Past Events

Past Events page listed with the most recently concluded event at the top of the page tag

AI Angst? Uncovering Student and Instructor Narratives in Higher Ed

February 26, 2025 - 2:00-3:00 PM Location: This is an online event. Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation. Intended Audience: Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Instructors

Join this session to hear from researchers at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and Pearson who have gathered and analyzed data from instructors, undergraduates, and graduate students to explore the stories we tell about generative AI in higher ed....

Typology of Active Learning: A Framework for Selecting Active Learning Techniques

February 11, 2025 - 1:00-1:45 PM Location: This is an online event. Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation. Intended Audience: Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Instructors

Active learning has been shown to enhance cognitive engagement, improve academic performance, and promote equity by supporting underrepresented and minoritized students. However, with so many active learning techniques available, it...

Spark Talk: Crafting Equitable Assessments with Student Diversity in Mind

February 13, 2025 - 10:00-10:30 AM Location: This is an online event. Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation. Intended Audience: Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Instructors

Focusing on a case study, we will discuss how assignments can be crafted with an eye for students’ diverse skills and needs. Our case study will exemplify scaffolding assessments with practice, feedback, and revision to...

AI Unfiltered: Student Voices

February 6, 2025 - 10:00-11:00 AM Location: This is an online event. Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation. Intended Audience: Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Instructors

What do UC Berkeley students think about generative AI, and how are they using it? Join us for a moderated student panel that explores how current undergrad and graduate Berkeley students and their peers are using AI, their questions...

How AI Literacy Can and Will Impact Academic Integrity

February 4, 2025 - 1:00-1:30 PM Location: This is an online event. Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation. Intended Audience: Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Instructors

Academic integrity concerns often stem from fears that students might use Generative AI (GenAI) to cheat, leaving teachers wondering how to prevent it. While there’s no magic solution, clear communication with students is essential....

Teaching Inclusively From Day One

January 17, 2025 - 10:00-10:45 AM Location: This is an online event. Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation. Intended Audience: Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Instructors

In this workshop, we will focus on practical strategies for creating an inclusive learning environment from the start of your course. While inclusion and diversity are essential values in education,...

Assignments and Grading: Build Your Gradebook in bCourses

January 28, 2025 - 10:00-11:00 AM Location: This is an online event. Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation. Intended Audience: Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Instructors

This session will guide you through effectively setting up and managing your Gradebook—from weighting grades to configuring advanced settings like Grade Posting Policy. You’ll learn how to create and manage...

Spark Talk: Strategies for Building a Sense of Belonging in the Classroom

January 24, 2025 - 10:00-10:30 AM Location: This is an online event. Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation. Intended Audience: Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Instructors

This spark talk focuses on a theory for measuring classroom experiences to foster student belonging. Often, there is​ more emphasis on individual student outcomes rather than on classroom environments when measuring the effectiveness...

New in Poll Everywhere: Course Management Interface

January 16, 2025 - 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Location: This is an online event. Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation. Intended Audience: Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Instructors

Starting January 6, 2025, Poll Everywhere will introduce its "Course Management" trial to all Berkeley accounts, featuring a centralized interface that streamlines key steps in the instructor workflow....

Using Peerceptiv Peer Review to Increase Collaboration and Engagement

January 22, 2025 - 11:00 AM-12:OO PM Location: This is an online event. Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation. Intended Audience: Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Instructors

Peerceptiv is a peer collaboration tool designed to enhance student engagement by facilitating peer...