form by October 16th.

The current Hub Affiliates are:

Amy Brainer

Bruce Maxim

Judy Nesmith

You can read more about their Hub Affiliates projects on the Hub blog and maybe reach out to them if your work connects to theirs.

by Bruce Maxim

Questions or comments? Carla Vecchiola, cvecchio@umich.edu

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