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March updates from the Center for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning

Center for Leadership, Teaching and Learning (CLTL)

As we round the corner into the second half of the semester, the Center for Leadership in Teaching and Learning (CLTL) has been abuzz with conversations, collaborations, and learning experiences. From faculty/student panels exploring perspectives on generative AI in higher education to faculty-led discussions on neurodiversity and inclusive teaching, we have explored critical topics that impact our classrooms and our students.

The Scholarly and Creative Endeavors Work Groups and Racial Justice Learning Communities have provided meaningful spaces for reflection and engagement, and our AI Learning Clusters and Teaching Support Network continue to foster pedagogical innovation.

A panel engages with faculty and staff in Wyckoff Center

We remain focused on fostering faculty success, retention, and inclusive teaching practices. Our upcoming Faculty Retention Lunch Series will offer an opportunity to discuss best practices for supporting and sustaining faculty careers. Meanwhile, our Teaching with Wikipedia workshop will explore how digital literacy assignments can engage students in knowledge creation.

Faculty and staff work with AI in the LEDS classroom

We鈥檒l also continue conversations on AI鈥檚 role in creativity, research, and teaching. As always, we encourage you to stay connected, share your insights, and participate in the many opportunities available this spring.

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) 

鈥孌on鈥檛 forget that Skidmore is an institutional member of the NCFDD, which provides free access to many excellent professional development tools. Consider attending the webinar on Tuesday, March 25, or, for those with academic leadership roles, the webinar on Tuesday, April 29. 

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鈥孴he Weller Room and Lending Library (LIB 212) 

鈥孴his space devoted to CLTL events is also available as a (quiet) workspace each weekday morning from 9 a.m. to noon. Folks participating in the Scholarly/Creative Endeavors (SCE) work groups are encouraged to use this space before meeting for lunch. The Weller Room also has a Lending Library with texts on critical pedagogical studies, navigating higher education, DEIJAB in the classroom, and UDL. For more information on the space, visit the CLTL Announcements page.

Spring Book Club 

  • 鈥學hen and where: Noon-1:15 p.m. Friday, March 21, in the Test Kitchen (Murray-Aikins Dining Hall) 
  • 鈥孌别蝉肠谤颈辫迟颈辞苍: Join us to discuss 51茶馆儿淭he Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World,鈥� the latest book by ecologist and writer Robin Wall Kimmerer. Faculty and staff interested in participating 鈥� first come, first served. All spaces for the Tuesday, March 25, event have been filled.

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鈥�AI and Creativity: In Art and in the Classroom

  • 鈥學hen and where: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, March 21, in the Weller Room (Lib 212) 
  • 鈥孌别蝉肠谤颈辫迟颈辞苍: Join the discussion around AI and creativity in our work as artists and in our teaching. Share knowledge and ideas, engage in conversation, and build community around the many ways AI is transforming, disrupting, and opening new pathways. This gathering will begin what we hope will be an ongoing conversation between people with all levels of comfortability using AI. All are welcome!

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鈥孯esearch Salon with Jeff Segrave: 鈥楳y Olympic Journey鈥�

  • When and where: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in the Weller Room (Lib 212) 
  • 鈥孌别蝉肠谤颈辫迟颈辞苍:鈥�Segrave will discuss the interim years of the Olympic Games 51茶馆儿� the years between the abolition of the ancient Games in the late fourth century and their revival in 1896 鈥� and the ways in which the Olympic legacy has endured in art, literature, poetry, music and dance, and in passing iterations.
Chris Hakala, smiling and wearing a brown jacket and blue button up

Teaching with Wikipedia

  • 鈥�When and where: 3-4:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, in the Weller Room (Lib 212) 
  • 鈥孌别蝉肠谤颈辫迟颈辞苍: This workshop will provide practical strategies for making Wikipedia an effective part of teaching. Caitlin Jorgensen (English), Nurcan Atalan-Helicke (environmental studies and sciences), and Evan Halstead (physics) will share how they have integrated Wikipedia into their courses, discussing their experiences, assignment design, resources, and best practices.  

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鈥孎aculty Retention Lunch Series 

  • 鈥�When and where: 12:15-1:15 p.m. Monday, April 14, and 12:45-1:45 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in the Test Kitchen (Murray-Aikins Dining Hall) 
  • 鈥孌别蝉肠谤颈辫迟颈辞苍: Join Janet Casey, associate dean for diversity and faculty affairs, and Beck Krefting for one of two lunch discussions on faculty retention. These discussions will explore best practices for fostering an inclusive, supportive, and sustainable academic environment that enhances faculty satisfaction, belonging, and long-term engagement. All are welcome!

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For more information, visit the CLTL Programming page.

Tune in and tune up...

  • Explore this (UDL) created by Lead Instructional Technologist Aaron Kendall to see how courses can be modified to be more inclusive and accessible. 
  • 鈥孋heck out these (curated by Eugene Korsunskiy, Dartmouth College). 
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