This Week in the LEC

Are you ready to streamline your workflow, boost collaboration, and apply innovative tools for teaching and research? Join us for an interactive workshop designed to introduce educators to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat—a game-changing platform that enhances efficiency and creativity. Whether you’re managing administrative tasks, collaborating with colleagues, or analyzing data, this workshop will equip you with the skills to make the most of this powerful tool.

Ready to make Canvas work for you and your students? Whether you’re new to Canvas or simply looking for a fresh start, this hands-on workshop will equip you with the essential skills to design a clean, organized, and engaging online course. You’ll learn how to apply a ready-made course template, build out assignments, discussions, and quizzes, and structure your content using modules that guide students to success. Along the way, we’ll spotlight new Canvas features that can enhance teaching and learning with minimal effort.
By the end of the session, you’ll walk away with a practical framework for building your course—and the confidence to launch it smoothly. Let’s set your students (and yourself) up for a successful semester!

We are excited to announce the Call for Proposals is now open for our annual Learning and Educational Center (LEC) Teaching and Learning Virtual Conference scheduled for Wednesday November 5 and Thursday, November 6, 2025, taking place in Zoom Events. We seek presentations that challenge educators to rethink teaching, research, and student support in ways that enhance, rather than replace, the uniquely human aspects of learning and promote higher education as a compassionate, engaging, and empowering space for all learners.

This panel session highlights why AI literacy is essential for today’s educators. Panelists will discuss AI literacy and fluency, sharing cross-disciplinary examples of responsible AI use and how AI can enhance teaching and learning. Participants will reflect on their readiness to integrate AI into teaching and learning.

In this session, we will explore course-level design strategies that integrate digital wellness practices – practices that seek to develop a healthy relationship with technology that balances the benefits and the drawbacks – without sacrificing academic integrity. How can course design guide healthy digital use for learning and beyond?

This interactive workshop guides educators in the effective use of New Canvas Analytics, empowering them to monitor, analyze, and enhance student engagement and performance. Participants will work with practical scenarios, gaining hands-on experience in using analytics data to support teaching strategies and improve learning outcomes.

Learn to ask sharper, evidence-based questions using the PICOT framework. This interactive session will help you craft research questions that lead to real-world impact across health care, education, social sciences and beyond. Discover how structured inquiry can turn your ideas into outcomes that make a difference.

Unlock the stories hiding behind the numbers! This session gently guides you through key qualitative approaches and effective strategies to collect and analyze narrative data, with a little help from generative AI tools.