Skip to main content
Teaching and Learning Center

Events

 

The Teaching and Learning Center hosts workshops and talks for those who teach on all WVU campuses. Both in-person and virtual options are available.

The Center and many of its events are supported in part by a grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. Funds are managed by the WVU Foundation. Chartered in 1954, the WVU Foundation is the nonprofit organization that receives and administers private donations on behalf of the University.

View calendar feeds sorted by campus
PSC Campus   WVU Tech Campus   Morgantown Campuses




Upcoming Spring Semester Events


Transparent Course Strategies for Student Success: Lessons from TILT

Despite our best efforts, sometimes an assignment falls flat. One group of students will meet or exceed our expectations, while others don’t seem to understand what they’ve been assigned to do or why they’ve been asked to do it. In this workshop, instructors are introduced to the TILT Transparency Framework. This three-part framework can be used as you compose your instructions for assignments, activities, projects, or assessments. Instructors use the framework to structure: 1) the “ Purpose” of the activity; 2) the required “ Tasks” to get the activity done; and 3) the “ Criteria” for success.

This workshop is dedicated to an overview of the framework, examples of how the framework can be used when composing instructions for an assignment/assessment, and an opportunity to explore and apply the framework through examples from other instructors.

West Virginia University (Downtown Campus)

WVU Tech (Beckley)

  • Thursday, March 26 from 2:00 – 3:20
  • Learning Resource Center, LRC 324
  • (No registration required. Invitation was added to your calendar. Questions? Contact Kimberlyn Gray.)

Curating Evidence of Teaching: Demonstration of Effectiveness and Continuous Improvement

How do you make a case for the effectiveness of your teaching? And how do you document your continuous teaching improvement efforts? Join us for this workshop on curating evidence of teaching. We will use a worksheet to identify the sources of data and teaching artifacts we have access to now, and what types of artifacts and data we should begin collecting, saving, or acquiring. The worksheet produced during this workshop is designed to help you facilitate a conversation with your mentor (or unit leader) on “what counts as evidence” and would be recognized by your academic unit.

WVU Tech (Beckley)

  • Tuesday, March 31 from 1:00 - 1:50
  • Learning Resource Center, LRC 324
  • (No registration required. Invitation was added to your calendar. Questions? Contact Kimberlyn Gray.)



Coauthoring Course Materials with GenAI 

West Virginia University & WVU Institute of Technology

Instructors are introduced to Microsoft Copilot Chat, a Generative AI tool within WVU's Office 365 suite. When you sign in using your WVU credentials, information entered into Copilot is protected under our university's Enterprise Data Protection agreement with Microsoft. (Your data will not be used to train Copilot's foundation model.)

We will interact with Copilot by using a series of prompts to coauthor materials that instructors often find to be the most time-consuming to create from scratch, such as grading rubrics containing descriptions at multiple levels of performance and narrative case studies with a background story and characters. Instructors will engage in a back-and-forth conversation with Copilot, requesting changes to be made to the AI’s output. The final step is downloading the course material as a Word file and the instructor puts their finishing touches on their document.

West Virginia University - Downtown Campus (Morgantown)

  • Wednesday, April 8 from 3:30 – 4:30
  • Stewart Hall, B20
  • Please Register (You will be contacted in the event of inclement weather)
  • Questions? Contact Sarah McCorkle

WVU Tech (Beckley) 

  • Thursday, April 9 from 2:00 – 2:50
  • Stewart Hall, B20
  • Please Register (You will be contacted in the event of inclement weather)
  • Questions? Contact Sarah McCorkle

 

Finding Your SoTL Path: Contributing to the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Virtual Zoom Event (Recording Option Available) 

What is scholarly teaching and how can you contribute to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)? This talk will introduce you to SoTL, which can be used to: 1) inform your approach to teaching; and 2) disseminate your effective teaching practices. You’ll learn how to locate regional, internationally recognized, and sponsored conferences on college teaching. (Including well-respected virtual conferences with free and low-cost registration for attendees and presenters.) We’ll also discuss the range of SoTL publication outlets from empirical research-based journals to applied, teaching practitioner articles. The session will conclude with advice on how SoTL can be used to demonstrate your teaching impact.

