September 16, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM -
Online
Making Learning Stick: Using Research and Reflection
Workshop by M'Hammed Abdous.
Students tend to forget most of what they learn within weeks. This workshop addresses this issue by encouraging faculty to consider how structured reflection and student research foster long-lasting understanding. Participants will examine cognitive science findings on memory and transfer and explore discipline-specific examples that connect classroom learning to professional practice. The session concludes with the hands-on creation of reflection prompts and research tasks tailored to individual courses.
None
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 25
of 50 seats available.
September 16, 2025 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM -
at Library Conference Rooms 1310-1311 or Online
Banishing Burnout: Flourishing as Faculty
Webinar by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite and Jason O'Toole.
Join this interactive event to reflect on burnout, share experiences, and take a self-assessment. Leave with strategies to plan your semester with balance and energy.
Join this interactive event to reflect on burnout, share experiences, and take a self-assessment. Leave with strategies to plan your semester with balance and energy.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 66
of 75 seats available.
September 17, 2025 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM -
at Library Conference Rooms 1310-1311 or Online
Panel on Faculty Burnout and Interventions
Panel by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite.
A panel to discuss burnout and interventions With:
A panel to discuss burnout and interventions With:
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 64
of 75 seats available.
September 18, 2025 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM -
Online
Banishing Burnout: Flourishing as Faculty
Webinar by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite and Jason O'Toole.
Join this interactive event to reflect on burnout, share experiences, and take a self-assessment. Leave with strategies to plan your semester with balance and energy.
Join this interactive event to reflect on burnout, share experiences, and take a self-assessment. Leave with strategies to plan your semester with balance and energy.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 70
of 75 seats available.
September 22, 2025 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM -
Online
Flourishing as Faculty: Open Write with Guest Speakers Addressing Aspects of Writing and Publishing
Workshop by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite.
Hop on ZOOM and devote your time to thinking, researching, writing…engaging in your scholarly work. Come for as long as you can. If you can’t stay the entire time, that’s fine. An Open-Write is an online space where you meet others (briefly) and dedicate your time to working on your scholarly projects. There are brief check-ins at the top of the hours, but mostly you will be working on your own to carve out time to enhance your scholarly productivity.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 71
of 75 seats available.
September 24, 2025 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM -
at Library Conference Rooms 1310-1311 or Online
Panel on Faculty Burnout: Research on Workplace Stressors and Interventions
Panel by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite and Jason O'Toole.
Learn how stressors shape student learning and faculty well-being. Discuss evidence-based approaches to support resilience in academic settings.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 47
of 50 seats available.
September 24, 2025 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM -
Online
Help Students Use Feedback
Workshop by M'Hammed Abdous.
Most student feedback is ignored, filed away, or only glanced at for grades. This workshop transforms feedback from a one-way critique into a powerful learning tool that students actively use. Participants will explore what research reveals about the timing and structure of effective feedback, and examine models that spark genuine improvement rather than defensiveness. Faculty will leave with practical systems for creating feedback loops that save time while developing student skills.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 31
of 50 seats available.
September 26, 2025 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM -
Online
Flourishing as Faculty: Open-Write
Workshop by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite.
Hop on ZOOM and devote your time to thinking, researching, writing…engaging in your scholarly work. Come for as long as you can. If you can’t stay the entire time, that’s fine. An Open-Write is an online space where you meet others (briefly) and dedicate your time to working on your scholarly projects. There are brief check-ins at the top of the hours, but mostly you will be working on your own to carve out time to enhance your scholarly productivity.
Objectives:
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 74
of 75 seats available.
September 29, 2025 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM -
Online
DoT-Contested Realities: Pre-Mini Conference Panel Discussion COIL and International Education
Panel by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite.
The panel will introduce high-impact instruction using the COIL method (Collaborative Online International Learning) and the virtual exchange programs with faculty and universities abroad that have been developed at Old Dominion University. ODU faculty who have taught COIL courses will share their experiences.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 75
of 75 seats available.
