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Teaching Statements and Portfolios

A teaching portfolio allows you to document your instructional accomplishments and provides an additional source of evidence, complementing student evaluations and peer reviews. This workshop will address the various components of a teaching portfolio with emphasis on writing a teaching philosophy statement as a means of communicating effectively to others about your teaching.

Getting Started with AI: Basic Vocabulary and Getting Connected

The fast pace of AI development can be overwhelming and confusing at times and making sense of that evolving technology requires understanding unfamiliar terminology and tools currently shaping higher education. This session provides a practical introduction to the essential vocabulary around AI for instructors to support campus-wide conversations. The session will serve as an introduction to the basics as well as to some of the common AI platforms and how to get connected to those tools provided by UK.

New Faculty: Gather and Grow with CELT

CELT invites new faculty (hired since January 1, 2026) to a social gathering at Kentucky Native Cafe to network with each other and CELT staff.

Canvas and Accessibility Zoom Drop-In Office Hours

Do you need some help making your course documents and Canvas course accessible? This 2-hour open Zoom lab provides one-on-one support for instructors who are in the process of making their course materials accessible. Log on anytime during this 2-hour window and bring your questions.

Accessing and Addressing Accommodation Requests

Have you received an accommodations request from a student, but weren’t really sure what your next steps should be? In this session, CELT and the Disability Resource Center (DRC) partner up to help instructors develop a better understanding of their role in providing accommodations for students with disabilities and conditions that affect their learning.

Teaching with AI: Integrating or Mitigating AI in Assignments

Whether you want to incorporate AI tools into your daily instruction or design activities that minimize student reliance on them, finding the right approach requires intentional planning. This session examines strategies for either meaningfully embedding generative AI into learning activities or, conversely, crafting learning activities that emphasize more human-centered processes and skills. You will leave with actionable frameworks to evaluate your current activities and adapt them to align with your pedagogical goals.

Getting Started with AI: How AI Works and Why that Matters for Teaching and Learning

Understanding the basic functions of large language models (LLMs) is essential for successfully navigating teaching and learning in the AI age. Considering how AI works can help inform your own teaching practices, assignment design, and how you coach students to use (or not use) the tools ethically and responsibly. Join us for this session to learn how AI tools are trained, how they use information, and what we as users should have in mind when we interact with their outputs.

Information Literacy: Ten Essential Skills

Students often believe that information literacy is simply about finding sources, but effective information use requires asking meaningful questions, evaluating evidence, and making informed decisions. In alignment with the Kentucky Graduate Profile essential skill, "Use Information for Decision Making", workshop participants will explore practical strategies for embedding information literacy into their courses while helping students develop transferable skills they can apply across other contexts.

Canvas & Accessibility Zoom Drop-In Office Hours

Do you need some help making your course documents and Canvas course accessible? This 2-hour open Zoom lab provides one-on-one support for instructors who are in the process of making their course materials accessible. Log on anytime during this 2-hour window and bring your questions.

Pedagogy of Play: Assessment Design

Assessment can do more than measure learning—it can also spark curiosity, creativity, and meaningful engagement. In this workshop, participants will explore how principles from the pedagogy of play can inform assessment design while maintaining rigor and alignment with learning outcomes. Participants will leave with practical strategies for adapting existing assessments or designing new ones that foster deeper student engagement.

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