"The Evolving, Engaged Learner in a Digital World"

Annual Faculty Retreat
Illini Union Rooms A, B, C
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
February 29, 2024

Program

8:00-8:30: Registration

8:30-8:55: Introduction

Michel Bellini, Director/Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL)

Welcome

John Coleman, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost

8:55-9:10: Overview

Cheelan Bo-Linn, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL)

9:10-10:05: Making it Real: From Role Play to Creating and Using Immersive VR in the Classroom

Clare Crowston, formerly in History (Video Vignette)

Laura Shackelford, Anthropology

10:05-10:45: The Value of Connections

The Value of Connections: The Student and the Peers
Maria R. Cattai de Godoy, Animal Sciences

The Value of Connections: The Student and the Content
Unnati Narang, Business Administration

10:45-11:00: Tea and Coffee Break

GenAI help desk in South Lounge

11:00-11:20: What is Digital Literacy and Why is it Important?

Justin Hodgson, Indiana University -Bloomington

11:20-12:10: GenAI: Facilitating Learning Together (*Experiential Session)

Vishal Sachdev, Business Administration

12:10-1:00: Lunch...And More

Funding Opportunities for Educational Innovation at Illinois
Kristi Kuntz, Executive Associate for Academic Programs & Policies, and Exec. Director of the Campus Center for Advising & Academic Services, Office of the Provost

Andy Dahle, Accountancy - 2023 Faculty Retreat Grant Recipient

And More...

  • Meet new colleagues for collaboration
  • Roving Mic
  • Photo Booth - Capture the Moment
  • GenAI Help Desk
  • Immersive VR Experience with Laura Shackelford

1:00-1:20: The Future is Now: Let AI be Our Assistant

Jiheng Jing, Mechanical Science & Engineering

1:20-2:20: Let's Play: Engaged and Learning in a Digital World (*Experiential Session)

Justin Hodgson, Indiana University-Bloomington

2:20-2:30: Conclusion

Michel Bellini, Center for Innovation in Teaching & learning (CITL)

 

This Retreat is organized by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) and co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Teaching Advancement Board (TAB).

Acknowledgement to the Faculty Retreat Committee: Michel Bellini (Director/CITL), Cheelan Bo-Linn, Retreat Organizer (CITL), Lucas Anderson (CITL), Bob Dignan (CITL), Josh Herbold (Accountancy), Annessa Parisa (Conference & Event Services), Shelly Schmidt (Food Science and Human Nutrition), and Laura Shackelford (Anthropology & Carle College of Medicine).

Additional thanks to David Favre (CITL), Mitch Kage (CITL), Rochele Pereira Gloor (CITL), Jamie Nelson (CITL), the CITL Instructional Media Resources team, Conferences and Event Services, and the Teaching Advancement Board (TAB).

Special Acknowledgement to Our 2024 Faculty Retreat Presenters

We are pleased to have had the following faculty share ways in which they have shared their reflections, stories, and outcomes.

Please feel free to contact them:

Laura Shackelford, Anthropology & Carle College of Medicine, llshacke@illinois.edu

Maria R. Cattai del Godoy, Animal Sciences, mgodoy2@illinois.edu

Unnati Narang, Business Administration, unnati@illinois.edu

Justin Hodgson, Indiana University-Bloomington, hodgson@indiana.edu

Vishal Sachdev, Business Administration, vishal@illinois.edu

Jiheng Jing, Mechanical Science & Engineering, jjing3@illinois.edu