Thank you all for a wonderful and enriching academic year. Please find some recordings from our previous workshops, the 2024 Expo, and the May 9th Faculty Day below, along with some new announcements and resources. We look forward to seeing you all next year at our future events and opportunities!

The 2024 University Scholarship & Best Practices Expo was a huge success! Thank you to all who attended, presented, and volunteered to make the Expo run as smoothly and professionally as possible. Special thank you to the Expo Committee and Proposal Review Board, University Communications, Senior Leadership, Special Events, Information Technology, the Center for Beverage Education & Innovation, Social Media Team, Facilities, Digital Communications, and Design & Editorial for your continued support! We look forward to seeing you next year at Expo 2025!

Faculty, you all received a link to the Faculty Summer Toolkit, which includes all of the presentations, resources, and materials from all the rotation sessions from May 9th. You can find this link on our JWULink page, or please reach out to us (CTL@jwu.edu) with any questions.

The Generative Artificial Intelligence committee would like to share the link to the AI in Higher Education: Faculty & Staff Guide. The results from their exit poll showed that many faculty were interested in more specific information related to AI and prompt engineering. Please view the link below during your work over the summer, where you have access to the wealth of information available to support your course development.

Be sure to check out our JWULink page to view all of the recorded sessions and resources from the 2023-2024 academic year!

The Center welcomed Sydney Duncombe, Ph.D., to the Providence campus on Friday, April 5th. Dr. Duncombe gave a lecture workshop on best practices of how to communicate complex discussion topics to any audience.

John Varlaro, Ph.D., SPHR, GPH, Professor, College of Business, was joined by Open Access Teaching Case Journal (OATCJ) and Conestoga College colleagues Kimberlee Carter, BE.d., MA and Fatih Yegul, Ph.D., in this workshop that provided attendees with information on open access (OA) and open educational resource (OER) case studies. They discussed the differences between OER / OA case materials and their implications for publishing and teaching. In addition, attendees learned about the Open Access Teaching Case Journal (OATCJ), including publication expectations and OATCJ case adoption for the classroom.

We are pleased to announce the members of the NEW Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) Response Committee!

James Woods, Chair, College of Business

Tim Brown, College of Food Innovation & Technology

Sarah Campbell, Providence Library Reference & Instruction Services

Lisa Foster, College of Health & Wellness

Katrina Herold, College of Food Innovation & Technology, Center for Teaching & Learning

David Meincke, Providence Library Digital Resources & Services

Heather Myers, Instructional Design & Technology

Adam Peal, College of Arts & Sciences

Kristin Pendergast, Community Standards & Conduct

Emily Reaves, College of Food Innovation & Technology

Diane Santurri, College of Engineering & Design

Desiree Schuler, College of Arts & Sciences

Rory Senerchia, College of Arts & Sciences

Karen Shea, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Teaching & Learning

Raymond Zoller, College of Food Innovation & Technology

We are pleased to announce NEW members of the Center for Teaching & Learning's Comprehensive Committee!

Ezenwayi Amaechi Ejiribe, College of Health & Wellness

Karen Gordon, Academic Administrative Coordinator, Charlotte Campus

Richard Miscovich, College of Food Innovation & Technology

Erin Wynn, College of Arts & Sciences

The Cultural Life Series Committee welcomes nominations for future speakers!

Nominated speakers should enhance and add to what students receive in the classroom and ideally reach across disciplines.

JWU began offering the Cultural Life Program in the early 1990s to create meaningful learning opportunities for students outside the classroom, to expand students' knowledge of the world and directly engage the Johnson & Wales community in important global social issues. These educational events have brought renowned novelists, scientists, journalists, activists, and scholars to JWU, both to present topics related to the human experience and to engage with students and faculty across multiple disciplines.

Previous speakers include: Claire Wardle (2024); Chef Sean Sherman (2023); Paul Piff, PhD (2022); Rachel Herz, PhD (2021), Helene Wecker (2016), Seung Chan Lim (2015), and Ellen Kushner (2013).

The Eagle Institute - Air University

Montgomery, Alabama

October 17-18, 2024

Deadline for proposal submission is May 1, 2024

College and university faculty and practitioners from all disciplines are invited to submit proposals on topics of innovative pedagogical strategies. Presentations that center around ideas such as artificial Intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and other horizon technologies in higher education are highly encouraged.

Session formats include 50-minute interactive learning sessions, panels, or roundtable presentations, and 20-minute academic research sessions. Posters will also be considered.

The Mission of ISETL is to provide opportunities to share evidence-based instructional practices and research related to teaching and learning in higher education in a collegial, interactive environment that leads to positive changes in teaching practice.

For additional information or to submit a proposal: www.isetl.org

270 Weybosset Street, Richmond Building 1st Floor

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