Teaching is stressful, so we've created a group to address that concern. UBTaLCK, which is an acronym for UB Teaching and Learning Community of Knowledge, is a Community of Practice aimed to assist faculty with best pedagogical practices and classroom strategies.
Our Community of Practice meets via Zoom once per week to address teaching concerns, discuss classroom strategies and share resources along with best classroom strategies and practices suggested by you, for you. What better way to improve your teaching skills than by learning from fellow educators who have the same experiences as you. Utilizing resources found at UB always proves helpful, therefore our group invites and welcomes collaboration throughout UB.
Mondays from noon – 12:30 p.m. via Zoom
Maggie Grady, Learning Designer
Office of Curriculum, Assessment and Teaching Transformation
Jessica Kruger, Ph.D., MCHES®
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
Director of Teaching Innovation and Excellence in the School of Public Health and Health Professions
Session Date: | Topic: | Session Lead: |
1/29 | Teaching/encouraging student responsibility. | Lesley Vandermark |
2/5 | How better to teach and support HyFlex learning modalities. How to prepare for the generative AI and the challenges it will create. | Steve Sturman |
2/12 | The increasing demands placed on instructors to continuously handle new and emerging issues such as inclusivity, implicit bias, artificial intelligence, and care in the classroom while at the same time providing high-quality educational experiences. | Shauna Zorich |
2/19 | UB Libraries LINKT. | Cindi Tysick |
2/26 | Ways to automate - using intelligent agents on Brightspace more effectively. | Sarah Handley-Cousins |
3/4 | An efficient way to collect and score peer feedback on group projects (ideally electronically). | Lesley Vandermark |
3/11 | The use of AI in humanities classrooms. | Shu Wan |
3/18 | No Session - Spring Break | |
3/25 | Pedagogical best practices for large asynchronous classes. | Duane Long |
4/1 | Approaches to modifying assignments and assessments in the era of generative AI. | Paul McAfee |
4/8 | Curriculum reform: a "too many cooks" situation. | Stuart Inglis |
4/15 | How to integrate AI into my course curriculum. | Steve Sturman |
4/22 | Teaching Evaluations. | Ceci Martinez |
4/29 | Leading discussion. | Alex Judelsohn |
5/6 | More things I can do to improve student appreciation of the classes. | Duane Long |