Kickoff: Meet the Teaching & Learning Fellows

Launch the semester by exploring JSU’s new peer learning communities, led by the Teaching & Learning Fellows. Connect with colleagues who share your interests, dive into specific teaching challenges or innovations, and preview the fall workshops that will support your goals. This is your chance to find your community, exchange ideas, and spark new approaches for the year ahead.

Find your peer learning community and spark new ideas for the year ahead.

Open Syllabus Spaces: Student Co-Creation for Engagement

Dr. Sharon Simmons, Department of Accounting, Finance, and Entrepreneurship

Explore practical ways to invite students into the design of your course content and structure. Learn how co-creation can boost engagement and deepen learning —and join colleagues in rethinking what shared ownership of the classroom can look like.

Discover how inviting students into course design can boost engagement and enhance learning.

Beyond the Essay: Project-Based Multimodal Design

Dr. Brittany Myburgh, Department of Art

Move past traditional assignments and design authentic, multimodal projects that engage students in critical thinking and creative communication. Explore concrete strategies, share examples with colleagues, and leave with new ideas you can adapt for your own courses.

Move beyond essays with projects that build flexible, 21st-century skills.

From Product to Process and Back Again: Rethinking Writing and AI

Dr. Craig Meyer, Department of English and Modern Languages

Join colleagues in reimagining how AI tools can shape writing as both process and product. Consider new ways to guide students’ learning, explore practical classroom strategies, and reflect on how AI is reshaping what counts as good writing.

Rethink how AI tools shape writing as both a process and a product.

Culturally Relevant Teaching in Higher Education

Dr. La’Keshia Opara-Nadi, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education

Join colleagues in exploring culturally relevant approaches that affirm students’ identities and connect learning to their lived experiences. Discover strategies to strengthen engagement, deepen understanding, and create more inclusive classrooms that support success for all learners.

Affirm students’ identities and foster inclusive, engaging classrooms.

Building Articles from Classwork: Mentoring Graduate Students Through Co-Authorship

Dr. Anwar Ahmad, Department of Biology

Join colleagues in exploring ways to transform graduate student coursework into publishable scholarship. Learn how structured prompts and guided mentorship can support co-authorship, strengthen students’ research skills, and expand opportunities for collaborative publication.

Turn graduate coursework into publishable scholarship through guided mentorship.

Trauma-Informed Pedagogy for Faculty and Student Thriving

Dr. Amirah Nelson, Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation, and Psychometric Services

Join colleagues in exploring trauma-informed strategies that connect course content to students’ lived experiences and strengths. Discover approaches that foster safety, inclusion, and resilience—and leave with practices you can adapt to support both student and faculty thriving.

Learn strategies to connect teaching to students’ lived experiences and strengths.

AI On-Ramp Mini-Series Session I

Your AI Toolkit-Ethics, Engagement, and Everyday Use

Join colleagues in exploring the new Canvas AI Resource Hub and Faculty Readiness Self-Assessment Tool. Preview highlights from Intel’s modules on ethics, equity, and inclusive AI, and see sample engagement paths—from adapting assignments to adding modules into your courses. Leave with a clear roadmap for integrating AI responsibly into your teaching and research.

Get oriented with JSU’s AI Resource Hub and discover pathways for ethical, practical AI use.

AI On-Ramp Mini-Series Session II

Designing Smarter: Creative Course Strategies with AI

Dr. Brittany Myburgh, Department of Art

Join colleagues in experimenting with AI as a tool for reimagining course activities and assignments. Explore design thinking approaches, try out discussion prompts and reflection exercises from Intel modules, and consider how AI can enhance creativity and engagement in your classroom. Leave with practical strategies and adaptable models for your own courses.

Use AI to design smarter learning activities that spark creativity and engagement.

AI On-Ramp Mini-Series Session III

AI as Your Startup Buddy: Explore, Test, & Build Solutions

Join colleagues in experimenting with AI as a creative partner for generating, testing, and refining ideas. Explore Intel module strategies for entrepreneurial thinking, see classroom use cases, and try out adaptable templates for AI-resilient assignment design. Leave with concrete tools to help students approach AI as a resource for innovation and ethical problem-solving.

Experiment with AI as a partner in building, testing, and innovating new ideas.

Creating Your Tenure Roadmap

Map goals for teaching, research, and service to align with JSU’s tenure expectations.

Build a Research Pipeline and Protecting Time for It

Turn ideas into long-term projects while managing competing priorities and safeguarding writing time.

Collaborative Research at JSU: Finding Partners and Projects

Build interdisciplinary connections for co-authorships and grant opportunities.

Balance Service, Teaching, and Research Without Losing Focus

Strategies for setting boundaries, protecting priorities, and making intentional commitments.

Each session includes a brief goal-setting check-in, focused writing time, and a wrap-up to track progress.

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