September 30, 2025 08:40 AM - 09:00 AM -
at Library Conference Rooms 1310-1311 or Online
DoT-Contested Realities: Welcome to Our Days of Teaching
Panel by M'Hammed Abdous and Stephanie Finley-Croswhite.
Welcome, everyone. In a world of "Contested Realities," your work as educators is more important than ever. Thank you for being here for our Days of Teaching event.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 75
of 75 seats available.
September 30, 2025 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM -
at Library Conference Rooms 1310-1311 or Online
DoT-Contested Realities: Motivating Students to Read
Webinar by Carolyne King.
Understanding some of the difficulties behind student non-compliance with reading; practice building comprehension through explaining “what and why” of assigned readings; participants will be provided examples and practice building reading assignments.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 74
of 75 seats available.
September 30, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM -
at Library Conference Rooms 1310-1311 or Online
DoT-Contested Realities: KEYNOTE: Cultivating a Course Culture for Student Success
Webinar by Anthony Perez.
We can't control the attitudes and beliefs that students bring into the classroom at the start of the semester. However, we can cultivate a classroom culture that sets the conditions for students to be motivated and engaged in our courses. I will discuss how the messages we communicate and the classroom structures we create can support or thwart adaptive student motivation and belonging.
We can't control the attitudes and beliefs that students bring into the classroom at the start of the semester. However, we can cultivate a classroom culture that sets the conditions for students to be motivated and engaged in our courses. I will discuss how the messages we communicate and the classroom structures we create can support or thwart adaptive student motivation and belonging.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 74
of 75 seats available.
September 30, 2025 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM -
Online
DoT-Contested Realities: Decision Frames and Difficult Conversations
Webinar by Jason O'Toole.
Having difficult conversations is a skill that requires practice. Simply stating that we want our graduates to be insightful and prospective leaders who promote empathy, mutual understanding, and recognition of differences is not enough. It is crucial that we give our students the theoretical foundations and opportunities to practice engaging in difficult conversations, especially when ideological differences seem to be widening. I will share lessons I've learned from teaching management classes and offer insights and ideas on how I’ve invited and encouraged my students to actively participate in difficult conversations, both in synchronous and asynchronous learning environments.
Having difficult conversations is a skill that requires practice. Simply stating that we want our graduates to be insightful and prospective leaders who promote empathy, mutual understanding, and recognition of differences is not enough. It is crucial that we give our students the theoretical foundations and opportunities to practice engaging in difficult conversations, especially when ideological differences seem to be widening. I will share lessons I've learned from teaching management classes and offer insights and ideas on how I’ve invited and encouraged my students to actively participate in difficult conversations, both in synchronous and asynchronous learning environments.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 74
of 75 seats available.
September 30, 2025 01:00 PM - 02:15 PM -
at Library Conference Rooms 1310-1311 or Online
DoT-Contested Realities: Panel Discussion
Panel by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite.
Hans Pieter-Plag, Professor, Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Director, Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute (MARI)
Drew Lopenzina, Professor of Early American and Native American Literature
Adam Fix, Lecturer of Park, Recreation and Tourism Studies
Dale Miller, Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean for Research, Graduate Studies, and Faculty Affairs, College of Arts and Letters
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 75
of 75 seats available.
September 30, 2025 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM -
at Library Conference Rooms 1310-1311 or Online
DoT-Contested Realities: Championing Queer Student Success
Webinar by Cathleen Rhodes.
LGBTQ students face unique challenges in college, and faculty play an important role in providing opportunities for success. This presentation will provide faculty with practical strategies to create learning experiences that ensure the retention of queer ODU students.
LGBTQ students face unique challenges in college, and faculty play an important role in providing opportunities for success. This presentation will provide faculty with practical strategies to create learning experiences that ensure the retention of queer ODU students.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 75
of 75 seats available.
October 01, 2025 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM -
at Library Conference Rooms 1310-1311
DoT-Contested Realities: From Micro to Meaningful: Cultivating Inclusive Excellence
Webinar by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite.
