Current Programs
Faculty Development Workshop Calendar
Are you looking for some inspiration for trying something new? In addition to our comprehensive programs, Faculty Development offers productive workshops for CSUN faculty on a variety of topics throughout the year. We announce these in our monthly Newsletter which goes to all CSUN Faculty and you can view the Calendar for our current offerings.
FacDev Lounge Hours in FacDev Commons
Are you looking for some inspiration for trying something new? In addition to our comprehensive programs, Faculty Development offers productive workshops for CSUN faculty on a variety of topics throughout the year. We announce these in our monthly Newsletter which goes to all CSUN Faculty and you can view the Calendar for our current offerings.
NCORE24@CSUN Racial Equity in Higher Ed Workshop
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In this program, faculty who attended the 2024 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE) host workshops to share what they learned.
Building Capacity for Student Belonging in Your Classes Workshop Series
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Are you ready to increase your students’ engagement, motivation, and success in your classes? If so, please join us for this 3-part interactive workshop series to equip faculty with useful approaches to foster student belonging and inclusion in higher education classrooms. Participants will explore the critical link between students' sense of belonging and their engagement, motivation, and success, while learning practical strategies to create more inclusive learning environments.
Faculty Writing Communities
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The Faculty Writing Communities program provides faculty members with a structure and a positive community of fellow faculty interested in making weekly progress on their writing goals throughout the semester.
New Faculty Academy
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This program is ideal for first-year faculty (tenure-track and lecturers) as well as “newer” faculty hired during the past three years.
ACUE's Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses
Are you interested in learning strategies to design more learner-centered courses with aligned assessments, assignments, and learning experiences that offer students clarity around what they are learning and how they will be assessed.? Designed for new and seasoned instructors in any discipline, this CSUN-facilitated online course offers faculty a set of research-based teaching practices to build on their existing knowledge and expand their instructional toolkits.
eLearning Institute
If you are relatively comfortable with the technology already and want to focus on pedagogy, this program is designed for you to build one of your courses in Canvas using the Quality Learning and Teaching framework. Explore best practices as you prepare your course and learn from faculty peer facilitators who share examples and provide specific advice on online course design.
Institute for Transformative Teaching and Learning
This program focuses on closing race equity gaps in the teaching and learning experience. Faculty collaborate in a multidisciplinary group to learn about and apply evidence-based practices. The aim of this program is to empower faculty to transform their teaching so that it is even more fulfilling while leading to more equitable outcomes for our students of color.
Ad Hoc eLearning Peer Review
For graduates of the eLearning Institute who want to get feedback from a faculty mentor on either (1) a new course or (2) on the further revisions made to the course worked on during the Institute.
CSUN Connects
This program provides an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to connect around shared experiences and identities by proudly displaying placards that contain statements meant to lift up experiences and identities that are often undervalued in higher education.
ACUE’s Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Online Learning Environment
Are you interested in learning strategies to create an optimal online learning environment that propels student engagement, embraces diversity, and empowers students to persist in meeting academic challenges? Designed for new and seasoned instructors in any discipline, this CSUN-facilitated online course offers faculty a set of research-based teaching practices to build on their existing knowledge and expand their instructional toolkits.
CSU Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) Courses
In addition to our CSUN programming, you can take advantage of the CSU-wide professional development programs. Titles include Introduction to Teaching Online using Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT), Advanced QLT Course in Teaching Online and AI Tools for Teaching and Learning.
Transparent Assignments
Are you interested in exploring how to create more transparent assignments so that more students can succeed? Would you like to learn how to develop strong writing prompts and better scaffolding/support for students? Adopt this evidence-based assignment template, which has been shown to reduce gaps in retention rates among first generation students.