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December 2024 Tuesday Tips
3rd December 2024
Tuesday Teaching Tip: Improve Your Instruction with the AI Retrofit in January
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has proven to be a significant disruption to higher education. It has changed the tools students have at their disposal for accomplishing tasks like coding, writing, and creating. It has also changed the workplaces students will enter and the tools teachers have to prepare them for the world. We need to reconsider what we are teaching, why we are teaching it, how the world has changed and how we can make sure students are learning what they need to know. We need a retrofit.
FDEV, TLP, and campus partners are thrilled to offer our popular AI Retrofit this January 6-10. This completely online intensive gives faculty the tools, space, and time to carefully consider key questions about AI and their instruction. Teaching writing in a world with AI will be the focus (STEM version coming in May). We are updating the material right now, but you can view this previous schedule (Google Doc) to get an idea of the structure. The work is guided by best practices and experienced facilitators, but faculty will need to make the decision about how to adapt their work to this new world. The previous versions have some of the highest assessments of any programming we have offered.
Review the full call for applications (Google Doc) and apply now! Applications are due on December 13th at 11:59 p.m.
- Format: Online January 6-10, 2025
- Who: All Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturer Faculty
- Funding: FDEV
- Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
- Contact: Zach Justus
Visit the FDEV website for AI information and resources.
Zach Justus
Director of Faculty Development
Professor of Communication Arts and SciencesGoogle Voice/Text: 530-487-4150
All past Tuesday Tips are curated on the FDEV website.
10th December 2024
Tuesday Teaching Tip: Catch Your Breath
This has been an eventful semester. The CSU is engaged in Strategic Planning(opens in new window), as are we at Chico State. In fact, the President’s Office currently lists three ongoing initiatives and many of us have also participated in the Reimagining work in Academic Affairs. If you have served on any of these committees or participated by responding to surveys or speaking up at events you have helped move these conversations forward and that work is appreciated. The normal work of the University does not go on pause during these times so if it feels like a lot is going on–it is because there is.
As we look towards the end of the semester I encourage you to give yourselves, your peers, and your students a little extra grace. This has been a busy fall semester, but not just for you. It has also been taxing for your colleague who is late to the faculty meeting and your student who is asking for an extension on their final paper due to illness. A lot of work in the academy is done in relative isolation and it is easy for us to think the stress and pressure of the work is unique for us, it is not, it is everywhere. So take a minute to catch your breath knowing a longer spell of relief is around the corner.
Finally, a reminder that applications for the Winter AI Retrofit are due on Friday. Review the full call for applications (Google Doc) and apply now(opens in new window)!
- Format: Online January 6-10, 2025
- Who: All Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturer Faculty
- Funding: FDEV
- Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
- Contact: Zach Justus
Visit the FDEV website for AI information and resources.
Zach Justus
Director of Faculty Development
Professor of Communication Arts and SciencesGoogle Voice/Text: 530-487-4150
All past Tuesday Tips are curated on the FDEV website.
17th December 2024
Tuesday Teaching Tip: Spring Preview
Hey folks! We are at the finish line. We wanted to share our planned set of offerings for the spring so you can get an idea of what kind of support you can expect from us. We have had a great fall working with faculty on an array of projects and we cannot wait to see what you are working on in 2025. Applications for programs will be live on January 15. If you have any questions please reach out to me (Zach(opens in new window)) or whomever is listed on the program description.
Chico Affordable Learning Solutions (CAL$)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Chancellor’s Office
Contact: Beth Shook(opens in new window)
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Chancellor’s Office
Contact: Beth Shook(opens in new window)
Want to decrease course costs for students? And at the same time provide students high quality and accessible course materials? Participate in an asynchronous Canvas training designed to help faculty identify and evaluate Open Educational Resources (OER) and other free or affordable materials for your course(s). Faculty who complete the online training, including developing a cost-savings plan to be implemented in a Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 course, will earn $500 in a taxable training and professional development stipend. Faculty will also be eligible to participate in a paid Summer 2025 project to revise, remix, or create OER for your course.Canvas modules will cover the following topics: OER and why are they important, copyright and Creative Commons licenses, finding and evaluating OER, library resources, adapting & creating materials for your course, teaching with open resources, the Zero Cost Course Materials (ZCCM) designation, and working with the bookstore on low-cost options including Immediate Access.
Teaching and the First-Year Experience
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: TBD
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: FDEV
Contact: Sue Peterson(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: TBD
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: FDEV
Contact: Sue Peterson(opens in new window)
Join colleagues in exploring the challenges, opportunities, and strategies for teaching students in their first year at Chico State—whether they’re first-time in college (FTIC) or transfer students. This Faculty Learning Community (FLC) will be useful for faculty who teach introductory, gateway, or other courses designed to support students through their transition into Chico State. We’ll delve into research-supported teaching strategies, examine cognitive and social challenges for newly arrived students, discuss effective communication approaches, develop realistic and supportive classroom expectations, and identify campus partners who can help you and your students thrive.
Free Speech and Inclusion
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online with one in-person meeting
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Special Allocation from State Legislature
Contact: Zach Justus(opens in new window) and Joseph Morales(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online with one in-person meeting
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Special Allocation from State Legislature
Contact: Zach Justus(opens in new window) and Joseph Morales(opens in new window)
This webinar series is designed to empower instructors in the classroom and elevate our campus conversations about critical issues. Faculty will receive training in Free Speech Basics, De-Escalation, and be introduced to campus support systems. We will also have space for discussion of ongoing issues like changes to the Time, Place, and Manner policy and emergent issues on/off campus. This series is appropriate for all faculty whether you regularly engage in high-stakes discussions or don’t have them as part of your curriculum, but want to be prepared.
Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT)
Who: Faculty cohorts from Programs (one application per program) Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Chancellor’s Office and FDEV
Contact: Allison McConnell(opens in new window)
Who: Faculty cohorts from Programs (one application per program) Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Chancellor’s Office and FDEV
Contact: Allison McConnell(opens in new window)
The Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) Program is an asynchronous, self-paced Canvas course structured around the QLT evaluation rubric. This semester we will be inviting programs to apply rather than individuals. Please coordinate with peers. This QLT course is designed to meet core standards in the QLT instrument through the completion of eight modules with associated deliverables that guide you to fully redesign a course (or design a new course). Topics and deliverables focus on backwards design, student engagement, authentic assessment, inclusion and accessibility, and more. This QLT course requires a final course review. While focusing on online learning, QLT provides a framework that is applicable to all modes of instruction.
Writing Support
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: TBD
Payment: NA
Funding Source: NA
Contact: Chris Fosen(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: TBD
Payment: NA
Funding Source: NA
Contact: Chris Fosen(opens in new window)
Our goal with this is to help group people up into ad-hoc writing teams that will meet regularly through the fall semester, and provide as much structured support for the groups as they would like.
Book Club: Our Migrant Souls by Héctor Tobar
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person
Payment: NA - We will provide a copy of the book.
Contact: Laura Nice(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person
Payment: NA - We will provide a copy of the book.
Contact: Laura Nice(opens in new window)
Join us to discuss the 2024-2025 Book in Common, Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of ‘Latino’ by Héctor Tobar (so you are ready to attend Tobar's campus talk on April 10). This deeply engaging and relevant text is “a direct address to the young people who identify or have been classified as ‘Latino’… [that] decodes the meaning of ‘Latino’ as a racial and ethnic identity in the modern United States, and gives voice to the anger and the hopes of young Latino people who have seen Latinidad transformed into hateful tropes and who have faced insult and division—a story as old as this country itself. Tobar translates his experience as not only a journalist and novelist but also a mentor, leader, and educator. He interweaves his own story, and that of his parents’ migration to the United States from Guatemala, into his account of his journey across the country to uncover something expansive, inspiring, true, and alive about the meaning of ‘Latino’ in the 21st century" (publisher description).
Book Club: Teaching with AI by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person on the first Wednesday of the month February-May
Payment: NA - We will provide a copy of the book.
Contact: Zach Justus
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person on the first Wednesday of the month February-May
Payment: NA - We will provide a copy of the book.
Contact: Zach Justus
Group discussions will be built around the landmark book Teaching with AI by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson. Bowen and Watson are leading figures in teaching and learning. Their latest book is the preeminent how-to guide for understanding AI and teaching/learning. The book club will meet the first Wednesday of the month February-May 12-1 in the Rose Garden to explore the book. Each meeting will be a facilitated discussion about the chapter. Their text is free through the library so there is no cost.
Finally, a message from our friends and collaborators at TLP.
- As the semester comes to a close, we encourage faculty to drop in to the TLP Zoom Lab for support with pressing End-of-Semester tasks(opens in new window).
- TLP is closed Dec 23rd - 31st but you can still request an appointment with an ITC(opens in new window).
Consider previewing Start-of-Semester Tasks(opens in new window) to get a head start while your course content is still fresh.
Zach Justus
Director of Faculty Development
Professor of Communication Arts and SciencesGoogle Voice/Text: 530-487-4150
All past Tuesday Tips are curated on the FDEV website.