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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



January Info Session: Proposal Submission Process for the 2026  Scholarly Teaching Conference

Virtual Zoom Session

This info session is intended to introduce the first annual Scholarly Teaching Conference at West Virginia University , to be held May 13-14, 2026 on the campuses of WVU Potomac State College, WVU Institute of Technology, and West Virginia University.

Two information sessions will provide an overview of the proposal submission process, the presentation tracks and formats, and an opportunity for any questions you may have. Sarah McCorkle, Administrative Director of the WVU Teaching and Learning Center, will guide you through the process.

Reminder: Call for Proposals Deadline is January 31, 2026 - The proposal submission process is outlined on the conference website ( tlc.wvu.edu/conference/proposals). 




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.

  • January 16, 23, 30
  • 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.




Faculty Community: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

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

Facilitator: Sarah McCorkle

A new Faculty Learning Community (FLC) is being organized for faculty members who would like to develop a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project suitable for submission to an academic teaching conference, peer reviewed journal, or teaching publication. Meetings will be held in Morgantown, WV with remote connections available to those who are not within commuting distance (e.g., Beckley, Keyser, WVU Online). Space in the community will be limited and priority will be given to applicants who have identified a specific topic to explore.

Applicants will provide their general availability for spring semester. Meetings will be held approximately every two weeks based upon the group's availability. Extended opportunities for on-going support will be made available through summer semester.

Please apply by February 1


Teaching Talk: The Aligned GenAI Course Policy

Virtual Zoom Session (Recording Option) 

Sarah McCorkle (WVU Teaching and Learning Center) shares her framework for designing a Generative AI course policy. During this talk, Sarah will share her own scholarship as an instructor (as opposed to her usual role as Administrative Director of the Center).

A transparent framework for developing a course-level GenAI policy, the Aligned Generative AI Course Policy (McCorkle, 2025) begins with an analysis of student tasks by inventorying each step a student would take that leads to a finished product of their learning. Each task in the inventory is reviewed by the instructor as they ask themselves: “what, specifically, am I assessing?”

McCorkle, S. (2025). Designing an Aligned Generative AI Course Policy: An equitable and transparent learner-centered approach. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 16(2), 96-110. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v16i2.41058

Friday, January 30 at 12:00



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


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



*New* Harmonize tools available in eCampus

Sponsor:  WVU ITS & Harmonize Learning

What is Harmonize? Harmonize is a new kind of online discussion and communication platform that supports every learner by helping them engage more fully in conversations with their peers. Harmonize provides multiple ways for students to participate in discussions, including text, audio, images, and video.

Training Sessions:  Harmonize, an application integrated into eCampus, boosts student engagement through interactive online discussions and collaboration. It offers tools for polls, Q&A boards, peer review, and annotated readings, allowing students to participate using text, audio, video, and images. Instructors interested in learning how to incorporate Harmonize tools into their eCampus courses can participate in several upcoming vendor-offered webinars or view their asynchronous Instructor Help Guide. Various live trainings are available throughout January and February. Each training will show examples, discuss use cases, and guide instructors through setup and grading. 

Note: Harmonize is not currently available for SOLE courses.

Please Register (Zoom)



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.

Building the Gradebook

Creating and Grading Tests

From Validation to Critical Consciousness: An Instructional Design Approach to AI-Resistant Pedagogy

Sponsor:  The POD Network & PODLive

As AI continues to reshape the educational landscape, how can instructional designers and educational developers proactively craft learning experiences that foster genuine understanding and critical thought? This interactive PODLive session introduces an instructional design framework for creating AI-resistant pedagogy. We'll explore how Laura Rendon's validation theory, which champions the strengths and experiences of all learners, can be powerfully combined with critical pedagogy, which encourages questioning and deep analysis.

Participants will engage in hands-on activities to redesign common assignments, making them less susceptible to AI over-reliance by demanding authentic voice, critical inquiry, and real-world application. This session offers practical strategies to shift from merely preventing AI misuse to designing for intellectual resilience, empowering students to engage with AI as a tool for critical thought rather than a shortcut to learning. Facilitated by Stacy Ybarra, Our Lady of the Lake University.

Friday, January 23 at 1:00 pm

AI & Me: Navigating GenAI for Higher Education Faculty

Sponsor: Office of Teaching and Learning Innovation , University of Tennessee Knoxville

Teaching & Learning Innovation (TLI) is proud to collaborate with the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) on a series of workshops as part of an initiative to advance AI literacy, instructional innovation, and the ethical use of GenAI in higher education. These online sessions bring together faculty experts, instructional designers, and AI practitioners to help educators thoughtfully integrate AI into teaching, media creation, assessment, and research workflows.

Please Register

Participants who complete 4 out of 5 sessions will earn a certificate.


  • Cultivating AI Literacy in Online Courses
    Tuesday, January 27, 2026 from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • AI for Faculty Productivity: Local AI for FERPA & Faculty Tools for Teaching
    Monday, February 9, 2026 from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  • Building Your Own AI Research Assistant Using Open-Sourced Cyberinfrastructure
    Wednesday, February 18, 2026 from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • AI Ethics: Can We? Should We? Navigating Ethical Dilemmas of AI in Higher Education
    Wednesday, February 25, 2026 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  • Designing GenAI-Enhanced Educational Media with Google AI Studio
    Thursday, March 5, 2026 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM


View full session descriptions and register for the series here: