Facilitator: Krista K. Westrick-Payne, PhD, Assistant Director, National Center for Family & Marriage Research  Session Type: Demonstration  Session Category: Scholarship  Duration: 1 hour  Location: Online via Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  Join the final session in the Quantitative Data Analysis & Visualization Series facilitated by the Center for Family and Demographic Research. Learn how to merge art and science to create impactful visualizations. Discover the different types of visualizations you can create, some basic dos and don’ts (with examples), as well as different programs in which to create visualizations. Learn how to use data to tell a story with charts and figures in this informing session!  In this session, you will:  Identify different types of charts and figures and when to use them.  Integrate basic design principles in creating charts in Excel.  Explore other programs and platforms available for visualizing data.  Please note: Many of the examples provided during the session will be in Excel so having a basic understanding of the program will be useful.  To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 Quantitative Data Analysis & Visualization CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event.

Facilitator: Division of Inclusion and Belonging  Session Type: Interactive Workshop  Session Category: Equity & Access, Success & Belonging  Duration: 3 hours  Modality: In-person (see registration form for location of each session) Description & Learning Outcomes:  The Safe Zone Project at Bowling Green State University promotes awareness of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) individuals. Its goals are to increase awareness of LGBTQ+ people and issues, create gender-inclusive change on campus and in society, and form an understanding of the impact of intersectionality on identities and systems. The project aims to improve the climate for LGBTQ+ individuals at BGSU and make allies visible and involved with LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff.  In this session, you will:  Clarify your understanding of basic/intermediate LGBTQ+-related definitions.  Develop and/or advance your understanding of socialization.  Clarify your understanding of gender identity, gender expression, sex assigned at birth, and various orientations.  Learn about US LGBTQ+ policies/law, specifically in the state of Ohio.  Identify job-relevant behaviors and techniques rooted in allyship.  Develop an action plan.  To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 Campus Partner CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Facilitator: Dr. Neil Baird, Professor of English; Director, University Writing Program; English Department & CFE Faculty Associate  Session Type: Interactive Workshop  Session Category: Pedagogical Innovation  Duration: 1 hour  Location: Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  In this workshop, you will be introduced to five dimensions to AI literacy: 1) human-first approaches to AI, 2) how generative AI works, 3) prompt generation, 4) ethical use, including issues of bias and inclusion, and 5) assessing output use. Taking a “small teaching” approach, you will be introduced to small tweaks you can make to your teaching to promote AI literacy in your students while teaching the content you need to teach.  In this session, you will:  Describe the dimensions of AI literacy.  Explain how generative AI can support the critical thinking of students.  Apply dimensions of AI literacy to small teaching practices.   To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 Faculty Associate CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Facilitator: Dr. Radhika Gajjala, Professor, School of Media & Communication  Session Type: Panel Discussion  Session Category: Equity & Access; Pedagogical Innovation; Success & Belonging  Duration: 60 minutes  Location: Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  How do we balance AI's potential with ethical and privacy concerns? This panel will bring together faculty and staff to explore the complexities of AI in classroom and in the workplace. You'll delve into critical questions about data privacy, bias, and the impact on employment. Walk away with a deeper understanding of how to navigate AI's opportunities and challenges responsibly.    In this session, you will:  Recall key ethical and privacy considerations related to AI in education.  List potential impacts of AI on employment and workplace dynamics in academia.  Reflect on your own perspective regarding the balance between AI challenges and opportunities.  This session is part of the AI in Higher Ed Series offered by the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE). Participants who attend three sessions in this series may receive the AI in Higher Ed email signature stamp.  To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 AI in Higher Ed Series CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Facilitator: Hoang Do, Assistant Director, C. Raymond Marvin Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement  Session Type: Info Session  Session Category: Pedagogical Innovation, Success & Belonging  Duration: 1 hour  Location: Online via Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  Join the C. Raymond Marvin Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement for this informative session on service-learning pedagogy. Gain a deep understanding of service-learning’s core principles and the benefits for both educators and students. Whether you are new to service-learning pedagogy or are seeking to enhance your existing courses, you will leave with a clear understanding of how service-learning can enrich your courses and contribute to your students’ holistic development.  In this session, you will:  Define the core principles and concepts of service-learning pedagogy including its definition, principles, and history.  Recognize and articulate the benefits of integrating service-learning into your teaching practices.   Identify opportunities for incorporating service-learning pedagogy into their courses.    To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 Campus Partner CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event.   

