Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Elliott Hall, Room 200A
275 Varner Drive
Rochester,
Michigan
48309-4485
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(248) 370-2751
cetl@oakland.edu

Workshops and Events
OU faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to participate in any programs of interest, and can track their professional development as desired. To stay apprised of upcoming events, sign up for CETL announcements.
Workshop participants can track their professional development.
Winter 2023 Workshops
Click on the titles to register for our upcoming events or to view resources from our past events.
Teaching Toolbox Series
HyFlex format (on campus with online option), held in the Learning Studio: 200A Elliott Hall.
- Reducing Course Workload with Moodle, January 12
- Creating an Inclusive Course, Wednesday, February 1
- Academic Integrity & Assessments: Preventing and Managing Cheating and Plagiarism, February 23
- Changes in Student Behaviors: What Would You Do?, March 16
- Implicit Bias in Teaching, Tuesday, April 4, 12-1pm
Student Success and Equity Dashboard Training
200A Elliott Hall.
- Student Success and Equity Dashboard Training (Part 1 of 2)
- Student Success and Equity Dashboard Training (Part 2 of 2)
Care, Community, Joy in Teaching Series
Facilitated on Zoom only.
- Practicing Community-Building Activities: Warm-Ups and Introductions, January 18.
- Practicing Community-Building Activities: Creativity Boosters, January 26.
- Faculty Burnout and Sustainability - February 16
Student Panel
- Student Engagement Panel, March 23
CETL collaborates with and helps promote OU events related to teaching and learning. If you would like to add an upcoming event, please contact Christina Moore.
OU Libraries Events
Open Access & the Humanities Roundtable Discussion
Help OU Libraries learn how we can better foster and facilitate open access research and publishing for humanities faculty at Oakland University. Join us for a lively discussion Friday, March 31, 2023, from 12-1 in Kresge Library room 242. Light refreshments will be provided. Register for the open-access roundtable.
Teaching with Technology, Online Teaching, and Moodle (e-LIS)
e-Learning and Instructional Support offers one-hour Zoom workshops on best practices, teaching presence, and advanced tools in Moodle. View all upcoming e-LIS workshops.
From the Center for Excellence in Medical Education, OUWB School of Medicine
Browse a full schedule and register for online events on implicit bias, wellness, and SAFE training and more.
2023 Teaching and Learning Symposium
Friday, May 5, 9am-3pm, Oakland Center, Gold Rooms.
This campus-wide event centers and celebrates teaching at Oakland University. Attend part or all of the symposium events, which offer a range of networking and learning opportunities.
Register now for the Symposium.
Schedule of events:
- Teaching and Learning at OU (9:00-9:30am)
- Teaching Talks from OU Faculty (9:30-11:30am)
- Lunch (11:30-12:30pm)
- Keynote with David Clark, co-author of Grading for Growth and mathematics professor at Grand Valley State University. (12:30-1:30)
- Debrief, Closing/Break (1:30-2:00)
- Breakout Session on Alternative Grading with David Clark (2:00-3:00)
Teaching Talks, from OU Faculty
The Teaching Talks are short presentations to showcase how the teaching work of faculty from different departments has extended into research, scholarship, and/or service and community engagement.
Inclusive Design Thinking for Teaching and Learning
Education for social change creates an inclusive learning environment for my special topic class, Design thinking in UI/UX (user interface/experience). This course focuses on developing a social entrepreneurial business that takes a mobile application as a primary platform. This presentation shows how theoretical frameworks centering on design thinking and project-based learning motivate students to become integral agents in society and business.
Dho Yee Chung is an Assistant Professor in the department of Art and Art History. Dho Yee’s teaching and research focus on cultural and social inequality inherent in emerging visual media and technology. She observes injustice related to identity, race, and social status in the digital space, interprets it from a graphic design perspective, and applies her scholarly interests to learning environment.
Designing and Enacting Care in the Asynchronous Learning Environment
For educators and learners in a completely asynchronous environment, establishing engagement and a learning relationship can be extremely challenging. A pedagogy, or ethics, of care (as derived from the work of Nel Noddings) centers the affective domain in learning and can be strategically incorporated into asynchronous courses and content to support learner success.
Katie Greer has been interested in the best practices for online teaching and learning since coming to OU in 2011. She teaches LIB 2500, a completely asynchronous general education course from the libraries, and although a pedagogy of care was always something she strove for, after the 2020 pandemic it became a more intentional focus of her teaching.
Sharks, Crows, and Rays--Oh My! Providing Undergraduate Students with Research Opportunities That Can Benefit Exotic Animal Care and Welfare
Results from recent collaborative undergraduate research projects focusing on animal behavior and welfare will be highlighted, along with a brief discussion of how advising undergraduate research can be balanced with the teaching-focused Special Lecturer role.
Dr. Sandra Troxell-Smith has been teaching at OU for the past 5 years, and has worked with and within various zoos for several decades. She is thrilled to teach the Biology Department’s Animal Behavior Lecture and Lab courses (among others), which allows her to share her personal passions for captive animal welfare and conservation directly with her students.
Integrating Authentic Research Experiences with Classroom Education and Community Outreach
Scripted "cookbook" experiments are excellent tools to showcase standard laboratory procedures but they do not reflect the scientific research process. The presentation will highlight current efforts to bring authentic research experiences into classrooms to help improve student attitudes toward the STEM fields.
Dr. Wu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry. He teaches the Biochemistry lecture and laboratory curriculum, and uses VR-technology, 3D printing, and other useful tools to bring his scientific topics to life.
Missed a workshop? View workshop recordings and resources.
A Competency Approach to Graduate Education
Wednesday, February 8, 3-4pm, 200A Elliott Hall.
Marvin Nieman, PhD, Vice Dean for Graduate Education and Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University will be sharing insights into the reform of graduate education using his work on competency-based graduate training programs. To achieve the goal of training professional scientists, graduate programing can be strengthened by using competencies to focus on both knowledge acquisition and skills, such as critical thinking and communication. View Resources.
Diversity Challenge 2022
The Winter 2022 Diversity Challenge celebrates the expertise, talent and experience of university faculty, staff and students dedicated to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. While challenges can be completed at any time, weekly challenges began in January and continue through March. Visit the Diversity Challenge 2022 eSpace (OU login required).
Instructional Fair
Co-sponsored by the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee
Browse a variety of posters and displays with faculty's best ideas on effective instructional strategy, active learning, learning resources, classroom activities that they use to promote student success. The poster presentation format allows attendees to collect guides to these ideas and network with faculty and staff.
Share what works well in your classroom, tips on how to design engaging assignments, or tools and resources that have been helpful in teaching and learning. Presenting with your students is highly encouraged!
View 2019 event video, Instructional Fair Booklet, event photo album, presentation list, plus quotes from faculty and student presenters.
Past Event Resources
Browse the 2018 Instructional Fair Booklet. This includes handouts for all presentations featured at the event.
Download the 2017 Instructional Fair Booklet.
Download the 2015 Instructional Fair Booklet.
Download the 2013 Instructional Fair Booklet.
Guest Speaker Events
In partnership with offices on campus such as Student Affairs & Diversity and OUWB Center for Excellence in Medical Education, we regularly offer special events on teaching and learning. Below are recordings and resources from our past events.
- Cheating Lessons, with Dr. James Lang. Postponed until further notice.
- The Promise and Practice of Inclusive Pedagogy, with Dr. Bryan Dewsbury on June 10, 2019. Resources include keynote video, audio, and his recommended resources.
- What Faculty Can Really Do to Promote Student Learning, with Dr. Diane Ebert-May on June 5, 2018.