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Lunch Break

   12:20 p.m.-1:10 p.m. MT

Bring your lunch and join fellow conference goers for lunch and conversation in E-390. A quiet lunch space is also available for lunch and heads down time in E-351.

Active Learning with Confidence (and without the Burnout)

   1:25 p.m.-2:15 p.m. MT, CASE E-390

With , PhD, City University of New York (ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥NY)

We know from the learning sciences that active learning is the best way to learn. Empowering students to be active learners can introduce uncertainty in a classroom that looks and sounds different from a more traditional one. In this workshop, we brainstorm our priorities so we can be sturdy leaders throughout the learning process. Participants come away with a student self-evaluation structure that works in any classroom.

Curriculum Revision for Large Courses: Data-driven Strategies for Increased Engagement and Student Success

   2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m. MT, CASE E-390

With Dr. Warren Sconiers, Associate Teaching Professor and Dr. Katja Friedrich, Professor

Drs. Sconiers and Friedrich will discuss strategies that the EBIO and ATOC programs are implementing to address engagement/student success in large courses. 

AI in Teaching & Learning Panel

   3:35 p.m.-4:25 p.m. MT, CASE E-390

With Dr. Sriram Sankaranarayanan, CSCI; Dr. Lee Frankel Goldwater, ENVS; Dr. Kai Larsen, BUS); Dr. Brianne Cohen, ARTH; Aneesh Waikar, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Student

Generative AI tools have become publicly available and easily accessible raising concerns, questions and curiosity about its use in teaching & learning. In this panel, we will hear from both ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ faculty and students regarding their experience, concerns and discovery on the effective use of AI to promote learning.

Pedagogy of a Peacebuilder (Plenary)

   9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. MT, CASE E-390 or

With , Director of Engagement, YOUnify

Although, it is safe to assume that most people, when asked, would declare that peace is a value that they hold dear, there are very few people who have actually had any peace education. And yet, we are indirectly taught ideas about peace that directly impact the way we encounter those with whom we disagree. In this session, we will investigate whether or not our unconscious peacebuilding education might be one of the primary factors leading to conflict in our communities as well as explore some techniques to unlearn this pedagogy in order to make real peace a possibility.

Climate and Processing Emotions through Creative Pedagogy

   11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. MT, CASE E-390

With Beth Osnes, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre & Performance Studies

Many of our students experience a variety of negative emotions when engaging with the issue of climate change through coursework and in their lives. Experience creative pedagogical strategies and projects that can support students in processing negative emotions and even associating positive emotions with engagement in climate-related issues. This can sustain climate engagement and feed constructive hope regarding climate action.