Opportunities to Learn about Artificial Intelligence

by April Tallant | Nov 4, 2025 | AI, Blog, Classroom, Educational Technology, Faculty Development Workshop, Help Your Students, Learn, Pedagogy, Student Engagement, Teaching and Learning

AI in the WCU Classroom

Join colleagues for an open discussion on using AI in teaching and learning on Tuesday, Nov 18, 3:30-5:00 pm. This two-part program will include sharing strategies for integrating generative AI into instruction and course management, as well as approaches for setting clear expectations around ethical student use. We’ll also consider how to design learning goals that emphasize key human skills. For more information and to register, read the blog post.

UNC System Pilot: Student AI Literacy

The UNC System Office is piloting a new AI Foundational Skills program, developed collaboratively by faculty, librarians, and instructional designers across the System, in Spring 2026 to strengthen student AI literacy and workforce readiness. This collaborative initiative gives students practical AI experience and critical evaluation skills while connecting them with industry perspectives. We’re seeking faculty to integrate the training into their courses and provide feedback, which will help refine the program. Faculty will receive a stipend. Interested? Complete this interest form to receive more information. Questions? Contact Dr. Heather McCullough, Director, Learning Technology and Open Education, hamccullough@northcarolina.edu

Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Teaching & Learning

by Aaron Ratcliffe | Oct 29, 2025 | AI, Blog, Classroom, Educational Technology, Faculty Development Workshop

Tuesday, November 18 | 3:30 – 5:00 pm in Hunter Library 156 (CFC)

You’re invited to an open forum for faculty across disciplines to share ideas, challenges, and best practices focused on uses of AI in the classroom. The forum will be structured into two parts. Part 1: Faculty will share ideas regarding how they are using generative AI for teaching innovation and to ease course administration burdens. Part 2: Faculty will share ideas for setting and maintaining clear expectations regarding ethical and responsible student use of AI and the impacts of AI on student learning processes. We will also reflect on how faculty and students can set competency-based learning goals that emphasize distinctive human skills. Come ready to share your ideas and to learn from and be inspired by others.

Register for "Using AI to Enhance Teaching & Learning"

Everyday Academic Integrity: Virtual Events for Educators

by April Tallant | Sep 29, 2025 | AI, Blog, Professional Development

The International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) seeks to cultivate cultures of integrity in academic communities throughout the world. If you are interested in connecting and learning about academic integrity from other higher education professionals and institutions, the center is offering the following virtual events.

October 1: The International Day of Action for Academic Integrity Pre-Event is “designed to spark ideas and showcase global perspectives.”
October 15: The International Day of Action for Academic Integrity is a full-day of programming focused on academic integrity across institutions and cultures. Please note time zone differences.

Find more information and registration links to both events on the International Day of Action for Academic Integrity website.

October 24: The Southeastern ICAI Fall Virtual Conference is themed It Takes a Village: Holistic Education in the Era of AI. Join practitioners, students, and administrators to explore how AI is shaping education.

Find more information and registration link to the Southeastern Conference on the International Day of Action for Academic Integrity Regional Conference website.

Call for Applications: E-Learning Faculty Fellow

by April Tallant | Mar 31, 2025 | AI, Blog, Educational Technology, Pedagogy, Professional Development

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

by Anabel Livengood | Feb 17, 2025 | AI, Blog

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

Let us know you are coming! REGISTER

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!

Register Today!

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.