Virtual Zoom Event (A recording will be made available to those who register)



Creating Grading Plans and Rubrics

West Virginia University

Do you dislike grading rubrics? Many instructors struggle when composing new rubrics, or they find their current rubrics aren’t getting the job done. In this workshop, we’ll explore different approaches to grading rubrics and decide on a format that pairs well with your assignment. Please bring a laptop and an assignment or project in need of a rubric.

WVU Tech (Beckley)
  • Monday, April 27 from 1:00 - 1:50
  • Learning Resource Center, LRC 324
  • (No registration required. Invitation was added to your calendar. Questions? Contact Kimberlyn Gray.)



Publish & Flourish: A workshop from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association

Virtual Event | Tara Gray will join us again this year for Publish & Flourish! 

The WVU Teaching and Learning Center is pleased to present the following TAA workshop as part of the Center’s commitment to supporting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). We welcome instructors and graduate students across all WVU campuses. Please share! 

Wednesday, April 29 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm




Below you will find a list of recommended teaching-related events. Please reach out to the event sponsor if you have any questions. Do you have a teaching-related event to include in this list of recommendations? Please email tlc@mail.wvu.edu

eCampus Training

Sponsor: WVU ITS & Blackboard


Blackboard AI Virtual Assistant

This session will cover the use of AI Writing Tools and AI Virtual Assistant Messages in WVU’s instance of eCampus.  You’ll learn how to enable the virtual assistant to allow students to get automated replies to their messages with information about their progress and performance and using AI Writing tools to generate student feedback based on rubrics.

 

Blackboard Reporting Tools

This session will demonstrate how Blackboard Ultra can help you monitor students’ progress, performance and engagement. Tools covered will include: Grade History, Activity Log, Attendance, Student Analytics, and Test Reports.


AI and the Environment: Impact and Responsibility

Sponsor: Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Stony Brook University

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming research, teaching, industry, and daily life—but what are the environmental costs and opportunities associated with this transformation? This interdisciplinary panel explores AI’s ecological footprint, its role in environmental solutions, and how it can be addressed in the classroom. From the energy demands of large-scale AI systems to the use of machine learning for climate modeling, conservation, and sustainable design, this conversation will examine both sides of the equation: How does AI contribute to environmental challenges—and how can it help solve them?

 Thursday, April 2 from 1:00 – 2:00

 

 Designing for AI in Online Learning

Sponsor: Online Learning Consortium

AI isn’t coming to online learning—it’s already here. The question is whether we’re designing for it. Join this practical, research-informed webinar to explore how students are actually using AI and what that means for assignments, feedback, and academic integrity. Discover actionable strategies to redesign assessments, make student thinking visible, and create clearer faculty guidance. All registrants will receive a free interactive guide on AI training, policy, and tools for higher ed.

Wednesday, April 8 from 2:00 – 3:00

AI in Higher Education: From Foundations to the Future

Sponsors: Sage College Publishing & Sarah E. Moore, UT Dallas

Artificial intelligence is transforming higher education, but how can faculty harness its potential effectively, ethically, and responsibly while preserving what works? This four-part workshop webinar series will guide educators from AI fundamentals to real-world applications and future trends. These interactive sessions will provide practical insights, pedagogical strategies, and future-focused discussions. Join us to navigate AI’s impact on academia and prepare for the future of teaching and learning in your classroom today as well as the classroom of tomorrow.

AI in the Classroom: Navigating Ethics, Pedagogy, and Practice

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern

AI and the Future of Learning: What’s Next for Higher Ed?

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern

View full session descriptions and register for the series here: