Professional Development

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Professional Development

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Communities of Practice

Join a group of scholar-practitioners from across multiple areas of study at PSU and disrupt the isolation that is so common when teaching in higher education. See terms of compensation for development programs.

Microcredential Community of Practice - application closed

Closed Thursday, October 10, 2024.
Join a community of peers to collaboratively shape and launch your own microcredential! This community of practice offers a unique opportunity to develop a ready-to-launch microcredential during the 2024-2025 academic year. This community of practice is most useful for participants who bring an idea for a microcredential, including learning outcomes and assignments and benefit from the support and expertise of fellow faculty and staff.

Illegal Pedagogies Community of Practice - Spring 2025

With the increased criminalization of social justice education and other love-centered pedagogies within U.S. colleges and universities, what can educators even do?  Within this community of practice faculty will collaboratively develop strategies and create curricular resources for timely and critical education at PSU.

Career Readiness Community of Practice - Winter-Spring 2025

During this community of practice, faculty will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the NACE career readiness competencies, make changes in their own practice and course curricula, and engage in generative discussion with colleagues. Many aspects of teaching already help students develop skills aligned with career readiness competencies. This community of practice aims to help faculty make those implicit connections clear to students, colleagues, and community partners.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Professional Learning - Winter-Spring 2025 
 

Dive deep into Universal Design for Learning (UDL) practices with this community of practice. Faculty pairs will work together to incorporate UDL strategies into their Spring 2025 courses, engaging in reciprocal observation and debriefing sessions. This is an excellent opportunity for faculty to redesign courses with UDL principles, enhancing accessibility and inclusivity.

 


Empower your learning!

Self-Paced Offerings

Explore our wide range of fully-online, self-paced professional development courses designed to empower faculty with the latest teaching strategies and tools for success in higher education.

Teaching with AI | Auburn U

PSU faculty are invited to join a fully-online, self-paced course, "Teaching with AI," developed by Auburn University’s Biggio Center, to explore the role of AI in higher education. Participants will engage with AI tools, ethical discussions, and course redesign strategies while collaborating with peers across the nation, supported by PSU teaching staff. The course includes eight modules that take 10 to 15 hours to complete, offering flexible learning over a year with opportunities to earn an AI Explorer digital badge.

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Generative AI Academy | Coursera for PSU

Are you interested in expanding your AI expertise this summer? The Office of Academic Innovation is excited to announce access for PSU faculty and staff to a pilot of Coursera's Generative AI Academy for PSU,  a library of self-paced courses specially chosen for educators at Portland State University. This online course library is designed to provide faculty and staff like you with tailored courses to support professional development, and creative and efficient administrative applications of AI, and innovative teaching practices:

✔︎ Develop high-impact GenAI skills with trusted content
✔︎ Learn how to use GenAI ethically and responsibly
✔︎ Practice and test new GenAI skills with hands-on projects.

Fill out the form below and you will receive an invitation to PSU's Coursera library.

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Certificate in College Teaching

The Certificate in College Teaching is a non-credit program for graduate students in teaching roles at Portland State University. The certificate offers graduate students preparation to teach inclusive college courses through self-guided learning, reflection, and support.

Self-Guiding Learning

The program offers participants resources to create inclusive college courses by fostering collaborative learning environments and trauma-informed approaches.

Teaching Observation and Student Feedback

Participants will apply their pedagogical ideas and receive real-time feedback from students and a supportive observer.

Teaching Philosophy Statement

Participants craft a Teaching Philosophy Statement illustrating the teaching experiences and skills they will carry forward onto the job market and into their careers.


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Faculty Book Group

OAI hosts a faculty book group each quarter, featuring a current book chosen by faculty on topics pertaining to higher education trends, teaching and learning, and the experience of faculty in postsecondary education today. Faculty nominate and choose the books that are featured each quarter.  


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