Workshops and Events

Our events take place in 430R Kresge Library with an online attendance option, unless otherwise noted. 
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TEACHING & LEARNING SYMPOSIUM

Welcome to our yearly event where Teaching Excellence takes root—growing ideas, building community, and advancing learning.

Find golden guidance and inspiration in a community committed to evidence-based practices that foster student success and shape the learning experience. Engage with fellow educators in meaningful discussions, explore new teaching strategies, and cultivate lasting professional connections.

2026 Teaching and Learning Symposium

Rekindling Connection through Engagement, Belonging, and Deep Learning
May 8, 2026 - Oakland Center

Our students arrive curious, capable, and eager for meaningful learning. This year’s symposium highlights practices that meet students where they are and build on their strengths—curiosity, diverse perspectives, and digital fluency—to foster deep, sustained engagement.

Join colleagues from across campus and beyond to explore strategies that honor student potential, strengthen belonging, and create learning environments where all students feel empowered to participate and succeed.

Keynote Speaker: James Lang

James M. Lang is Professor of Practice at the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Notre Dame and an Emeritus Professor of English at Assumption University. He is the author of seven influential books on teaching and learning, including Write Like You Teach (2025), Distracted (2020), Small Teaching (2nd ed., 2021), and Cheating Lessons (2013).

A highly sought-after speaker, Lang has delivered workshops and keynotes for faculty at more than three hundred institutions across the U.S. and internationally. He is a longtime columnist for The Chronicle of Higher Education, and his writing has also appeared in Time, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, and The Conversation. He co-edits a book series on teaching and learning in higher education for Oklahoma University Press.

Call for Proposals

CFP to open soon. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to share teaching approaches, innovations, and educational research across all modalities and disciplines.

Proposal Themes

• Leveraging Student Strengths for Reading and Critical Thinking
• Creating Inclusive Learning Communities
• Assessment as a Learning Partnership
• Active Pedagogies That Build on Student Capabilities
• Supporting Student Success Through Connection
• Technology as a Catalyst for Deep Engagement and Critical Thinking

From multi-week programs to shorter-term projects, our self-paced programs offer flexibility, variety and applicability to your teaching context, each with opportunities to work with a CETL team member to review work, teaching materials, and course plans.

Neurodiversity in the Classroom

This self-paced program offers learning activities that deepen our knowledge of the many ways the human mind works, understand the experiences of neurodivergent learners, and how to design inclusive learning environments accordingly. Activities include podcasts, discussion boards, worksheets, videos, and more. Those who complete at least five activities in the Neurodiversity in the Classroom eSpace can earn a certificate and earn a badge. For questions and to explore group facilitation options, contact Christina Moore at [email protected]. Watch the Neurodiversity in the Classroom series, featuring select videos from the program.

AI Learning Circle (Winter 2026)

January 26-March 13. This online learning community works together though a self-paced online course on teaching with AI, developed by Auburn University. Explore AI tools, define your AI use parameters, and reflect on your teaching in a supportive community. Complete the course to earn a Credly badge in AI-responsive teaching. Teaching with AI Course Access Request Form (+ AI Learning Circle).

Data-Informed Decisions Using the Student Success and Equity Dashboard

This two-part program introduces the Student Success and Equity Dashboard to learn more about our student population and equity gaps, and navigate key features like the Faculty Dashboard and Oakland by the Numbers. Based on their Dashboard findings, you’ll use a self-paced guide to develop an action plan for their classroom or program by noting questions and goals informed by dashboard insights. A certificate is available upon submitting an action plan or booking an appointment to discuss the plan. All activities available in the Data-Informed Decisions eSpace.

The purpose of the Inclusive Teaching Academy is to strengthen the knowledge and understanding of inclusive and culturally responsive teaching, use data and self-reflection to inform teaching, and incorporate evidence-based, high-impact practices. See the Inclusive Teaching Academy Grad Showcase, listing all faculty participants and their action plan summaries.

For a full overview of the program's goals, structure, and learning outcomes, visit the Inclusive Teaching Academy program page.

CETL collaborates with and helps promote OU events related to teaching and learning. If you would like to add an upcoming event, please contact Christina Moore.

Teaching with Technology, Online Teaching, and Moodle (e-LIS)

e-Learning and Instructional Support offers one-hour Zoom workshops on best practices, teaching presence, and advanced tools in Moodle. View all upcoming e-LIS workshops.

From the Center for Excellence in Medical Education, OUWB School of Medicine

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