Past Events

Learning from Experience: An Experienced TA Panel

Aug 12, 2026, 2:00 – 3:00 PM

Graduate TA

What do experienced TAs wish they had known when they began teaching? In this candid conversation, panelists from across disciplines will share lessons learned, practical advice, and strategies for navigating common TA responsibilities and challenges. Topics may include preparing for class, communicating with students, managing time, establishing confidence and authority, and finding support when questions arise. Participants will also have an opportunity to ask their own questions.

Making Lectures Interactive: Strategies from Experienced TAs

Aug 11, 2026, 3:30 – 4:30 PM

Graduate TA

Even a brief lecture can create opportunities for students to think, respond, and apply what they are learning. Experienced TAs will discuss manageable ways to incorporate questions, activities, demonstrations, and other forms of interaction into lectures. Panelists will also share strategies for balancing content coverage with student engagement and adapting interactive approaches to different class sizes and teaching contexts.

Leading Discussions: Strategies from Experienced TAs

Aug 11, 2026, 2:00 – 3:00 PM

Graduate TA

How do you move beyond asking a question and hoping someone answers? Experienced TAs will share practical strategies for preparing and leading discussion sections, encouraging broad participation, responding to silence, and keeping conversations focused and productive. Panelists will also discuss common challenges and what they have learned from facilitating discussions in their own courses.

Facilitating Lab Sections: Strategies from Experienced TAs

Aug 11, 2026, 2:00 – 3:00 PM

Graduate TA

Teaching a lab involves balancing procedures, safety, time, student questions, and opportunities for meaningful learning. In this panel, experienced lab TAs will share approaches to preparing for lab sessions, explaining complex processes, supporting students without simply giving them the answers, and responding when experiments—or class plans—do not go as expected.

2026 Pedagogicon Conference

May 15, 2026, 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Foundational Skills, Active Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Assessment, Student Engagement

Pedagogicon is an annual peer-reviewed conference that brings together faculty, scholars and academic leaders designed to ignite innovation, deepen impact, and share knowledge among colleagues across Kentucky. The 2026 event will focus on the 10 Essential Skills -- how to embed them in programs, how to teach them, and how to assess student learning. With a combination of plenary sessions, faculty-led breakout sessions, and poster sessions, attendees will leave with strategies, resources, and an expanded network of colleagues working on these “essential” components to learning.

Digital Tools for Student Engagement (feat. Lucid)

May 1, 2026, 2:00 – 3:00 PM

Student Engagement

Explore how digital tools like Perusall and Lucid can foster active, collaborative student engagement through shared annotation, visual thinking, and interactive learning that extend beyond traditional discussion formats adaptable to multiple teaching modalities and contexts.

2026 KYnsHIP Conference

May 1, 2026, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Foundational Skills, Active Learning, Assessment, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Student Engagement, Student Panel

The MG-CAFE KYnsHIP Conference continues to explore innovative, evidence-based teaching and learning practices that foster student engagement, belonging, and academic success across disciplines. Read more about the CFP and register here. Proposals are due March 27.

2026 Outstanding Teaching Awards Ceremony

Apr 30, 2026, 1:00 – 2:15 PM

Education is a fundamental part of UK’s mission to advance Kentucky, and teaching excellence is foundational to providing that education. The Outstanding Teaching Award is UK’s university-wide, peer-reviewed recognition for teaching excellence in all of its forms, across all learning environments and disciplines. You’re all invited to this ceremony, held Thursday April 30 at 1:00 in 121 Jacobs Science Building. There will be refreshments and well deserved recognition of our colleagues. RSVP here.

Engaging Students in Leadership Skills Across the Curriculum

Apr 22, 2026, 3:00 – 4:30 PM

Foundational Skills

Among the ten essential skills in the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education's Graduate Profile is leadership, further described as "adapt[ing] to changing circumstances while leading and supporting others." In this seminar, representatives from UK's Graduate Profile team, OSPIE, and CELT will facilitate an interactive workshop on ways of engaging students in learning experiences that address and assess leadership skills across our full range of unique disciplinary settings. This seminar is sponsored by the Leadership Advisory Council of the Lewis Honors College Provost IMPACT Award "Leadership Development Collaborative: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Leadership Development."

Digital Accessibility Open Lab (via Zoom)

Apr 14, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Accessibility

As we approach the ADA digital accessibility deadline (April 24, 2026), CELT is offering a 2-hour Digital Accessibility Open Lab where instructors can get answers to their digital accessibility questions. Pop into the Zoom room at any time during the session. No registration needed.