Caption: Professor Tammy Trujillo led a workshop on how faculty can plan, record, edit, and publish their own podcast at this workshop held in Extended University Commons on Friday, January 30.

Lecturer

Department of Child and Adolescent Development

"I have just returned from Kathmandu, Nepal where I was on a Fulbright Specialist Project in which I was supposed to be completing an evaluation of an alternative education program called Book Free Fridays for the Kathmandu Metropolitan City Schools. Because of delays due to shifting political priorities, the evaluation work also could not happen as expected. During the Spring Semester 2026 and Summer 2026 we plan to finish the evaluation with a team in Nepal headed by the Principals Association of Nepal and a team here at CSUN including undergraduate and graduate students who are volunteering to work on the project and were identified through connecting with the HERE Center. It is good the work continues because there is talk at many different levels of scaling up the program across Nepal, and a strong evaluation will be crucial for that.

For more information, please contact me at joanne.pandey@csun.edu. "

Are you interested in designing more learner-centered courses? In the Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses course, you will learn practices proven to align assessments, assignments, and learning experiences that offer students clarity around what they are learning and how they will be assessed. Participants who complete the course will earn a microcredential from the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE).

FacDev has created a Canvas course with a number of AI-related resources. Topics include course design and AI policies, talking to students about AI, designing assignments, and creating custom chatbots. Faculty can also share assignments and pose questions in discussion forums. Recently added pages include:

Interested in writing accountability this spring? Join the Office of Faculty Programs and Initiatives Mondays and Tuesdays this semester from noon to 1 p.m. For questions email Dr. Anne Choi.

With Jamie Johnson, Associate Librarian

CSUN University Library’s Subject Specialists support teaching and research in ways many faculty don’t always know about. Learn what they do, how to work with them, and bring your questions. Feel free to bring your lunch!

Join us to learn the basics of AI literacy in a faculty-focused session led by subject expert librarian Kimberlie Sullivan. Co-sponsored by The University Library and Faculty Development.

In this workshop, FacDev's instructional designers will cover how to talk to your students about AI, introduce the AI Assessment Scale, discuss different levels of AI assignments from AI-resistant to AI-inclusive, and help you brainstorm ideas for your class. There will be time for you to work in community on redesigning an assignment for your course.

This faculty workshop introduces CSUN's core Microsoft 365 tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Outlook, Teams, OneNote, Loop, and Copilot AI) as a unified collaboration ecosystem. The session demonstrates how these tools enable effective collaboration with colleagues and students through file sharing, co-creation, persistent project spaces, and streamlined communication. 

You can empower students to boost their learning by introducing them to effective learning strategies. Join us for this session to learn about the five-step study cycle and short activities that will help students reflect on their performance and adapt their learning strategies.

Join us this semester for these four mini-writing retreats. Come and write in community! Faculty do not need to attend all four sessions.

Learn effective and enjoyable strategies to be a productive writer no matter how busy the semester gets.

This in-person workshop guides participants in effectively using classroom technology through the room touch panel, including changing inputs, controlling cameras and audio, adjusting projection screens, connecting document cameras and laptops, joining Zoom sessions, and Zoom recording management.

Learn how you can add simple, quick active learning strategies to your class so you are not lecturing the whole time. These can be included in your lesson plan or added on the fly when you notice students aren't engaged and you want to get them to participate.