Professional Development
- Leverage Learning Analytics and Peer Collaboration
- Taking a Mosaic Approach to AI in the Writing Classroom
- Virtual Book Launch
Resources
- Building Out AI Policies – Collections &an AI Syllabus Statement Tool
- AI Resources
Grant Opportunities
- VIVA Open Adopt Grants
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Leveraging Learning Analytics and Peer Collaboration
May 8, 2025 | 2:00 PM ET
Revolutionize your teaching approach by exploring the transformative power of digitally enabled evidence-based practices in active learning and peer collaboration. We’ll dive deep into proven strategies using digital tools to foster student engagement, critical thinking, and meaningful collaboration in the classroom. Learn how to shift away from traditional lecture models to active learning frameworks leveraging innovative technology that empower students to take ownership of their learning. Explore the benefits of peer collaboration in building inclusive learning communities, enhancing knowledge retention, and promoting higher-order thinking.
Taking a mosaic approach to AI in the writing classroom
May 8, 2025 4:00 PM EST
In the last few years, many tools have quickly emerged that can successfully complete many traditional assessments, and several AI detection tools were created to solve this problem. Unfortunately, these tools are imperfect at best, but they still have a use.
In this talk, University of Colorado Assistant Teaching Professor and Learning/AI Strategist Chris Ostro will detail the ways he has leveraged these tools, along with others, in a “mosaic approach” to help safeguard integrity in his course, but more importantly to get us all past the “cops and robbers” phase and back to the student/teacher dynamic.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Hosted by Dr. Heather Brown, Tidewater Community College
VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH
May 27, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM ET
You’re invited to the virtual launch of two forthcoming Routledge volumes: Rethinking Writing Education in the Age of Generative AI and Rethinking Language Education in the Age of Generative AI. These books (forthcoming in late May) bring together diverse perspectives bridging research, theory, and practice in response to the evolving language and writing education shaped by AI.
We’ll be joined by invited speakers Dr. Robert Godwin-Jones and Dr. Curt Bonk, along with contributing authors, to discuss key themes and future directions. Three book raffles will take place during the event – attend for a chance to win a copy!
Register here: Zoom Registration Link
RESOURCES
BUILDING OUT AI POLICIES – COLLECTIONS
This document is maintained by Lance Eaton. You are welcome to share it with other individuals, groups, and organizations. To view the policies, please select the “Policies” tab in this spreadsheet.
Lance Eaton’s collection: https://bit.ly/EatonAI
BUILDING OUT AI POLICIES – WITH AN AI SYLLABUS STATEMENT TOOL
Using an interactive decision tree written in a conversational style to mimic a chatbot.
AI Resources: Curated by Dr. Heather M. Brown, Instructional Designer, Tidewater Community College (see attached)
GRANTS
VIVA Open Adopt Grant
Request for Proposals
VIVA, Virginia’s academic library consortium, requests proposals for the Spring 2025 round of VIVA Open Adopt Grants. This grant opportunity is part of the larger VIVA Open Grant Programs. Adopt grants of $2,000 will be awarded to educational professionals in the state of Virginia who wish to adopt and curate existing open and no-cost course materials from fall 2025 through fall 2026. Grants will be offered in the following categories:
VIVA Open Adopt and Curation Grants: Adopt and Curation grants offer support to faculty who have identified a single pre-existing resource or a group of resources that can be curated into the materials needed for a single class.
VIVA Course Mapping Grants: Course Mapping Grants are offered to instructors who would like to adopt a resource that has been identified and reviewed as appropriate for a Transfer Virginia Course. These resources can be found in the Course Mapping hub on the VIVA Open site.
Community and Public Health Nursing Targeted Grants: Community and Public Health Nursing: A Call to Action is a VIVA Open Publishing text and Instructor’s Guide released by VIVA Open publishing in 2025. These targeted adopt grants are for instructors who would like to adopt this text in their classrooms.
Applications are due May 2, 2025.