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The Belonging Blueprint with Dr. AJ Fallon-Korb
This semester, the Faculty Center hosted Dr. AJ Fallon-Korb, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at SUNY Cortland (and a former colleague here at SUNY Oneonta!), both on campus and online. In “The Belonging Blueprint: Building Connection from the Inside Out,” Dr. Fallon-Korb drew from her research on belonging to share concrete strategies for fostering community on…
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Faculty Center Staff Support Innovative Instruction and Technology Grant (IITG) projects at SUNY Oneonta
In October, SUNY released information about the Academic Innovation Grants Program for academic year 2026-2027. This program funds projects across the SUNY system related to Open Educational Resources and Innovative Instructional Technology. This year, the program welcomes applications for projects in the categories of AI, openness, and accessibility. At SUNY Oneonta, our faculty and staff…
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Accessible Pedagogy Community of Practice
Faculty and staff interested in developing and sharing strategies for accessible pedagogy have been gathering over the past few semesters to talk about inclusive teaching. Convened by Matthew Unangst, PhD (Assistant Professor, History, and OEI Faculty Fellow), the group has been meeting monthly to explore resources, discuss existing policies, and prepare for changes related to…
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AI Communities of Practice: Call for Participants
Join us this year for AI Cross-Campus Communities of Practice, a professional development initiative funded by SUNY’s Innovative Instruction Technology Grants. Participating faculty will earn a $500 stipend to collaborate with colleagues from across the SUNY system, engage with AI tools, and update your teaching practices. You can choose to take part in one of…
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Tri-Campus AI Pop-Up
This semester, leaders from SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Delhi, and SUNY Cobleskill met to combine forces around AI professional development within our regional network of SUNY institutions. With the support of Provost Enrique Morales-Diaz (SUNY Oneonta), Provost David Brower (SUNY Delhi), and Provost Darcy Medica (SUNY Cobleskill), SUNY Oneonta invited faculty and staff to campus to…
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Professional Learning Community: Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
The Faculty Center convenes Professional Learning Communities every semester. Center staff identify books that might be of interest to faculty and staff, and then we come together to read and discuss how each text speaks to our work in the classroom and with students. Past groups have read and discussed Teaching with AI: A Practical…
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POD Conference 2024
Staff and faculty from SUNY Oneonta’s Faculty Center for Teaching, Learning & Scholarship gathered with other educational developers in Chicago this November to share some of our on-campus programs and to learn about new directions and best practices for supporting university faculty and staff in teaching, learning, and more. Ed Beck and Racheal Fest hosted…
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Fall Faculty Institute 2024
The Faculty Center hosted our eighth Fall Faculty Institute in October. This year, we focused on experiential learning, inviting faculty and staff from across campus to share with us how they help students learn by doing. Presenters talked about the many ways we build learning experiences into courses and co-curricular opportunities, from bringing students to…
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Crafting Podcast Assignments
This month, the Faculty Center hosted a roundtable conversation focused on assigning podcasting to students in a range of courses. Faculty from Communications, Education, and more shared assignments they’ve developed for major and gen ed contexts across the lower and upper divisions. While some assignments, such as those for a Digital Storytelling course, helped students…
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Faculty Q&A with the Office of Community Standards
This month, Jennifer Westmoreland, Associate Director of the Office of Community Standards, joined the Faculty Center for a conversation about academic integrity, AI, mental health, and other issues on our campus. Jennifer shared how her office responds when faculty submit the various forms her office administers, including the Instructor Report on Academic Dishonesty and the…
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