Upcoming Programs & Events

Effective, Efficient, and Enjoyable Teaching

CAFE's Summer Institute 2024

Date: May 28 - Jun 30
Format: Remote
Overview: The theme of CAFE's Summer Institute 2024 is Equity in Practice: Scholarship of Practice in Your Discipline. Faculty and staff are invited to delve deeply into the data dashboards and other data sources that the CSU and Cal Poly Pomona make available to us.

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Teaching in a World with AI

Date: Tuesdays, May 28 - Jun 25, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Format: Online via Zoom
Overview: Join CAFE for a series of 1-hr Zoom workshops/collegial conversations on learning to use AI in your classes.

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Teaching in a World with AI

Each workshop will begin with some "content" and move on to examples, while including plenty of discussion time. Register separately for the topics you're interested in - come to just one, or come to as many as you like.

• May 28: Basics of generative AI: See and play with some of the many free tools available.
• Jun 4: Investigate AI in your discipline: If we're supposed to teach our students how to use AI in their professional lives, we have to start with learning what our disciplines and industries are saying and doing. This will include a discussion of ethical AI use.
• Jun 11: Prompt engineering is key: Getting good results out of AI depends upon how we talk to it
• Jun 18: Designing courses with AI awareness: Starting with our learning outcomes, thinking through our courses from the ground up
• Jun 25: Designing specific assignments with AI awareness: Once we have our learning outcomes, what activities will be productive?

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Faculty Community and Career

Everybody's Mentor

Lisa Kessler, CAFE faculty associate and retired interim Dean of Agriculture, provides individual, confidential consultation and coaching.

Email Lisa directly to set up an appointment.

Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities

National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

CPP has an institutional membership to the premier professional development provider for faculty success. Activate your membership to get extensive resources on scholarship, publishing, and mentoring.

On Your Own Resources

Recommended Reading & Resources

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Recommended Reading & Resources

• National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity: Many webinars and online resources to support scholarship & career development. Especially see Every Summer (or Semester) Needs a Plan and How to Align Your Time with Your Priorities. Here’s how to access your membership.
• Teaching for Student Success podcast: Excellent research-based episodes with outstanding educators - hosted by a CSU faculty member.
• Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning, 2nd Ed.: Meaningfully updated with new material.

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Fundamentals of Accessibility

Format: Online via Canvas
Overview: The Fundamentals of Accessibility eCertificate will show you how to get started with incorporating best accessibility practices as an instructor at Cal Poly Pomona; certificate available for completion.

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Fundamentals of Accessibility

All students should have the joy of learning, the freedom to grow, and the benefits of education! Accessibility of course materials and Universal Design for Learning helps make that vision a reality. In this self-paced, self-enrollable, certificate course get background and practical strategies, and also develop empathy for the needs of all students.

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Intro to Teaching with Canvas Course

Format: Online via Canvas
Overview: This course will walk you through the basic steps for using Canvas to offer a good experience for your students.

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Intro to Teaching with Canvas Course

If you're new to Canvas or you want a refresher on basics, the self-enroll Intro to Teaching with Canvas Course will allow you to walk through basic steps for using Canvas to offer a good experience for your students (and therefore an easier experience for you). Go to the course to self-enroll with your Cal Poly Pomona Bronco credentials.

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