Hi Friend of the CTE,
There’s one month to go in the semester—are you and your students ready to finish strong? Join our workshop/study on teaching with AI, make plans to submit a Lilly Conference proposal, and engage timely resources.
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Building Student-Centered Activities With AI: Workshop/Study |
Do you want to improve your teaching by increasing student engagement and replacing teacher-centered lectures with student-centered learning experiences? Learn how to center students in discipline-specific, in-class, concept-building/application activities by using a new custom GPT, the “Classroom Activity Builder.” To evaluate the efficacy of this tool, attendees will participate in a study during the workshop. An informed consent form is included in the registration. Laptops are required for the workshop. Note: This workshop is for research participants only. If you’re interested in the “Classroom Activity Builder,” we plan to offer future workshops using the tool.
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Thursday, April 24, 3:15-4:45 pm
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In-person only, at 320 Laws Hall
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→ Celebrate Teaching Excellence! ← |
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The CTE congratulates Dr. Hakam Alomari (Associate Professor, Computer Science & Software Engineering), the 2025 winner of the E. Phillips Knox Distinguished Teaching Award. If you missed it, be sure to read this inspiring article from Miami Matters about Hakam’s achievements. Thanks to the CTE Senate Committee for their work in selecting the awardee again this year.
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Celebrating Student Employee |
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Programs & Resources for Instructor Development |
Make sure you check out all of our new opportunities for incorporating GenAI into your teaching.
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Call for Applications for |
Faculty Learning Communities! |
Our 2025-2026 Topic-Based Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) are accepting membership applications.
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Forthcoming Special Journal Issue on Generative AI |
Are you doing classroom research on using Generative AI in teaching? If so, you are invited to consider submitting a manuscript for a special issue of the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching: Reimagining Learning Outcomes Through AI-Enhanced Pedagogy.
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The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2025.
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The Institutional Effectiveness-Teaching Connection, No. 118 |
The Institutional Effectiveness-Teaching Connection is a collaborative product of the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness and the CTE, whose goal is to translate institutional data into considerations for improving teaching and learning at Miami. The latest issue (No. 118) focuses on “Closing the Assessment Loop.”
The CTE is deeply grateful to our partner Carolyn Haynes, Senior Associate Provost and Professor, for her numerous contributions to the Connection, including this, her final contribution (No. 118).
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Why Should You Submit a Proposal for the Lilly Conference? |
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- Interact with an enthusiastic and supportive community of teacher-scholars from Miami and across the U.S. who, like you, are passionate about student learning.
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Receive helpful feedback and guidance on your work. Many Lilly presenters say crafting a proposal and presenting on their teaching inspired them to realize how significant their teaching results can be.
- Learn strategies that demonstrate your ability to reflect on and improve your practice.
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Engage in a process that can lead to a publication worthy to take its place in the knowledge base of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).
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Lilly proposals are due June 23, 2025.
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Motivating Students for Classroom Success |
Motivation is key to successful learning. This Faculty Focus article promotes evidence-based strategies for sustaining students’ motivation over the course of the semester.
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Practice Exams for Better Learning |
Research shows that practice exams are an excellent way to prepare for actual exams because they require students to implement key learning strategies such as spaced retrieval practice. This Faculty Focus article offers recommendations for using practice exams most effectively with students.
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Opportunities From Our Partners
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CREATE AI Mini-Conference |
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Friday, April 25, 8:00 am -1:00 pm, McGuffey Hall
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Students, faculty, staff, the community, and the AI-curious can explore the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) through concurrent sessions including hands-on presentations, interactive workshops, and an AI Playground—a dedicated space for participants to explore, experiment, and try AI tools.
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Lincoln Legacy Teaching and Learning Community (LLTLC) |
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May 19-20, 2025, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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The Lincoln Legacy Teaching and Learning Community is the successor to the "Faculty Summer Institute" (FSI), which for a quarter century has hosted an annual conference of educators and instructional-technology professionals.
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