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The goal of this Community of Practice (CoP) is to create a collaborative environment where faculty can advance their knowledge and practice of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP). Faculty will engage in discussions of current issues and emerging trends in open education, share experiences and challenges from their own courses, explore tools and resources that support OER development and dissemination, and receive feedback on individual or collaborative projects. You can expect to make meaningful progress toward an OER-related project, such as course conversion, resource creation or adaptation, open pedagogy implementation, assessment of OER impact, or dissemination of open education scholarship.
Other Faculty Learning Communities
This Community of Practice is for faculty engaged with Experiential Learning Pedagogy and wanting to collaborate with others teaching with experiential learning, continue to hone their skills using this pedagogy, develop new ideas, and contribute to a repository of resources for other faculty interested in experiential learning. You do not have to be an expert but rather have some awareness and maybe a few experiences with EL pedagogy. This community will build on your current experiences and knowledge through readings, discussions, and guest presentations. The focus will be on building tangible deliverables both in the form of resources for current and future colleagues/students/staff, but also for our own courses. Faculty from across the university, in all colleges and ranks/positions are welcome!
The goal of this Community of Practice (CoP) is to build a collaborative learning community that brings faculty together to explore principles and practices of community-engaged learning while supporting them in designing, implementing, and assessing meaningful community-engaged experiences within their own courses. Whether you are completely new to service-learning or are looking to strengthen existing community-engaged teaching, this CoP will provide a structured pathway from foundational concepts to implementation. Through interactive workshops, building community partner engagement, and collaborative course design, you will develop the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to integrate high-impact community-engaged learning into your teaching.
The goal of this Community of Practice (CoP) is to create a supportive group where faculty can advance and share their experiences around the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Community members are expected to have varying levels of familiarity and experience with SoTL and to be at different stages of conducting SoTL study. This community will focus on SoTL design principles, research methods, practical examples, university-supported resources, and project dissemination. Through community participation, faculty will make significant progress on a SoTL project intended for publication or conference presentation. Guest speakers will be included in meetings throughout the academic year.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how scientific and technical knowledge is created, analyzed, and applied across STEM disciplines. This professional learning community is designed to support STEM faculty in navigating these changes thoughtfully, ethically, and strategically. Faculty will be provided with a structured framework for developing department‑ and course‑level AI policies, designing AI‑infused and AI‑resilient assignments, and communicating clear expectations for student use of AI tools. Participants will explore the capabilities and limitations of current generative AI systems, disciplinary norms around acceptable use, ethical and legal considerations, and pedagogical strategies that emphasize higher‑order thinking, problem solving, and scientific reasoning.
Generative Al continues to change rapidly, creating new possibilities, questions, and challenges for teaching and learning. Teaching with Al: The Al Learning Lab brings educators together to explore these developments, experiment with practical applications, and learn from colleagues across disciplines and levels of experience. Building on the foundation of the previous Teaching with Al series, this renewed experience will retain its emphasis on shared inquiry, responsible practice, and meaningful learning while creating room for new advancements, new questions, and the knowledge each participant brings. Sessions will include guided exploration, collaborative discussion, hands-on experimentation, and time to develop ideas that connect directly to participants' own courses and professional practice.
Breakfast or Lunch Provided!
The Sustainability Fellows Program at Missouri State University is a learning community
for faculty, staff, and students dedicated to advancing sustainability efforts at
MSU. One goal of the program is to foster a shared understanding of sustainability
and to recognize how the pillars of sustainability can be integrated into discipline-specific
learning across disciplines.
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