Facilitator: Dr. Darren Pulsipher, Principal Consultant, Paidar Productions LLC, Host & Producer of Embracing Digital Transformation Podcast  Session Type: Interactive Workshop  Session Category: Pedagogical Innovation  Duration: 2 hours  Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union Room 308  Description & Learning Outcomes:  In this interactive two-hour workshop, you will dive deeper into the transformative power of Generative AI, building a foundation for insights that will be shared during keynote. The session offers hands-on experience with the latest techniques, including role-playing scenarios and practical exercises for applying Generative AI in various contexts. During the workshop you will also explore how individuals can leverage Generative AI in their day-to-day work to unleash their creativity and productivity.  By the end of the workshop, you will have created tangible assets using Generative AI tools, learned the art of prompt engineering, and explored advanced techniques such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, constrained prompting, and scorecarding.  In this session, you will:  Gain hands-on experience with Generative AI tools and techniques.   Learn and practice prompt engineering to optimize AI outputs.   Understand and apply retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to enhance information retrieval.   Practice constrained prompting to guide AI behavior effectively.   Develop scorecarding skills to evaluate and refine AI-generated outputs.   Build and take away practical AI-driven assets for personal and professional use.  This session is open to all members of the BGSU teaching community, including faculty, instructors, graduate students, and staff.  To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 AI in Higher Ed Series CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Speaker: Darren Pulsipher, Ph.D., Principal Consultant, Paidar Productions LLC, Host & Producer of Embracing Digital Transformation Podcast  Session Type: Keynote  Session Category: Pedagogical Innovation  Duration: 1 hour  Location: Olscamp Hall, Room 101  Description & Learning Outcomes:  If your team is not producing, creating, or engaging, it’s time to ask the question, “Why Not?” It’s usually not the obvious, nor what you think. It’s the hidden repeating patterns of fears, excuses, and apologies that have infiltrated your organization, mission, and mindset, but no one is talking about them because they’re only showing up to do their job. Nothing more. Nothing less.  In this funny, yet informative, truth telling presentation, you will learn about a series of 6-steps to get everyone playing on the same page, and standing up in their power to own their brilliance and to tell fears, excuses, and apologies to take a hike so that productivity, collaboration, innovation, and creativity can take the lead.  In this session, you will:  Discover how Generative AI can enhance creativity, leading to innovative solutions and new opportunities.   Learn how to utilize Generative AI to improve performance and streamline workflows.   Understand the impact of Generative AI on the quality of products and services.   Gain strategies to empower individuals and organizations to become highly productive using Generative AI tools.   Explore real-world examples and case studies that demonstrate the benefits and applications of Generative AI.  This session is open to all members of the BGSU community, including undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, instructors, and staff, as well as members of the general public.  To register for this event, use the Harnessing Generative AI for Unmatched Creativity and Efficiency Keynote Address Registration form. Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Facilitator(s)/Speaker(s): Holly Barber, Instructional Designer, Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) & Anna Rood, Instructional Designer, Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE)  Session Type: Interactive Workshop  Session Category: Pedagogical Innovation  Duration: 1 hour  Location: Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  Discover how to create micro-learning videos to deliver small, engaging chunks of information. Learn to design micro-learning videos that align with your learning objectives. Start with an introduction to micro-learning and its benefits. Then, analyze learning objectives and design engaging videos. Gain insights on making your videos accessible to all learners.  In this session, you will:  Understand the principles of micro-learning and its benefits.  Identify learning objectives and design engaging micro-learning video content that aligns with them.  Identify appropriate video creation tools to create high-quality, engaging micro-learning videos with accessibility in mind.  Develop a video script for a micro-learning topic that can be incorporated into their teaching practice.  To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 CFE-Facilitated Session Registration Form.   Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

 Facilitators: Holly Barber, Instructional Designer, Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) & Anna Rood, Instructional Designer, Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE)  Session Type: Interactive Workshop  Session Categories: Outcomes & Assessment, Pedagogical Innovation  Duration: 1.5 hours  Location: Online via Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  In this workshop, you will learn how to create a New Quiz in Canvas and how to set up quiz settings. New Quizzes is an updated assessment engine that integrates with Canvas and replaces the Classic Quizzes functionality. You will explore new question types such as Categorization, Ordering, and Hot Spots as well as discuss how to manage item banks. You will have an opportunity to create questions in an item bank in one of your Canvas courses and utilize the item bank in a quiz.  In this session, you will:  Identify question types.   Explore what the student sees when taking a quiz.   Discuss how to moderate exams for accessibility.   Create and utilize a New Quiz item bank.   To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 CFE-Facilitated Session Registration Form.   Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Facilitators:   Chelsea Chandler, Director, Center for Faculty Excellence  Laura Sheets, Assistant Professor/Instruction Services Librarian, Library Teaching & Learning  Session Type: Interactive Workshop  Session Category: Outcomes & Assessment  Duration: 1 hour  Location: Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  Rubrics are powerful tools to guide students and evaluate authentic learning outcomes, but AI poses unique challenges to assessment. During this interactive workshop, you will explore rubric design best practices with a focus on transparency, empowering students with clear guidelines for success. Together, we’ll critically evaluate sample rubrics to identify potential pitfalls where AI might undermine your assessment goals, such as ambiguous criteria. By the end of the session, you'll have the tools and knowledge to design or re-design detailed rubrics that foster critical thinking and enhance student learning.  In this session, you will:  Describe rubric design practices that support the assessment of authentic student work.  Critically evaluate sample rubrics to identify areas where generative AI use could undermine assessment goals.   Create a plan to design or re-design a rubric that effectively assesses authentic student work.  This session is part of the AI-Ready Assignment Design Series offered by the University Libraries and the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE). Participants who attend three sessions in this series may receive a AI-Ready Assignment Design email signature stamp.  To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 AI-Ready Assignment Design Series CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Facilitators:   Terence Armentano, Assistant Director, BGSU Online & QM Coordinator   Chris Kluse, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Technology &  Certified QM Peer Reviewer  Jillian Jevack, Doctoral Candidate, Organization Development & Change (DODC) & Instructional Designer   Shelley Moore, Teaching Professor, Department of Applied Technology; CFE Faculty Associate, & QM Certified Master Reviewer, Peer Reviewer, & APPQMR  Session Type: Dialogue Session  Session Category: Outcomes & Assessment  Duration: 1.5 hours  Location: Online via Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  Want to create high-quality online or hybrid courses that meet national benchmarks of best practices in online and hybrid instructional design? Quality Matters (QM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality assurance in online course design. This informational session will provide an overview of Quality Matters, their rubric standards, and benefits of using the QM rubric. Come learn more about how Quality Matters can impact your online course design and help ensure your courses are designed using evidenced-based practices.  In this session, you will:  Identify the benefits of designing online/hybrid courses using research-based standards of best practices.    Recognize Quality Matters as one of the premiere organizations in the promotion of quality assurance in higher education online/hybrid course design.    Identify resources at BGSU that can assist with meeting quality assurance in online/hybrid course design.  To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 Faculty Associate CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Facilitator(s)/Speaker(s): Holly Barber, Instructional Designer, Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) & Anna Rood, Instructional Designer, Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE)  Session Type: Interactive Workshop  Session Category: Pedagogical Innovation  Duration: 1.5 hours  Location: Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  Join us for an engaging workshop on using Canvas Studio software within the Canvas LMS! Participants will learn to identify key features of Canvas Studio and discover how to record and edit videos. Additionally, the workshop will cover creating in-video quizzes and discussions, applying auto-closed captions, and utilizing student analytics. By the end of the session, attendees will be equipped with practical skills to create interactive and accessible video content for their courses. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your teaching with Canvas Studio!  