Workshops

AI and Preserving Student Learning: Purposeful Course Integration

How do we ensure AI does not undermine student learning in our courses? This interactive workshop presents research on AI's impact on learning and introduces a practical framework with guiding principles and accountability strategies to preserve student learning. Whether you're just exploring AI or have students use AI in your courses, the session offers guided application of the framework using one assignment from your course to examine how AI may negatively impact learning, strategies to preserve learning, and opportunities to integrate AI to demonstrate learning. 

Tuesday, September 29, 2:30–3:45 p.m.  |  Dougherty Hall, West Lounge,

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AI and Teaching: Course Design and Pedagogy to Preserve Learning 

Thursday, October 22, 1:00 - 2:15pm  |  Location TBD

AI and Teaching: Cultivating Trust and Agency to Preserve Learning 

Wednesday, November 11, 10 - 11:15 a.m.  |  Location TBD

First Impressions: Organizing Your Brightspace Course to Support Student Success

Thoughtful course organization is a powerful pedagogical tool: clear structure reduces cognitive load, supports self-regulation, and helps students feel oriented, confident, and ready to engage from day one. In this session, we will explore evidence-based strategies for designing a clear, engaging course with Brightspace tools and templates. We will create a "Welcome" module and consider strategies to set expectations and foster a sense of belonging. Ideal for all faculty--no prior Brightspace experience required.

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Supporting Student Self-Assessment in Brightspace

Self-assessment activities give students the chance to practice, reflect, and monitor their own learning progress. Research on formative assessment shows that students who engage in self-evaluation develop stronger metacognitive skills, persist through challenges, and achieve deep, sustained learning. This Zoom workshop introduces several Brightspace tools that support these practices, such as Self-Assessments, Practices, and ungraded assignments. Participants will have hands-on time to build sample activities and consider how these approaches can be integrated into their own course design.

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Multimodal Feedback: Brightspace Tools for Meaningful Response to Student Work

How do intentional feedback practices promote student growth and engagement? In this session, we will examine research-informed feedback practices and explore Brightspace tools that make it easier to respond to student work efficiently and effectively. We will apply these principles by creating an assignment and practicing the use of text, audio, and video feedback to promote student growth and engagement.

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Faculty Forum on Student Learning Assessment

This collegial forum will focus on faculty practices regarding student learning outcomes assessment at the course and/or academic program levels. Faculty members across disciplines will host table conversations focused on specific means of student learning assessment. They will demonstrate particular assessment tools that they have used and describe the rationale, implementation, and use for obtaining meaningful, actionable results. The forum's goal is to share practice-based assessment methods, engage in faculty-driven assessment leadership, and, ultimately, strengthen the culture of assessment at Villanova.  

2026 Agenda

Materials:
Assessing Student Presentations, H. Rose and D. Arnold, Communication
Beyond Points: Designing Assessments with Learning in Mind, Kaitlyn Muller and Peter Muller, Mathematics & Statistics

Past Faculty Forum Agendas (2015-2019)

2019 Agenda | 2018 Agenda | 2017 Agenda | 2016 Agenda | 2015 Agenda

Materials:
Sample alumni surveys: Engineering
Sample formative student feedback: Education & Counseling, Chemistry
Sample rubric: Geography & the Environment
Comprehensive exam development at the graduate program level: Public Administration