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Using AI to Enhance Pedagogy and Support YOU: In Class and Out
Led by Ralph Hale and Kelly McFaden
Zoom
At this session we will discuss the ways faculty can use AI to leverage and enhance their pedagogy as well as facilitate the non-academic parts of our jobs that seem to take up a disproportionate amount of our time.

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Kickstart Success: HIPS for the First-Year ExperienceÌý
Led by Heath Harllee and Jennifer Herrig
Unlock the power of High-Impact Practices (HIPs) to transform the first-year student experience. Learn practical strategies that boost engagement, accelerate learning, and create a solid foundation for success.

Topic: A Leadership Conversation with Dr. Denise Domizi
Director of Teaching and Learning Excellence at the University System of Georgia

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Leadership ConversationsÌý
This workshop series will focus on gaining leadership insights from proven leaders. Each session will begin with a Â鶹´«Ã½ or USG leader sharing their leadership journey and lessons learned. After each presentation, an open discussion about leadership will follow. These interactive workshops are open to faculty at all levels and academic administration. While it is encouraged to attend all five sessions in the series, participants are welcome to attend individual workshops.?

Topic: Teaching with Library Resources
Led by Melissa Lockaby and Amanda Nash

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We strongly encourage all full-time and part-time faculty at Â鶹´«Ã½ to participate in the FRAME program, a series of six workshops across the full academic year offered online via Zoom. There will be about 15 minutes of open socializing time before and after each session.

Shut Up & Write provides participants with a structured time to make progress on research and writing. We will work in one block of fifty minutes with a five-minute block of talking at the beginning and a five-minute block of talking at the end.Ìý

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Cloudy with a Chance of A’s: Weathering the Storm of Grade Inflation & Academic Entitlement
Speaker: Andrew Jakiel
Grade inflation and academic entitlement have become growing concerns in higher education over the past decades. These factors continue to challenge the integrity of academic standards and place increased pressure on faculty who wish to maintain appropriate rigor within their curriculum but may fear the consequences of adhering to a stern approach. This workshop offers college faculty a critical space to examine the roots, consequences, and current trends surrounding the dangers of grade inflation and what has been historically defined as student academic entitlement.
Participants will explore practical strategies to navigate student requests for grade changes, manage grade-related conflict with professionalism and empathy, and learn how to establish clear boundaries that uphold academic rigor while maintaining a student-centric approach in support of their university’s mission and vision.

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AI for Science
Led by Yong Wei, AI Faculty Fellow
This workshop introduces core machine-learning concepts in a scientific context. It highlights recent advances, including artificial neural networks, graph neural networks, and foundation models, and uses case studies to demonstrate their impact on research workflows and outcomes.

Topic: Unlock Your Leadership Potential: Preparing Faculty for the Annual Review and Promotion and Tenure
Speaker: Craig Greathouse, Heather Harris, and Tamara Spike

Are you seeking to empower your faculty for success? This workshop will discuss strategies needed to effectively guide faculty through the critical processes of annual reviews, tenure, and promotion.
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Methods, Methodology (and IRB)
Presented by J. Michael Rifenburg
The method we choose and the methodology that guides our selection of method is foundational to an academic argument—no matter if you are an art historian or an organic chemist. In this Friday Writing Session, we will gather and talk through qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design and look to John Creswell’s Research Design to guide our time together. And, of course, we will talk a little about the Institutional Review Board (IRB), which oversees human subject research!

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Â鶹´«Ã½ Online Academic Alerts
Speaker: Deanna Simonds, DETI
The Online Student Success Team is committed to assisting faculty with student outreach regarding concerns for students enrolled in their Â鶹´«Ã½ Online courses. The purpose of the Academic Alert system is to provide additional outreach, outside of the outreach conducted by instructors, to students who are not consistently logging into the course and/or completing assignments, who may need assistance with navigating the D2L environment or with the online learning format, or who may need additional Â鶹´«Ã½ academic resources (Tutoring, Accessibility Services, etc.). The Academic Alert form is most effective if completed earlier in the semester when issues arise so we can encourage at-risk students to complete their coursework or to consider withdrawing from the class if they do not feel as though they will be able to successfully pass the course.