In this session, you will:  Identify Canvas Studio features.   Discover how to record and edit videos.   Create in-video quizzes & discussions.   Apply auto-closed captions.   Utilize student analytics.   To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 CFE-Facilitated Session Registration Form.   Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Facilitators:   Edith Scarletto, Associate Professor/Reference & Instruction Librarian, Library Teaching & Learning  Beth Fridrick, Assistant Professor/Collections & Electronic Resources Librarian, Library Teaching & Learning  Session Type: Info Session  Session Category: Scholarship  Duration: 1 hour  Location: Online via Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  Joining the scholarly conversation in your field can be intimidating. Where should you submit your article manuscript? Are some journals better than others? What about the emails you get from random journals asking you to submit your work? Using library databases such as Journal Citation Reports and Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, the facilitator will demonstrate how to find and evaluate scholarly journals in your field and discuss the indicators of deceptive publishing practices.  In this session, you will learn how to:  Use library databases and online resources to identify scholarly journals in your field(s).   Identify the red flags of deceptive publishing practices.   Evaluate scholarly journals based on various identifiers, such as impact factors and journal citation indicators.   This session is part of the Research Ready Series offered by the University Libraries and the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE). This series has been designed for graduate students, but all BGSU faculty, adjunct instructors, graduate students, and staff are welcomed and encouraged to participate. Participants who attend three sessions in this series may receive the Research Ready Series email signature stamp.  To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 University Libraries CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Facilitator(s)/Speaker(s): Dr. Chelsea Chandler, Director, Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) & Sally Thelen, Program Coordinator (CFE)  Session Type: Interactive Workshop  Session Category: Pedagogical Innovation  Duration: 1 hour  Location: Online via Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  Ready to transform your conference presentation or departmental workshop into a dynamic, engaging learning experience? Whether you're preparing an interactive session for the Teaching and Learning Summit, a conference session, or a one-time workshop, this hands-on session will introduce you to the building blocks of creating an engaging session, from captivating openings to impactful closings. We'll explore how to design compelling opening activities that grab attention and set the stage for learning and discover strategies for balancing content delivery with interactive engagement throughout your session. Finally, we'll delve into effective closing activities that prompt reflection, solidify takeaways, and inspire action planning.   By attending this session, you will be able to:  Design compelling opening activities to immediately engage participants and set the stage for learning.  Enhance learning by activating prior knowledge and outlining foundational concepts.  Design the middle of a session to effectively balance content delivery with interactive engagement and knowledge application.  Implement closing activities that prompt reflection, solidify key takeaways, and create actionable plans for participants.  To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 CFE-Facilitated Session Registration Form.   Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Facilitators:   Laura Sheets, Assistant Professor/Library Instruction Coordinator, Library Teaching & Learning  Maureen Barry, Acting First Year Experience Coordinator, Library Teaching & Learning  Session Type: Interactive Workshop  Categories: Pedagogical Innovation, Success & Belonging  Duration: 1 hour  Location: Online via Zoom   Session Description & Learning Outcomes:  The punitive language used when discussing plagiarism and academic dishonesty in higher education creates an environment of mistrust, shame, and guilt in our learning spaces. In this workshop, you will learn about how a shift in the language used around citations and academic dishonesty can ease student stress and create a relationship of care between you and your students. We will share multidisciplinary perspectives from the literature, engage in a discussion, and ideate new approaches to discussing citation practices with students. You will gain practical strategies for immediate implementation.   In this session, you will learn how to:  Recognize how the punitive culture of citations in higher education works against our educational mission.   Communicate the value of information and the WHY of citation practices to students who are novices to these concepts.  Implement different approaches to teaching citations in order to cultivate a more inclusive, less fearful classroom culture.  To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 University Libraries CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event.