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6pm – 7pm

Synchronous & Asynchronous Students in Harmony 

• Facilitator: Susan Goldstein 

Description: Join in a discussion about strategies and tools you can use to make all of your students feel that they are members of your class, no matter what attendance mode they use. Discover ways to let your synchronous and asynchronous students interact with each other, learn from each other and appreciate each other’s contributions to the class.

Synchronous and Asynchronous Students in Harmony.pdf

10am – 11am 

Improv for Educators

• Facilitator: Bridget Copes 

Description: In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore how the tenets of improvisation can help foster a supportive learning environment. Participants will exercise active listening skills, embrace mistakes as a part of growth, learn through play, and reflect on how improv’s “yes, and” philosophy can be helpful in the classroom.

12pm – 1pm

Accessibility in Canvas

• Facilitator: Sarah Ledoux

Description: How can you design your Canvas site to be more accessible to diverse learners? Learn about how to apply Harvard’s new accessibility policy to your Canvas course site and content with the help of new tools.

6pm – 7pm 

Encouraging Academic Integrity in the Age of Chat GPT

• Facilitators: Ethan Contini-Field & Sara Makiya

Description: Back by Popular Demand. Are you worried about your students using Artificial Intelligence instead of their own intelligence in your course? This workshop will cover tips to design and implement activities, assessments, and policies that encourage academic integrity and authenticity, and discourage the illegal use of AI technologies such as ChatGPT in your course. Thoughtful and clear communication around learning goals, technology, research and citation expectations, and evaluation criteria can make a big impact on students' understanding of and adherence to academic integrity standards. Furthermore, emphasizing authentic assessments that engage students in scaffolded, collaborative, hands-on, transferable learning is an effective way to discourage plagiarism. Join the Course Design team to learn more about how you can redesign your course to avoid the pitfalls of ChatGPT! 

*Please note that this is the same workshop that was offered in August during Instructor Development Night.

Handout - Encouraging Academic Integrity in the Age of ChatGPT.pdf

Worksheet - Encouraging Academic Integrity in the Age of ChatGPT.docx

10am – 11am 

Backward Designing Your Course 

• Facilitator: Dustin Liu

Description: Join this session to dive deeper into the practice of backward design in curriculum development. This will be an interactive and working session to support you in deciding on intended learning outcomes and translating these goals to class activities and assignments. We will be drawing from the principles of design thinking. Instructors in all stages of course development are welcome to join!

12pm – 1pm 

Teaching with Harvard Library Resources

• Facilitators: Jonathan Paulo & J Armstrong

Description: Learn more about Harvard Library access, resources, and services. We will provide an overview of how to use the Library Reserves section in Canvas to make course materials available to your students, and also give a brief overview of HOLLIS, research guides, databases, and ways to connect your students with research help.

Teaching with Harvard Library Resources Handout Instructor Development Week 2024.docx.pdf

10am – 11am 

Facilitating Engagement with Sensitive Topics

• Facilitator: Zahra Ahmed

Description: How can you facilitate conversations on sensitive topics that are either planned or unexpected? Learn strategies that prepare you to feel more comfortable addressing and acknowledging these topics and ways to respond to students emotional and verbal reactions. 

6pm – 7pm 

Note: This session was originally scheduled for 12pm-1pm

Meeting Your Students Where They Are

• Facilitators: Joey Dorion

Description: One of greatest strengths, but simultaneous challenge of teaching at Extension is that our students bring a wide variety of backgrounds: some are already experts in the subject and others are brand new or have been out of school for years. In this session, we'll share tips and strategies for designing coursework and selecting resources that are effective for a broad range of students.

10am – 11am 

Generative AI in the Classroom

• Facilitators: Karina Lin-Murphy & Adrienne Phelps-Coco

Description: How do we approach AI in our classes? In this session, we'll learn about the possibilities for GenAI to aid student learning in the classroom and share strategies to use Gen AI tools in innovative ways through assignments and activities. We will also share lessons we've learned in using GenAI tools in our own classroom.

12pm – 1pm 

Creating & Presenting Accessible Slide Decks (Powerpoint & Google Slides)

• Facilitator: Andy Hollenhorst & Jamie Spear 

Description: Learn to make your PowerPoint and Google Slide presentations accessible for your course. We'll discuss how you can describe the content on your slides, tips for presenting your slides in Zoom, and updates on Harvard's digital accessibility policies.

DCE: Accessible Slide Decks