Our professional and personal lives can make us vulnerable to stress. In this session Dr. Kara Finch provided self-care strategies and shared how to effectively deal with upset individuals. View Recording
This presentation presented key steps for and effective start for a semester. The presentation also focused on improving student learning outcomes and alignment with the core initiatives of the college's strategic plan. View Recording
Dr. Sonny Kelly from Fayetteville Tech delivered a 4-part series on relevant and poignant practices for enhancing teacher and student performance and interaction in face-to-face, online, and hybrid classrooms. This is the third session of the series. View Recording
Multiple things can be true. We live in a hyper-polarized society. Students may bring bias and baggage and they are not afraid to share them. This session was devoted to teaching students the value of empathy. View Recording
Amanda Zekanis, from Johnston Community College, leads this presentation. It provides resources for faculty professional development. It discusses some of the classroom activities that can be implemented to engage students. The presentation also includes data on the relationship between faculty professional development, student retention and success. View Recording
This workshop explored best practices in crafting and implementing engaging discussions, as well as how to lead and moderate controversial and hot discussion topics through an equity-minded and trauma-informed lens. View Recording
Facilitated by a faculty member and student this session explores course design with emphasis on group work and active learning principles. View Recording
Join Tim Scapin Instructional Designer & Media Specialist from Haywood Community College in his presentation on AI, content creation, detection tools and teaching strategies. View Recording
Join presenter Meret Burke, English instructor from Wilkes Community College in her presentation on discussion boards and creating meaningful group work. View Recording
The Artificial Intelligence Community of Practice has been designed to provide an opportunity for faculty and staff to discuss current trends in artificial intelligence. It also explains how this emerging technology impacts their roles at the college as well as student learning. This is the first session of a four part series. View Recording
This session unpacked the definition of deficit thinking, identified alternative strategies to change the students' outcomes, and illuminated communication's role in dismantling deficit thinking to asset-based pedagogical thinking. View Recording
Facilitated by a panel of presenters this session unpacks the evolution of AI in the classroom, setting expectations for students and identified support for instructional practices. View Recording
Led by Susan Adams from Achieving the Dream this AM session was designed to empower participants with practical skills for integrating active learning techniques into their teaching, adaptable to various classroom modalities, including seated, hybrid, online, hy-flex, and flipped formats.View Recording
Led by Susan Adams from Achieving the Dream this PM session was designed to empower participants with practical skills for integrating active learning techniques into their teaching, adaptable to various classroom modalities, including seated, hybrid, online, hy-flex, and flipped formats.View Recording
Mindfulness and contemplative pedagogy can assist an individual in raising their own self-awareness, and this holistic method can help curb the stressors that an individual may face in an overstimulated society. The session mapped respective theoretical foundations, potential activities for both students and faculty members, and provide a brainstorm session for faculty to develop their…
