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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.

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Upcoming Spring Semester Events


Curating Evidence of Teaching: Demonstration of Effectiveness and Continuous Improvement

West Virginia University

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.

Evansdale Campus

  • Tuesday, February 10 from 3:30 – 4:30
  • Evansdale Library, G01 (Please Register)

Downtown Campus

  • Wednesday, February 11 from 10:00 – 11:00
  • Stewart Hall, B20 (Please 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.

Evansdale Campus

  • Thursday, February 19 from 1:00 – 2:00
  • Evansdale Library, G01 (Please Register)

Downtown Campus

  • Tuesday, February 24 from 3:30 – 4:30
  • Stewart Hall, B20 (Please Register)

Evansdale Campus

  • Friday, February 27 from 3:30 – 4:30
  • Evansdale Library, G01 (Please Register)


Faculty Community: Revisioning How We Teach Research and Writing in The Age of AI

West Virginia University;  WVU Potomac State College;  WVU Institute of Technology

Facilitators: Nathalie Singh-Corcoran, Jenn Monnin, & Miranda Smith

This Faculty Learning Community (FLC) will encourage participants to explore foundational practices in writing and research instruction and examine those practices in the context of GenAI. Topics will include: how to teach meaningful writing across the disciplines, how to engage students in critical thinking and deep learning using information literacy frameworks, how GenAI is being integrated across the research and writing lifecycle, and how AI and research mentorship intersect. 
Revisioning How we Teach Writing and Research in the Age of AI is suitable for faculty and instructors across the curriculum who teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students, and we welcome GenAI skeptics, refusers, adopters, and everyone in between.
Each of our meetings will consist of a robust discussion and a reading or two (e.g. an article or book chapter) to anchor our conversations. Those selected for this community will meet via Zoom.

Please apply by February 6


Teaching Challenges & Opportunities: Support & Discussion Group

West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)

A group for discussion, support and idea sharing will meet on Fridays at 2:30pm in the Teaching and Learning Center’s Evansdale location. Framed as an informal conversation around “Teaching Challenges & Opportunities,” this is a group that is all about sharing our teaching stories (both challenging and uplifting) and receiving advice, feedback and scholarly teaching resources. We will compile our teaching tips and links to resources in a knowledge sharing document.

Note: Due to the nature of our conversations, this group is not open to students and TAs.

Evansdale Library, room G01

Drop by on the following Fridays at 2:30 pm.

  • February 6, 13, 20, 27
  • March 6, 13, 27 ( No meeting on March 20)
  • April 10, 17, 24 ( No meeting on April 3)

Please Register

Attend as few or as many dates as you’d like, but please register so we can compile a group mailing list for communication and link sharing.



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



Discussion Boards That Don’t Suck

Sponsor: Online Learning Consortium

Discussion boards don’t have to be boring—or painful. This practical webinar explores why online discussions often fall flat and how small, intentional design changes can transform them. You’ll see real examples, creative strategies, and ready-to-use activities that spark meaningful interaction and make discussion boards engaging for both students and instructors.

Wednesday, February 4 at 3:00



Fair Use in the Age of GenAI: Navigating Copyright Challenges in Educational Contexts

Sponsor: Online Learning Consortium

As generative AI reshapes teaching and learning, questions about copyright and fair use are harder than ever to ignore. This webinar helps educators navigate the legal and ethical challenges of using AI in educational contexts. Explore how U.S. fair use applies to AI, review emerging legal guidance, and leave with practical tools, checklists, and strategies to support responsible, informed use of generative AI.

Wednesday, February 11 at 12:00

WVU eCampus Training

Sponsor:  WVU ITS & Blackboard

Register only if you wish to attend the live session; recordings will later be available to all instructors in WVU’s self-paced eCampus training course (accessible by following the enrollment instructions here). Note that sessions with fewer than five registrants will be cancelled.

    Grading Student Work



    How ChatGPT Turned My Final Exams Into AI-Powered Learning Labs

    Sponsor: Online Learning Consortium

    What if final exams became opportunities for deeper learning instead of AI policing? This webinar showcases a practical two-part exam model that balances academic integrity with real-world AI use. Learn how controlled, ethical AI integration can strengthen critical thinking, boost student confidence, and improve honesty—plus walk away with ready-to-use templates, prompts, and policy language.

    Tuesday, February 17 at 2:30


    Thinking About Thinking: Using Formative Practice to Grow Metacognitive Learners

    Sponsor: Every Learner Everywhere

    In this insightful panel, faculty and practitioners will explore how everyday formative strategies can be intentionally designed to foster metacognitive learners. Panelists will share concrete examples of prompts, activities, and feedback moves that help students surface their thinking, interpret feedback, and make informed adjustments—rather than simply chasing points. Participants will see models from a range of disciplines and institutional contexts, with attention to how metacognitive supports can advance student success for every learner. Attendees will leave with ideas for an action plan for integrating metacognitive moves into their own formative practice to transform learning for their students.

    Thursday, February 19 at 2:00

    Teaching Controversial Subject Matter with Confidence

    Sponsor: WVU ADVANCE Center

    Many college instructors are being asked—implicitly or explicitly—to teach complex, sensitive, or contested subject matter in an increasingly polarized environment. This interactive virtual workshop is designed to support instructors who want to maintain intellectual rigor and foster deep student learning. In this session, you will learn how to: Replace inadvertent proselytizing with structured critical questioning that promotes disciplined thinking rather than opinion adoption; Use theoretical imagination to help students analyze issues from multiple perspectives—without relativism or false balance; Design discussions that encourage curiosity, cognitive complexity, and intellectual humility; Identify clear, defensible metrics that demonstrate consequential student learning (e.g., reasoning quality, perspective-taking, transfer), not ideological agreement.

    Thursday, February 12 from 11:00 – 1:00

    Strengthening Assignment Clarity with UDL, AI, and TILT

    Sponsor: Goodwin University Center for Teaching Excellence

    This session explores how UDL, AI tools, and the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework work together to strengthen clarity. Join Dr. Matt Bergman (Assessment and Curriculum Coordinator for Elizabethtown College’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies) as he explores how Universal Design for Learning (UDL), AI tools, and the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework work together to strengthen assignment clarity and student sense-making. Participants will examine examples, experiment with AI tools, and learn evidence-based strategies for designing assignments that improve transparency, optimize challenge and support, and meet the needs of diverse learners in higher education.

    Wednesday, March 11 at 2:00 pm