We value what you have to share, and we invite you to submit brief proposals to facilitate sessions or share 5-minute micro learning videos about a teaching strategy, technology, or topic that could benefit your colleagues.
Please review each call for proposals below for more details.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
The Faculty Development Center plans to host our annual Blitz Week on January 8-11, 2024, via Zoom!
We invite individuals to submit proposals to facilitate presentations (25-30-minute), panels (1-hour), Innovative Ideas and Tools (15-minute presentations, repeated about 3 times), and lightning presentations (7-10 minute) in the following areas:
Teaching and Learning (e.g., innovative approaches to teaching and learning, assessments, evaluation, high impact practices, course or program curriculum reform).
Effective Technologies and Tools (e.g., Useful APPS and other technologies to support pedagogical innovation, student engagement, accessibility, virtual reality, mixed/augmented reality).
Work-Life Balance (e.g., general strategies to help faculty succeed at Murray State University).
Submit Proposal: Blitz Week Proposal Form - Spring 2024
GENERAL SESSION
Are you interested in facilitating a session that does not fit in any of the proposal categories below?
The Faculty Development Centers is open to individuals facilitating General Sessions other than the ones mentioned below.
You may submit a proposal to lead a session that is of interest to you and could be of interest to other faculty. Use the link provided below.
Submit Proposal: https://forms.gle/4CcThNvxcRPn5nvK6
INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS SERIES
Do you have a topic that you would like to discuss informally with others to gather insights or to share what you have learned?
You may submit a proposal to host Informal Conversations to promote substantive discourse about topics that are of interest to you and other faculty and could impact our students and faculty success.
Submit Proposal: https://forms.gle/kY7FFkBFJtJmmtRY6
LOVE OF LEARNING BROWN BAG LUNCH RESEARCH SERIES
Are you conducting or publishing research on teaching and learning?
The Faculty Development Center is inviting individuals who are interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) to submit proposals to facilitate Love of Learning Brown Bag Research sessions.
Submit Proposal: https://forms.gle/64D4oPjc6FtsSFcP7
STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING SERIES
Do you use a particular strategy or have seen a strategy used in innovative ways to facilitate learning?
If you are aware of a strategy that could impact our students and faculty success, consider submitting a proposal to facilitate a Strategy for Teaching and Learning session.
Submit Proposal: https://forms.gle/ajvkkFCA23F8nfht9
TEACHING WELL WITH TECHNOLOGY SERIES
Do you use technology to facilitate learning? Are you interested in sharing how one or more technologies have worked well to help your students learn?
You may submit proposals to facilitate sessions that will equip participants to use certain technologies in their courses to help students learn.
Submit Proposal: https://forms.gle/ZRsgxgxp17d7a7F28
TEACHING, RESEARCHING, AND SERVING WELL IN THE AGE OF GENERATIVE AI
Generative Artificial Intelligence (a subset of AI) has the potential to transform how we teach, research, and serve. The Faculty Development Center is in the process of organizing a special series, titled Teaching, Researching, and Serving Well in the Age of Generative AI.
You are invited to submit a SHORT proposal (50 - 200 words) to facilitate a session in our upcoming Generative AI series. Your session will help to answer one or more of the following questions:
Submit Proposal: https://forms.gle/Rh6WgubxT2pFGk4w9