Join colleagues for a customizable Course (Re)Design seminar (CRD) to advance pedagogical innovation while developing or redesigning an upcoming course. Participants will focus on one of three areas of emphasis (or another focus of their choosing); cohorts will be guided in the backward design process with breakout discussion/design opportunities around these themes:  

1. Real-World Projects: Participants will build applied, real-world course projects (activities, assignments, units, or full courses) that provide students an opportunity to develop career competencies aligned with their discipline and articulate their readiness for post-Furman success. This emphasis may be of particular interest for faculty redesigning an upper-division or capstone course or those interested in project or problem-based learning.  

1. Ethical Use of AI: Participants will design course assignments, projects, assessments, or content that advance AI fluency, the ethical use of AI technology, and/or the development of core skills or competencies for AI application.    

1. Sparking Student Engagement: Participants will design activities, assignments, or courses to amplify student engagement and enhance equity using the playful learning process as a model.  

Session Information:  

• Session 1 | May 16, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; May 17 1-4:30 p.m.; May 20, 1-4:30 p.m.; May 22, 1-4:30 p.m. (all but May 20 held in the Duke Library 043, May 20 over Zoom). 
• Session 2 | June 3, 4, 6, and 7, all 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., all in Duke Library 043 with June 6 on Zoom 
• Session 3 | June 17, 18, 20, and 21, all 1-4:30 p.m. all in Duke Library 043 with June 20 on Zoom 

Each seminar session will include three in-person 3.5-hour workshops, one Zoom check-in meeting, and optional consultations with program facilitators. Participants who complete three of the four meetings in a seminar session will receive a $1,000 stipend.

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