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Week of September 30-October 4

2024

TLOS: Technology-enhanced learning showcase set for October 11

Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies (TLOS) invites faculty, staff, and graduate students to attend a day of workshops on October 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in University Mall (801 University City Blvd., Suite 21).

This full-day showcase event will feature cutting-edge projects and opportunities to learn about current and emerging technologies for teaching and learning. Workshop topics include artificial intelligence in the classroom, new Canvas features, the Hypothesis social annotation tool, and using extended reality in the TLOS Production on Demand (POD) recording studio.

Attendees may register for either in-person or virtual participation. Light refreshments and lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.

The Professional Development Network group within TLOS facilitates campuswide partnerships to offer workshops and training opportunities designed to foster technology integration and increase digital fluency at Virginia Tech.

For more information, read this campus notice or visit the workshop showcase webpage. If you are an individual with a disability or desire an accommodation, email TLOS during regular business hours at least two business days prior to the event.

Student Affairs: Call for proposals for fall 2026 Living-Learning Programs

Student Affairs and the Office of Living-Learning Programs invites faculty and departments to submit a Living-Learning Program (LLP) proposal for communities that will launch for the fall 2026 semester. LLPs are intentional communities at Virginia Tech where students make powerful connections between their academic and residential environments.

LLPs are a highly effective way for faculty to enact innovative pedagogy and create an environment that helps students make the most of their experience at Virginia Tech. In LLPs, students integrate their intellectual life with where they live, who they live with, and how they make meaning of their university experience.

Faculty interested in submitting a proposal are encouraged to register for an information session on October 7 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. (in-person) or October 22 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. (via Zoom). To ensure enough time to launch high quality programs, proposals must be received by November 4. Final selection notifications will be sent to applicants by December 3.

For more information and to register for an information session, read this campus notice, visit the LLP Program proposals website, or email Jamie Penven.

Arts@VirginiaTech: Diverse Voices and Perspectives Lecture Series accepting funding applications

Virginia Tech’s Diverse Voices and Perspectives Lecture Series (formerly the Women and Minority Artists and Scholars Lecture Series) is now accepting applications for funding for spring 2025. The series is designed to promote the number and diversity of scholarly voices and artistic expressions from underrepresented communities by providing funding assistance for Virginia Tech departments and units.

With support from Arts@VirginiaTech and the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, the program provides up to $750 in funds to support events and experiences that provide students with opportunities to interact with guest lecturers or artists to increase their access to successful women and minority role models.

Invited speakers may be from any discipline, gender, race, or ethnicity. Invitations to speakers whose scholarship incorporates race, gender, class, or international perspectives are especially encouraged.

The deadline to apply is Friday, November 1.

For more information or to submit an application, read this campus notice or visit the Diverse Voices and Perspectives Lecture Series webpage.

CETL: Virtual first session offered for faculty attending a fall semester PBL Institute

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) invites faculty to explore the basics of Project- and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) pedagogies through two hybrid PBL Institutes being offered during the fall semester.

Project-Based Learning Institute – In partnership with Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Center for Project Based Learning, the Project-Based Learning Institute will offer presentations, workshops, and pedagogical coaching with WPI and Virginia Tech faculty mentors with extensive experience and expertise designing courses and teaching with projects. Registration required.

  • October 17 (Virginia Tech faculty virtual, WPI facilitators virtual)
  • October 24 (in-person, lunch provided)

Problem-Based Learning Institute – In partnership with the University of Delaware’s Institute for Transforming University Education, Virginia Tech is hosting its second PBL institute focused on problem-based learning. Join with experts to design problems to be drivers of learning in your course. Registration required.

  • October 17 (Virginia Tech faculty virtual, ITUE facilitators virtual)
  • October 24 (in-person, lunch provided)

Space is limited for these institutes with a cap of 20 participants from the Project-Based Institute and 10 participants for the Problem-Based Institute.

For more information and to register for either institute, visit the Project and Problem-Based Learning webpage or email CETL.

ICYMI: Gather to write in community during fall Roving Writing Retreats

The Office of Faculty Affairs invites faculty to join colleagues across the university for Roving Writing Retreats throughout the fall semester. During the retreats, attendees will gather in community and learn about the many writing nooks on and around campus, enjoy some coffee, snacks, and companionship, and just write.

All instructional faculty (tenured or tenure-track, collegiate, continued appointment or continued appointment track, research, extension, clinical, instructors, adjuncts) are invited to participate. Scheduled Roving Writing Retreat sessions are as follows:

Each retreat will consist of three 50-minute writing sessions with a 10-minute break in between for socializing and movement tips for writers.

For more information, read this campus notice, visit the Faculty Writing Retreats webpage, or email Catherine Piché in Faculty Affairs.

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