Workshops
The Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) holds events, throughout the year, that are intended to provide our teaching community with opportunities for learning and improving teaching skills, networking, sharing ideas, and viewing demonstrations of some of the new, emerging pedagogical techniques and technologies that we are exploring.
Workshop Listing
Beginning in January, Wright State Online, in association with the Center for Faculty Excellence, will host workshops focusing on ADA compliance. Additional details for the workshops will be communicated early in the Spring Semester.
- January 17: Compliance: What – Why – How
- January 31: Video Captioning: Best Practices
- February 14: Compliant Documents: Best Practices
- February 28: Alt Text and Images: Best Practices
- March 14: Recorded Lectures: Video Best Practices
- March 28: Graphic Design: Best Practices
- April 11: Pilot/LMS: Best Practices for Instructional Design and Course Organization
Quality Matters (QM) Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR) (7th Edition) Workshop
Learn the underlying principles behind the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric (7th Edition) and the critical elements of the QM quality assurance process. Learn about drafting helpful recommendations as you apply the Rubric to an actual course. The effective instructional design principles included in the workshop apply to all learning environments (face-to-face, online, and blended learning). This workshop would be helpful to a broad audience, including faculty (full-time and part-time), administrators, and staff helping to design and develop courses. It would also benefit anyone considering the adoption of a quality assurance process for online and hybrid learning. The APPQMR is the prerequisite for the Peer Reviewer Course, which is required to become a QM Peer Reviewer.
The APPQMR workshop is an eight-hour, one-day online session. To receive credit for completion, participants must attend the entire session and participate in all workshop activities and discussions. The registered participants will receive information about the session (including the WebEx link) the week of the class.
- Friday, January 24, 2025, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual (WebEx link to be sent)
- Friday, March 21, 2025, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual (WebEx link to be sent)
Teaching for Student Success Symposium
The Center for Faculty Excellence hosted a Teaching for Student Success Symposium on the afternoon of Thursday, August 22. The on-campus event provided information, motivation, and new ways to think about teaching your students as you prepare for a new semester.
- Dr. Amelia Salazar, Vice President of Student Success
- Welcome, Provost Amy Thompson
- Keynote, Dr. Corey Seemiller
- “Get Ready, Get Set, Get Gen-Z!” Dr. Corey Seemiller is an educator, researcher, and author on issues related to leadership and civic engagement. She received her Ph.D. in Higher Education and serves as a faculty member in the Department of Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations at Wright State University. Corey has worked in higher education for more than 20 years, fueling her passion in developing the leadership capacity of college students. She is the author of The Student Leadership Competencies Guidebook to help educators develop intentional leadership curriculum, Generation Z Goes to College to prepare educators to best serve and develop Generation Z students, and Generation Z Leads offering insight on creating leadership development experiences for Generation Z students. During this session, Dr. Seemiller will give a short overview of Gen Z - their motivations, aspirations, communication styles, etc. She will focus on the societal influences that have shaped them as a way to help shed light on WHY they behave as they do (when it comes to cultural humility). You will have the opportunity to ask questions and figure out how you can best work with our students this year.
- Breakout Sessions
Mental Health is Health – Panel Discussion – Facilitator – Sara Baker, Panelists – Barb Marsh, Evan Curtin, Rachel Sturm, Ugboaku Elizabeth Chukwudi
Far too often, mental health is misunderstood. However, our mental and emotional states profoundly impact our daily lives, relationships, and productivity. The panel discussion aims to redefine how we perceive mental health by defining the common misconceptions, the importance of destigmatization, and identifying practical strategies for promoting mental wellness and supporting students who may be struggling.
The Science of Learning – Sheri Stover
Research shows that students frequently use ineffective learning strategies. Participants will learn how to design classes where students use effective learning strategies to enhance long-term memory. These effective learning strategies include retrieval practice, robust and immediate feedback, spaced practice, and interleaving or mixing studying.
Roundtable – Quick Tips to Create a Veteran and Military Friendly Classroom – Seth Gordon, Joe Young, Aiden Dowd
Student veterans and military-connected students bring maturity, experience, and sometimes unique challenges to the classroom. In this roundtable we will address a few ways to make your syllabus and your course more accommodating for veteran and military connected students. Student veterans will be present to answer questions.
