In-person consultations with the CFC at Biltmore Park

by Anabel Livengood | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog

In-person consultations at Biltmore Park on Thursdays!

WCU’s teaching and learning center, the Coulter Faculty Commons, is pleased to continue our in-person consultation services at Biltmore Park. Our educational developer Anabel Livengood is available for in-person consultations at Biltmore Park every Thursday this spring semester. Whether you want to fine-tune an assignment, explore active learning strategies, or just chat about your course, we’re here for you.

Schedule your consultation with Anabel today! If you don’t see a time that works for you, email Anabel at llivengood@wcu.edu or meet with one of our other consultants, Eli Collins-Brown, April Tallant, and Scott Seagle, virtually or when you visit main campus.

How is your teaching going? Find out with a TAP

by Anabel Livengood | Jan 23, 2025 | Assessment, Blog, Feedback

Teaching Analysis Polls (TAPs) return this Spring Semester

Save your spot now & register!

The Coulter Faculty Commons is excited to announce the return of Teaching Analysis Polls (TAPs) this spring, the CFC’s mid-semester assessment program!

Why sign up for a TAP?

Unlike end-of-semester surveys, a TAP provides actionable mid-semester feedback from your students. Use it to:

Improve student learning: Make small teaching changes now and see the benefits for your current class.
Promote inclusive teaching: Show students you value their input by collecting feedback and making meaningful changes.
Document your teaching: Highlight your responsiveness to student needs in your teaching materials.

TAPs are completely confidential. New this year, we’re offering in-person options at both the main campus and Biltmore Park, as well as online options for evening or remote classes.

Registration is open now to all instructors teaching at WCU. Please reach out to Anabel Livengood at llivengood@wcu.edu if you have any questions.

CFC Open House

by Anabel Livengood | Jan 16, 2025 | Blog, Event, University Support

You’re Invited to Our Open House!

Join WCU’s teaching center on Wednesday, Feb 12, from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm for a relaxed and engaging Open House at the Coulter Faculty Commons (CFC)!

This is your opportunity to:

Connect with colleagues from across campus.
Meet our team and discover how we can support your work.
Explore interactive stations featuring trivia and practical active learning ideas to take with you.

Refreshments will be provided. Drop by, say hello, and leave with inspiration for your teaching and connections to enrich your work.

You can find us on the first floor of Hunter Library.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Flyer for Coulter Faculty Common's Open House on Wednesday February 12.

ETLE – Spring 2025

by Anabel Livengood | Jan 15, 2025 | AI, Blog, Event

Join our Excellence in Teaching & Learning Event (ETLE) focused on AI this February!

Our Excellence in Teaching & Learning Event (ETLE) that was originally planned for October 2024 will now be held on Friday, February 28. We have partnered with the Hunter Library to bring in two external experts on AI as speakers, Tony Elkins and William Duffy.

Blue Ridge Conference Center (Blue Ridge 108A) from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm.

Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 am	Welcome
9:30 – 10:30 am	Tony Elkins Ethics of AI Students are invited to this session
10:45 – 11:45 am	Will Duffy Inductive, Inclusive, Iterative: Developing AI Literacy in Practice
12:30 – 1:45 pm	AI Faculty Panel
1:55 – 3:30 pm	Workshop: Using AI in your teaching

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Tony Elkins, a citizen of the Comanche Nation, is a faculty member at Poynter. His portfolio includes Poynter’s early and mid-career leadership workshops Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom Leaders and the Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media. He is a founding member of the News Product Alliance and has an extensive product and project management background. He is one of Poynter’s generative AI experts, specializing in ethics, use cases and effects of visual AI models. Elkins is the co-author of Poynter’s AI Ethics Handbook. He will speak about the ethics of AI.

William Duffy is a Professor of English at the University of Memphis where he is Director of Graduate Studies and teaches in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication program. He will share insights from his current research on teaching with AI and will conduct a hands-on workshop where you can bring an assignment or assessment to modify.