LEC 2025 Year in Review
2025 Initiatives
This year, the LEC advanced several initiatives designed to support faculty in their teaching, research, and exploration of emerging technologies. The Empowering Research Excellence series strengthened faculty research practice by highlighting approaches for building research capacity, navigating methodologies, and applying evidence-based strategies. Complementing this, the Research in Action series helped faculty build confidence in key research frameworks through hands-on, practical discussions.
Our Human-Centered Teaching in the Digital Age series encouraged instructors to explore meaningful learning design in an era shaped by AI, setting the stage for the 2025 Teaching and Learning Virtual Conference. We also launched expanded AI faculty resources page to support thoughtful, responsible integration of AI into instruction. Rounding out the year, our new podcast, Behind the Scenes, offered a closer look at how NSU faculty bring learning to life, highlighting creative teaching approaches across disciplines.
Learn more about the LEC’s Initiatives
2025 Workshops
Throughout 2025, the LEC continued to provide workshops that offered university faculty practical, ready-to-apply skills for teaching and course design. Returning favorites such as Canvas Gradebook, Rubrics, Turnitin, Analytics, SharkMedia, PollEverywhere, and Annoto were presented again to support ongoing instructional needs.
We also introduced several new workshops aimed at helping faculty adopt emerging tools and enhance course engagement. These included sessions on Canvas Credentials, Lucid for Education, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Forms, and Adobe Express. Faculty who were unable to attend live sessions are encouraged to explore archived recordings that are linked on the pages below as well as register for upcoming opportunities to continue expanding their instructional toolbox.
2025 Articles
This year’s faculty-focused articles explored practical strategies and research-informed insights to strengthen teaching and learning across modalities. Topics included integrating LinkedIn Learning content within Canvas, supporting students’ academic mindsets, and using testing as a mechanism to deepen learning. Additional articles examined the role of sleep and wakeful rest in memory retention and offered ways to use multimedia resources to enrich online learning experiences.
We also highlighted creative possibilities with Adobe Express, showing how both faculty and students can use the tool to produce engaging visual materials that enhance communication and understanding. Each article was designed to offer faculty timely ideas grounded in both evidence and real classroom needs.