Summer 2024
Upcoming Workshops
FCTL Faculty Development for Online and Hybrid Teaching
The new Policies for Online and Hybrid Teaching and Learning state that all faculty (full time and adjunct) are required to have completed training in online and/or hybrid teaching pedagogies, as relevant to the modalities they are using. This requirement is to be completed prior to being scheduled to teach in either of those modalities beginning with the Fall 2025 semester, which gives faculty the upcoming year to demonstrate that they have completed the required training. (Note, this is in addition to the training for Blackboard Ultra, which is being conducted this summer.)
Faculty who are teaching fully in-person do not need to complete these trainings (but do need to complete the Blackboard Ultra training). Otherwise, faculty must complete each workshop for the modalities that they are teaching.
The training will be offered in two ways, and you can choose which best suits your needs:
- As a fully asynchronous workshop that will be delivered in the new Blackboard (available in June). Faculty should register for workshop access now and the FCTL will send word directly when the course opens.
- As a hybrid workshop for those who prefer a more hands-on approach with a cohort of other faculty. This hybrid format will include: The first two days conducted in-person, work conducted asynchronously that you will have several days to review, and the final day conducted synchronously in Zoom. The first three sessions of each are listed below, with additional sessions offered over the upcoming year.
Hands-on Sections for Asynchronous Online Teaching Workshop
Section | In-Person | Asynchronous Work | Final Session (Zoom) |
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1 | May 21–22 | May 23–28 | May 29 |
2 | June 10–11 | June 12–16 | June 17 |
3 | July 9–10 | July 11–14 | July 15 |
Hands-on Sections for Hybrid Teaching Workshop
Section | In-Person | Asynchronous Work | Final Session (Zoom) |
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1 | May 29–30 | May 31–June 3 | June 4 |
2 | June 24–25 | June 26–30 | July 1 |
3 | July 16–17 | July 18–21 | July 22 |
Please email fctl@ric.edu for the registration link.
RITL Workshop: Reparative Humanism in Higher Education: Examining & Recasting Agreements that Govern Teaching and Learning
The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning is pleased to partner with the Rhode Island Teaching & Learning (RITL) network to offer a unique opportunity for faculty from across the different Rhode Island Higher Education Institutions to meet and learn about a common topic that impacts institutions across the State.
This workshop will:
- delve into the intricate relationship between trauma, burnout, healing, and our collective human experience, with a special emphasis on the wellbeing of faculty within the academic sphere
- explore how trauma can impact our connection to our intrinsic humanity and discuss the critical pathways to healing that are necessary to reclaim our complete sense of self and community wholeness
- discuss the concept of reparative humanism, a philosophical approach dedicated to mending the human condition through the adoption of humanistic principles
These principles advocate for recognizing the “whole” person and emphasize personal autonomy, self-determination, interconnectedness, social responsibility, and the innate worth and dignity of every individual. Our conversation will expand this concept to highlight the imperative of supporting faculty well-being in higher education, asserting that the well-being of the entire academic community, including faculty, is essential for achieving a truly inclusive and nurturing educational environment.
Each institution is limited to a certain number of participants. Contact fctl@ric.edu for application information; applications close Wednesday, May 1.
Date, Time, Location
- Monday, May 20 from 10 am–2:30 pm
- Bryant College (details forthcoming)
- Facilitated by Dr. Mays Imad, Associate Professor of Physiology and Equity Pedagogy at Connecticut College
Difficult Conversations Workshop
The American Democracy Project (ADP), the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL), and the Office of the President are sponsoring a second Difficult Conversations Workshop. The two-day workshop will be held May 15–16, (two full days, breakfast and lunch will be served each day). Additionally, we are planning follow-up opportunities for those who participated in the first cohort of the workshop last year, and we'll be in touch soon about those!
This year, we are expanding the cohort to include faculty, staff, and students from all five schools. Also, we have broadened the scope to allow participants to choose from two tracks: A classroom-focused, and a campus community/event focused.
Track A: Dialogic Classroom Workshop (2 days)
This training is designed for faculty and staff who teach in a classroom context. The workshop supports instructors in creating a more open, connected, conversational culture within the classroom. Evidence shows that the dialogic classroom supports: students’ connection to course content, readings, and lectures; a greater willingness to speak and engage new ideas; a willingness to ask genuinely curious questions of others; a greater sense of belonging in class and on campus. The workshop will address the following learning objectives:
- learn how to establish the conditions for the dialogic classroom through the use of agreements, preparation, design, and the use of space - both virtually and in-person
- build connections and trust between students to support difficult classroom conversations
- structure difficult dialogues in the classroom and design dialogue questions to invite narrative, value-based discussion, and complexity.
- use dialogue as a pedagogical tool for reflection, connection to the topic, and the development of conviction and intellectual humility
- use curricular activities as a pathway to more engagement and dialogue throughout campus and local community
Track B: Facilitator Training for Staff, Faculty, and Students (2 days)
This training is designed for anyone who is interested in designing and facilitating dialogues on campus, outside of the classroom. This workshop will support facilitators as they lead campus dialogues in response to campus, local, or world events, and conversations that are integrated into on-campus programming, such as film screenings, guest speakers, and theatre/arts productions. This workshop will address the following learning objectives:
- gain a basic understanding of what makes dialogue across deep differences difficult as well as skills to support more constructive conversations across differences
- learn a basic framework for designing conversations that include many voices, cultures, and perspectives
- build competence and confidence to begin a dialogue, facilitate, and intervene in groups to support authentic and respectful communication or mutual understanding
- build skills to design dialogue questions that foster connection to each other, to a common stimulus (art, film, theatre, lecture series, etc.), and in response to a difficult topic or current event
Contact fctl@ric.edu for application information.