The Faculty Development Center offers various events each year. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
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The Faculty Development Center will host our annual Blitz Week on January 9-11, 2023. We invite individuals to submit proposals to lead concurrent (30-minute presentations with Q&A), Panels (1-hour sessions), Innovative Ideas and Tools (15-minute presentations, repeated about 3 times), Lightning sessions (7-10 minute presentations) 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).
Leadership and Change (e.g., innovative practices and initiatives, individual and team support, power, and inclusivity).
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 2023
Due Date: Extended! Friday, November 11, 2022 at 4:00 pm
GENERAL SESSION
Are you interested in facilitating a session that does not fit in any of the other call for proposal categories below?
The Faculty Development Centers is open to individuals facilitating General Sessions other than the ones mentioned above.
You may submit a proposal for Spring 2023 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/zbuGQxa3LaUyn9F6A
Due Date: Extended! Friday, November 11, 2022 at 4:00 pm
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?
In Spring 2023, the Faculty Development Centers plans to host Informal Conversations to promote substantive discourse about topics that could impact our students and faculty success. You may submit a proposal to lead an informal discussion or suggest topics that are of interest to you and could be of interest to other faculty.
Submit Proposal: https://forms.gle/ffUNuX9gdkHdHD9P7
Due Date: Extended! Friday, November 11, 2022 at 4:00 pm
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 a proposal to facilitate a session during Spring 2023 for the Love of Learning Brown Bag Research Series.
Submit Proposal: https://forms.gle/YUXgDxKVz68ougHc6
Due Date: Extended! Friday, November 11, 2022 at 4:00 pm
STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING SERIES
Do you use a particular strategy or have seen a strategy used in innovative ways to facilitate learning?
In Spring 2023, the Faculty Development Center will host the Strategies for Teaching and Learning Series. If you are aware of a strategy that could impact our students and faculty success consider submitting a proposal.
Submit Proposal: https://forms.gle/D1gqn5HeyBcFTHyU8
Due Date: Extended! Friday, November 11, 2022 at 4:00 pm
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?
The Faculty Development Center will host a Teaching Well With Technology Series in Spring 2023. We invite proposals from faculty who are interested in facilitating hands-on sessions that will equip participants to use certain technologies in their courses to help students learn.
Submit Proposal: https://forms.gle/u2EiZVA5t4rmgkG48
Due Date: Extended! Friday, November 11, 2022 at 4:00 pm