Fall 2025
Pedagogy Matters 1 – AI and Higher Ed
When: Thursday, September 11, 2025 | 2:30-3:30
Where: Drinko Library 349, and online via Teams
Join us for a lively one-hour workshop designed to lay out what’s going on with AI and Higher Ed right now. We’ll take a peek into the cool, somewhat terrifying tech and how it can be used right now to “help” students do homework, take exams and write papers (aka do the work for them), as well as the many difficulties in detecting this “help.” We’ll also look at some of the new ways educators are reorganizing their syllabi, rethinking their assignments, and reconsidering what knowledge and skills they want their students to know in the face of this very powerful, quickly evolving technology.
Pedagogy Matters 2 – Title TBA
When: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | 12:00-1:00
Where: TBD
Registration: CLOSED
Topic to be announced
Pedagogy Matters 3 – Mind the Gap: Threshold Concepts and Other Academic Tripping Hazards
When: Friday, November 7, 2025 | 1:30-2:30
Where: Online via Teams
Ever had a student’s face suddenly light up—not because they finally memorized something, but because they finally got it?
In every field, there are a few concepts that don’t just add to what students know—they flip the entire script. These are threshold concepts—those moments when the fog clears, and suddenly things make sense… Now they’re not just reciting facts; they’re seeing the bigger picture, making connections, and actually thinking like someone in the field.
Join us for a workshop on helping students (and maybe ourselves) cross those thresholds with more grace and less frustration. We’ll talk about liminality, tripping over concepts, stuck places, and teaching strategies for those moments when comprehension wobbles before it stabilizes.