Join the Academic Resources Conference (ARC) for its Monday, Aug. 12 sessions:

  • 9-9:50 a.m.: Intro to Mindfulness Workshop – Gui-ian Kang
  • 10-11 a.m.: Common Read: My Broken Language – Library Staff. In-person only in the Digital Scholars Commons in Ablah Library.
  • 11-noon: Open Labs (come and go) – OIR Staff
  • Noon-12:50 p.m.: Retention Fellows Panel Discussion – Cindi Mason, TBA
  • 1-4 p.m.: DFW Institute – Brett Bruner, Carolyn Speer, John Hammond and Sara Mata. In-person at Wichita State Connect.

Visit the August 2024 ARC webpage to find a downloadable PDF schedule, see session descriptions, add sessions to your calendar, and find meeting links.

Join the Academic Resources Conference (ARC) for its Friday, Aug. 9 sessions:

Visit the August 2024 ARC webpage to find a downloadable PDF schedule, see session descriptions, add sessions to your calendar and find meeting links.

Join the Academic Resources Conference (ARC) for its Thursday, Aug. 8 sessions:

Visit the August 2024 ARC webpage to find a downloadable PDF schedule, see session descriptions, add sessions to your calendar and find meeting links.

Join the Academic Resources Conference (ARC) for its Wednesday, Aug. 7 sessions:

  • 9-9:50 a.m.: Using Adobe’s AI Features to Support Your Classroom – E. Rowse, Adobe. Meeting link
  • 10-10:50 a.m.: Blackboard Ultra’s AI Tools – Carolyn Speer. Meeting link
  • 11-11:50 a.m.: Copilot and Generative AI – Carolyn Speer. Meeting link
  • Noon-12:50 p.m.: AI Panel – John Jones, Gina Riggs, Mark Rodee, TBA. Meeting link
  • 1-1:50 p.m.: AI, Integrity and Assignments – Imran Musaji and Kyle Wilson. Meeting link
  • 2-3:30 p.m.: Intro to Mindfulness Workshop – Nicole Libschik Nasser. Meeting link

Visit the August 2024 ARC webpage to find a downloadable PDF schedule, see session descriptions, add sessions to your calendar and find meeting links.

Join the Academic Resources Conference (ARC) for its Tuesday, Aug. 6 sessions:

  • 9-9:50 a.m.: What’s Coming in Blackboard – F. Klemming, Anthology. Meeting link
  • 10-10:50 a.m.: Accessibility Training (mandatory) – John Jones. Meeting link
  • 11-11:50 a.m.: OneNote in the Classroom: New in Blackboard – Ali Levine. Meeting link
  • Noon-12:50 p.m.: How the Library can Help with T&P – Brent Mai. Meeting link
  • 1-1:50 p.m.: Faculty Success Reports and T&P Applications. Meeting link
  • 2-2:50 p.m.: Course Level Blackboard Reporting – Carolyn Speer. Meeting link
  • 3-4 p.m.: Open Labs (come and go) – OIR Staff. Meeting link

Visit the August 2024 ARC webpage to find a downloadable PDF schedule, see session descriptions, add sessions to your calendar and find meeting links.

The Shocker Teaching Community of Practice invites faculty of high D-, F- and W-outcome courses to attend the inaugural DFW Institute as part of the Academic Resources Conference from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12 at Wichita State Connect. The afternoon will provide you with a community of practice to examine promising practices from the Student Experience Project as well as technology resources that can be utilized with your course.

The Shocker Teaching Community of Practice and the DFW Institute align with WSU’s Strategic Enrollment goal three (to increase persistence rates of degree seeking student populations) – Strategy 3.5 (to provide best practices for student success … fostering a success-oriented mindset and sense of belonging).

For questions or more information about the Shocker Teaching Community of Practice, contact Brett Bruner, assistant vice president for Student Success and Persistence, at brett.bruner@wichita.edu.

The 2024 Academic Resources Conference (ARC), Aug. 5-9 and 12, is filled with all sorts of sessions covering topics ranging from Blackboard Ultra to mindfulness. With the transition to Ultra complete, there are quite a few sessions focusing on Blackboard Ultra and how you can use it in your classes. In addition, ARC has much more information including AI, Microsoft tools, OER options and more.

Most sessions are held online which means you can pick and choose which sessions you want to attend. Whether you are looking for something focused on Blackboard Ultra, mindfulness or the classroom, there’s a little bit for everyone.

Visit the August 2024 ARC webpage to find a downloadable PDF schedule, see session descriptions, add sessions to your calendar and find meeting links.

Join the Academic Resources Conference Aug. 5-9 and 12. The staff in the Office of Instructional Resources (OIR) has worked hard to ensure that it has curated a line-up of sessions that will be useful to you as faculty not only start the fall semester, but as more dive into the world of Blackboard Ultra. This means that if you have any concerns, questions or curiosities of what Ultra can do and how it impacts your role at Wichita State, this is a conference you won’t want to miss. In addition, you will find insightful sessions covering AI, Microsoft tools, OER options and more.

Most sessions are held online, so come to all or just a few.

Visit the August 2024 ARC webpage to find a downloadable PDF schedule, see session descriptions, add sessions to your calendar and find meeting links.

Mark your calendars for the August 2024 Academic Resources Conference (ARC).

Join ARC Aug. 5-9 and 12. The staff in the Office of Instructional Resources (OIR) has worked hard to ensure that it has curated a line-up of sessions that will be useful to you as faculty not only start the fall semester, but as more dive into the world of Blackboard Ultra. This means that if you have any concerns, questions or curiosities of what Ultra can do and how it impacts your role at Wichita State, this is a conference you won’t want to miss. In addition, you will find insightful sessions covering AI, Microsoft tools, OER options and more.

Visit the August 2024 ARC webpage to find a downloadable PDF schedule, see session descriptions, add sessions to your calendar and find meeting links.

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The Academic Resources Conference (ARC) has three hours of come-and-go workshops Friday, May 24, so bring your questions. The links below will send you directly to the meeting: