Faculty Events

As we prepare for the 30th edition of our yearly Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology, scheduled for September 11–12, 2025, the SITT coordinating committee and advisory committee are happy to share the growing number of faculty interviews that are now available for viewing on The Wheel. 

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Thanks to everyone who participated in our May 16th Faculty Forum on Preparing for SITT 2025 and Considering the IET Five-Year Plan.

The attending faculty talked about their past experiences of the Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology, and their brief responses to IET plans for the coming half-decade.

Enjoy both this short preview and the full recording of our May 16th Faculty Forum.

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

On Friday, May 16th at noon (via Zoom), Academic Technology Services will be hosting a Faculty Forum on two topics:

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Thanks to everyone who attended our May 2nd DOLCE on teaching undergraduates to create collaborative independent research projects with Google Slides (Whitney Duim from Chemistry), as well as using generative AI to summarize peer comments on collaborative projects in Biomedical Engineering classes (by Jennifer Choi).

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to join us on Friday, May 2, at noon (via Zoom) for our May faculty DOLCE presentations and discussion. If you can’t join us live on Zoom, please visit The Wheel in the subsequent week to watch the recording. 

Whitney Duim, Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Chemistry, will speak on “Shared Google slides for scientific research, collaboration, and community-building in a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience.”

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Thanks to everyone who participated in our April 18 Faculty Forum on in-class and online discussions, discussion forums, and digital meeting rooms.

The attending faculty talked about a number of the opportunities and challenges inherent in guiding students into small work groups or digital breakout rooms to encourage collaboration and problem-solving.

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Thanks to everyone who attended our recent DOLCE on Teaching with AI and with Open Educational Resources. As you will see from the recording, Mairaj Syed from Religious Studies and Briel Brown from English engaged the group of more than 20 faculty on their innovative teaching in UC Davis classes.

Enjoy this short preview before you review the full recording of the April 4th DOLCE.

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to join us on Friday, April 4th, at noon (via Zoom) for our April DOLCE presentations and discussion. If you can’t join us live on Zoom, please visit The Wheel in the subsequent week to watch the recording.

This first DOLCE of the spring quarter will feature a talk on the hot-button issue of artificial intelligence, especially the generative AI research and brainstorming tool NotebookLM, a Google product. I have started to play with this tool as an assistant to help me plan new courses and new book projects.