Roundtable – Teaching Global for Local Practice Through Global Health Learning – Rosemary Eustace
There is a high demand of preparing a culturally-competent and responsive global citizen in higher education. The purpose of this presentation will be to share a global health learning teaching strategy that engages students for success in culturally competent global health and social care for local practice. At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to describe a pre- and post-learning activity that facilitate students’ critical analysis of a global health issue from two worldviews (i.e. readings vs first hand experiences) and how the teaching can impact students’ lifelong learning plans.
Communicating Complex Ideas: Tools and Techniques for Effective Poster Presentations for Diverse Audiences – Terry Oroszi & Rajiv Ramdat
Explaining our research to and getting constructive feedback from audiences outside our field can be tricky. This workshop addresses this by using a blend of focused instruction and collaborative role-playing to create a dynamic learning environment. Participants will practice tailoring their message, simplifying jargon, and anticipating audience questions. The goal is for each person to leave the workshop with increased confidence and communication skills that translate directly to more impactful poster presentations and broader engagement. Individuals are invited to bring their own posters to use in role-play.
AI and Student Success – Cogan Shimizu & Michael Raymer
In the post-COVID era, leveraging – and reliance on – AI tools has become commonplace: from AI summaries or transcriptions of Zoom meetings to wholesale writing of assignments. AI tools – and accessibility – are here to stay, what comes next is how they can be thus leveraged for student success, avoiding pitfalls, and educating students and instructors on "right place and right time" practices for AI tool use in instructional settings. This session will be an initial presentation on AI tools commonly available to students followed by a guided discussion on how these AI tools can impact student success.
Roundtable – Fostering a Learning Environment: Peer Instruction – Nick Ritucci & Bridgett Severt
It is the goal of any course to provide students an environment that promotes excellent learning outcomes. Students, of course, have a responsibility to want to learn but we as educators certainly play a role in fostering a learning environment. We have recently started to use an in-class technique called peer instruction to help do just that. Peer instruction is an active learning technique guided by the instructor that gives students the opportunity to teach each other material. This affords them a comfortable setting during class time in which to learn. We saw significant improvement in the number of students with A’s and B’s and a significant drop in the DFW rate using peer instruction at various strategic times during the semester.
Roundtable – Equity and Inclusion in Your Classroom – Equity Champions: Kelly Schellhouse, Jes Barnett, Emily Yantis-Houser
Join some of the faculty and staff who have completed the WSU Equity Champions program as they discuss some practical, research-based strategies that you can use in your own classroom to help students feel as if they belong.
Accommodating the Needs of Transgender Students in Your Classroom – Patricia Schiml, Emily Yantis-Houser, Gabe Hartsock, Amity Blackton, Fin Harris, & Zenith Benjamin
This presentation will highlight unique needs of WSU’s transgender students and the services available to them. We will discuss resources to which faculty might direct transgender students, including the Office of LGBTQA Affairs, all-gender and universal access restrooms, legal and practical assistance for name changes, and much more. Finally, we will hear from a panel of transgender students about their experiences here at Wright State.
Roundtable – AI-Enhanced Visuals for a Neurodiversity-Inclusive Accounting Education – Brad Mikus
This session will present a transformative approach to accounting education for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Participants will hear about an example from ACC 3020 which uses DALL·E-generated visuals with exaggerated emotional expressions to demystify complex accounting principles. They will experience a live demonstration of the creation and customization of these images. Additionally, participants will discuss leveraging AI to champion neurodiversity in the professional trajectory of future Wright State graduates.
Roundtable – More Equity and Inclusion in Your Classroom – Equity Champions: Patrick Sonner, Nicolyn Woodcock, Christa Agiro, Carolyn Jackson
Join some more of the faculty and staff who have completed the WSU Equity Champions program as they discuss some practical, research-based strategies that you can use in your own classroom to help students feel as if they belong. This session will focus on different strategies than the 2:35 session did.
Recorded Workshops and Presentations
We also collaborate with different groups and departments, across campus, to develop events that are specifically tailored to your needs. If you would like to request such an event, contact CFE at cfe@wright.edu.