This interactive training session is designed to help medical students and faculty recognize, understand, and respond to microaggressions and implicit bias within healthcare education and clinical environments. Through case-based discussions, self-reflection, and skills practice, participants will explore how subtle forms of bias impact learning, teamwork, and patient care. The session will also introduce evidence-informed strategies for creating a more inclusive and psychologically safe learning environment, aligned with professionalism and equity goals in academic medicine.
This interactive training session is designed to help medical students and faculty recognize, understand, and respond to microaggressions and implicit bias within healthcare education and clinical environments. Through case-based discussions, self-reflection, and skills practice, participants will explore how subtle forms of bias impact learning, teamwork, and patient care. The session will also introduce evidence-informed strategies for creating a more inclusive and psychologically safe learning environment, aligned with professionalism and equity goals in academic medicine.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 75
of 75 seats available.
October 01, 2025 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM -
Online
DoT-Contested Realities: KEYNOTE: Generative Listening
Webinar by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite.
Are you interested in sharpening your own and your students’ listening skills?
Would you like to learn how to expand your students’ capacity to productively engage with ambiguity and complexity? What if you could harness radical listening as a tool for building and strengthening collegial support networks in this time of change?
Are you interested in sharpening your own and your students’ listening skills?
Would you like to learn how to expand your students’ capacity to productively engage with ambiguity and complexity? What if you could harness radical listening as a tool for building and strengthening collegial support networks in this time of change?
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 74
of 75 seats available.
October 17, 2025 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM -
Online
Flourishing as Faculty: Open-Write
Workshop by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite.
Hop on ZOOM and devote your time to thinking, researching, writing…engaging in your scholarly work. Come for as long as you can. If you can’t stay the entire time, that’s fine. An Open-Write is an online space where you meet others (briefly) and dedicate your time to working on your scholarly projects. There are brief check-ins at the top of the hours, but mostly you will be working on your own to carve out time to enhance your scholarly productivity.
Objectives:
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 74
of 75 seats available.
October 20, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM -
Online
Keep Students Focused
Workshop by M'Hammed Abdous.
Even in well-designed courses, phones buzz, minds wander, and students check out. This workshop addresses distraction head-on, drawing on findings from attention research and classroom studies. Participants will identify the biggest focus killers in their teaching environments and then practice small but powerful techniques that recapture student attention without overhauling their courses. Faculty will walk away with ready-to-use activities that have been tested in large lectures, online classes, and discussion-heavy seminars.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 31
of 50 seats available.
October 22, 2025 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM -
Online
Flourishing as Faculty: Open-Write
Workshop by Kristin Heron.
Hop on ZOOM and devote your time to thinking, researching, writing…engaging in your scholarly work. Come for as long as you can. If you can’t stay the entire time, that’s fine. An Open-Write is an online space where you meet others (briefly) and dedicate your time to working on your scholarly projects. There are brief check-ins at the top of the hours, but mostly you will be working on your own to carve out time to enhance your scholarly productivity.
Objectives:
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 74
of 75 seats available.
October 22, 2025 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM -
at Library Conference Rooms 1310-1311 or Online
Career Readiness Through the Classroom Faculty Panel
Panel by Cfd Staff.
Welcome: Annette Finley-Croswhite, Director, CFD, Profesor of History
Host: Jenn Grimm: Executive Director | Center for Career and Leadership Development Student and Campus Life
Panel of speakers:
Exploring resources for students tied to having students benefit from Undergraduate Research,
Writing-intensive class focuses on professional writing, helping students develop elevator pitches.
Project-based learning (semester-long, scaffolded): Problem-solvers in SCB - sometimes for campus resources (SCB, Monarch Clothing Closet) as well as other organizations.
Career Coaching and mock interviews
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 74
of 75 seats available.
October 24, 2025 11:00 AM - 02:00 PM -
Online
Flourishing as Faculty: Open-Write
Workshop by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite.
Hop on ZOOM and devote your time to thinking, researching, writing…engaging in your scholarly work. Come for as long as you can. If you can’t stay the entire time, that’s fine. An Open-Write is an online space where you meet others (briefly) and dedicate your time to working on your scholarly projects. There are brief check-ins at the top of the hours, but mostly you will be working on your own to carve out time to enhance your scholarly productivity.
