Call for Applications: E-Learning Faculty Fellow

Apply to become an E-Learning Faculty Fellow

Coulter Faculty Commons is seeking applications and nominations for an E-Learning Faculty Fellow for the 2025-2026 academic year. The selected fellow will promote pedagogically driven uses of Canvas and champion innovative teaching and learning tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), for both online and in-person courses. 

  • Faculty Fellows work an average of 2-4 hours per week during fall and spring semesters. 
  • The faculty selected for this position will receive a $1,000 stipend each academic semester. 

Key responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with educational developers and campus partners to promote tech-forward teaching practices. 
  • Provide workshops and create resources to support faculty in leveraging Canvas and other educational technology to enhance course design, student engagement, and pedagogy. 
  • Explore cutting-edge tools to enhance teaching and learning, including AI. 
  • Support the assessment of e-learning programming within the CFC. 

Ideal candidates will have:

  • Strong collaboration and communication skills. 
  • A passion for supporting faculty in using technology to enrich student learning. 
  • Expertise in Canvas and instructional technology from a pedagogical perspective. 
  • Experience with assessment and data-informed decision-making. 

 

Application Deadline:

Applications will be accepted from all full-time tenured, tenure-track, and full-time fixed-term faculty members. The application deadline is Tuesday, May 13.  

Contact Scott Seagle at seaglej@wcu.edu for questions.  

Register for AI conference on February 28

Spring 2025 Excellence in Teaching & Learning Event:
AI in Teaching and Learning

 

Friday, Feb 28 | Blue Ridge Conference Rooms | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

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Poster for the 2025 Excellence in Teaching Event on AI. It includes a qr code to register now.

Join us for one of the Coulter Faculty Commons’ signature events. This year’s theme focuses on Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning. We’re excited to partner with Hunter Library to bring two outstanding speakers to WCU. The event also features a faculty panel showcasing practical applications of AI in teaching and research.

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to engage with experts, explore AI’s potential, and connect with colleagues. Read more about the presenters and view the schedule of events on our 2025 ETLE Blog Post.

Lunch is included for those who register by February 23. Register today, we look forward to seeing you there! 

ETLE – Spring 2025

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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Headshot of Tony Elkins.

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. 

Headshot of William Duffy.