2024-25 Faculty Centered Events
All sessions are Friday from 12 - 1 pm (unless otherwise noted)
- October 4, 2024 - What are Regular and Substantive Interactions in Online Courses? - Recording
- RSI Slides
- Anthony Pina - Illinois State University
- November 1, 2024 - Building a Badging System for Student Success
- Glenn Whitehouse and Andrea Fortune - Florida Gulf Coast University
- December 6, 2024 - Helping Faculty Embrace New Digital Accessibility Guidelines
- Carey Applegate - University of Illinois Springfield
- February 7, 2025 - Generative AI
- Kate Herald Browne - Heartland Community College
- March 8, 2025 -
- TBD
- April 4, 2025 -
- TBD
ION offers several professional certificates for educators facilitated by experienced practitioners in the field.
ChatGPT Discussions
You are all invited to join us at UIS for a series on ChatGPT. All sessions will be on Thursdays at 1 pm. All sessions will use the same Zoom link.
UIS Information on ChatGPT and AI Tools
- January 19 Let's Explore ChatGPT Recording
- February 2 How do we talk to our students about ChatGPT?
- February 9 Open discussion on ChatGPT - come to share or listen
- February 16 How can ChatGPT be used in my class?
- February 23 Implications of ChatGPT beyond education
- March 2 What problems may be created by ChatGPT and can we control or limit them?
- March 23 AI Uses for Marketing
- Join Cameron Ireland, Coordinator of Marketing and Graphic Design for CETL, IECC
- March 27 - Architecture, Applications, and Opportunities
- Join Yanhui Guo, Xiaoqing Li and Liang Kong from UIS
- April 6 GPT's Role as a Search Engine
- Join Ray Schroeder as we explore other uses for novel Artificial Intelligence Systems
Past Sessions
2023-24 Faculty Centered Events
- November 3, 2023 - Creating and Implementing Videos in Education - The Highlights Recording
- Jessica McDonald - Olney Central College
- December 1, 2023 - Teaching with Generative AI recording
- Google Slides for Teaching with Generative AI
- Emily Boles and Layne Morsch - University of Illinois Springfield
- February 2, 2024 - Teaching with Google Earth
- Wayne Bass - Heartland Community College
- March 8, 2024 - Designing for Diversity (slides)
- Recording of Designing for Diversity
- Michael Gillespie - Eastern Illinois University
- April 5, 2024 - Culturally Responsive Teaching and Trauma-Informed Pedagogy
- Heather Tharp and Justin Leuba, Illinois Central College
Spring 2023 Faculty Centered Events
- February 3, 2023 - Ungrading Recording
Stephanie Kratz, Heartland Community College - March 3, 2023 - Collaborative Learning/Small Group Learning Recording
Cyndi Boyce, Illinois Eastern Community Colleges - April 14, Measurable Learning Outcomes
Lydia Elliott, Illinois Central College - May 5, OER Enabled Pedagogy - Postponed
Becky Parton, Lincoln Land Community College
Fall 2022 Sessions
- October 7, 2022 - Universal Design for Learning
Video of the UDL session
Kona Jones and Jarry Brown, Richland Community College - November 4, 2022 - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Layne Morsch, University of Illinois Springfield - December 2, 2022 - DEI/Anti-Racist Teaching
Jessica Bastian, Illinois Central College