Objectives:
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 74
of 75 seats available.
October 28, 2025 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM -
Online
More than Citation: Source Use and Student Writing
Workshop by Carolyne King.
Go beyond requiring the basics of citation integration; Reconsider writing assignments and how to describe how your assignments require rhetorical attention to how students are using the sources.
Go beyond requiring the basics of citation integration; Reconsider writing assignments and how to describe how your assignments require rhetorical attention to how students are using the sources.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 16
of 16 seats available.
October 29, 2025 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM -
Online
Making Learning Stick: Using Research and Reflection
Workshop by M'Hammed Abdous.
Students tend to forget most of what they learn within weeks. This workshop addresses this issue by encouraging faculty to consider how structured reflection and student research foster long-lasting understanding. Participants will examine cognitive science findings on memory and transfer and explore discipline-specific examples that connect classroom learning to professional practice. The session concludes with the hands-on creation of reflection prompts and research tasks tailored to individual courses.
None
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 42
of 50 seats available.
November 05, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM -
Online
Help Students Use Feedback
Workshop by M'Hammed Abdous.
Most student feedback is ignored, filed away, or only glanced at for grades. This workshop transforms feedback from a one-way critique into a powerful learning tool that students actively use. Participants will explore what research reveals about the timing and structure of effective feedback, and examine models that spark genuine improvement rather than defensiveness. Faculty will leave with practical systems for creating feedback loops that save time while developing student skills.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 45
of 50 seats available.
November 12, 2025 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM -
Online
Banishing Burnout Book Read
Webinar by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite and Jason O'Toole.
November Book Read:
Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal:
With
Annette Finley-Croswhite, Director, Center for Faculty Development and Professor of History,
Jay O’Toole, Associate Professor of Management and Provost’s Fellow for Faculty Development, and
M’hammed Abdous, Associate Director of Faculty Innovation and Teaching with Technology, Center for Faculty Development
November Book Read:
Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal:
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 49
of 50 seats available.
November 12, 2025 02:30 PM - 04:30 PM -
Online
Flourishing as Faculty: Open-Write
Workshop by Kristin Heron.
Hop on ZOOM and devote your time to thinking, researching, writing…engaging in your scholarly work. Come for as long as you can. If you can’t stay the entire time, that’s fine. An Open-Write is an online space where you meet others (briefly) and dedicate your time to working on your scholarly projects. There are brief check-ins at the top of the hours, but mostly you will be working on your own to carve out time to enhance your scholarly productivity.
Objectives:
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 74
of 75 seats available.
November 14, 2025 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM -
Online
Flourishing as Faculty: Open-Write
Workshop by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite.
Hop on ZOOM and devote your time to thinking, researching, writing…engaging in your scholarly work. Come for as long as you can. If you can’t stay the entire time, that’s fine. An Open-Write is an online space where you meet others (briefly) and dedicate your time to working on your scholarly projects. There are brief check-ins at the top of the hours, but mostly you will be working on your own to carve out time to enhance your scholarly productivity.
Objectives:
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 73
of 75 seats available.
November 18, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM -
Online
Banishing Burnout Book Read
Webinar by Stephanie Finley-Croswhite and Jason O'Toole.
November Book Read:
Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal:
With
Annette Finley-Croswhite, Director, Center for Faculty Development and Professor of History,
Jay O’Toole, Associate Professor of Management and Provost’s Fellow for Faculty Development, and
M’hammed Abdous, Associate Director of Faculty Innovation and Teaching with Technology, Center for Faculty Development
November Book Read:
Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal:
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 50
of 50 seats available.
November 18, 2025 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM -
Online
Keep Students Focused
Workshop by Cfd Staff.
Even in well-designed courses, phones buzz, minds wander, and students check out. This workshop addresses distraction head-on, drawing on findings from attention research and classroom studies. Participants will identify the biggest focus killers in their teaching environments and then practice small but powerful techniques that recapture student attention without overhauling their courses. Faculty will walk away with ready-to-use activities that have been tested in large lectures, online classes, and discussion-heavy seminars.
Enrollment is currently
open.
There are 44
of 50 seats available.