The Faculty Workshop Series provides ongoing professional development opportunities for Brock instructors. Each workshop offers an opportunity to explore topics related to teaching and learning as part of Brock’s community.
Participation in workshops earns credits towards the available Instructor Certificate Program in University Teaching and Learning.
Who can attend?
Faculty workshops are open to all Brock full-time and part-time instructors (sessionals).
How can YOU register?
You can find workshop details and register to attend on ExperienceBU. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to [email protected]
Where are workshops held?
CPI will continue to host Faculty workshops through a variety of mediums. On-campus workshops are hosted in CPI’s Active Learning classroom ST 103 (near the Market Eatery). Asynchronous workshops will be hosted in the CPI Faculty Teaching and Learning Brightspace site. Synchronous online workshops will be hosted in Microsoft Teams (invites are shared with registrants ahead of the workshop).
Essential Learning Outcomes and Alignment (Undergraduate)
Tuesday September 29, 2026
11-11:50am in TH 135
This session will highlight how to determine the essential learning outcomes for your course and how to make sure they align to program learning outcomes and assessment strategies. The session will also discuss the Academic Accommodation Policy and how essential requirements scaffold to subsequent courses. For Undergraduate Courses.
Facilitators: Ann Gagné & Ashlyne O’Neil
OASIS and You: Navigating the Accommodation System and Supporting Inclusive Assessment
Thursday October 1, 2026
1-1:50pm on Teams
In this workshop members of the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Student Accessibility Services will discuss the OASIS system and how to see the accommodations listed and what this means from an accessible pedagogy point of view. The facilitators will then share how to support inclusive assessment design in your courses using Universal Design for Learning principles. This workshop is for faculty and instructors of record (such as sessional instructors) looking to support meaningful inclusive and accessible assessment and activity design.
Facilitators: Ann Gagné & Catherine Radimer
Inclusive Class Engagement and Activities
Wednesday October 21, 2026
10am-10:50am on Teams
This session will focus on how to design engagement and activities in your courses on-campus or online in an inclusive way that aligns to your assessments and course outcomes. Participants are encouraged to bring an assessment that they are currently using in their course to discuss activities and engagement opportunities.
Facilitators: Anne Readhead & Ann Gagné
AI 101: Addressing the Fears around AI
Thursday November 5, 2026
2-2:50pm on Teams
GenAI has certainly raised more questions than it has provided answers to our pedagogical practices. This introductory workshop provides a foundational understanding of current AI tools (including large language models), directly addressing common anxieties surrounding academic integrity, student reliance, and assessment redesign. We will explore pragmatic, immediate strategies for navigating this new technological reality, allowing instructors to approach AI with cautious, informed optimism rather than apprehension.
Facilitators: Mario Guerrero & Gareth Seymour
Humanizing the Online Learning Experience
Wednesday November 11, 2026
1-1:50pm
Early days of educational technology and online learning promised innovation, efficiency, and opportunities for personalized learning. In the years since, we have experienced massive shifts in the ways (online) learning is approached and experienced, with a pandemic and the introduction of Generative AI acting as catalysts for change, as well as disconnection. This workshop will focus on approaches to re-building connections and humanizing digital learning experiences for both students and instructors.
Facilitators: Ashlyne O’Neil & Gareth Seymour
Generative AI Workshop
This workshop explores the fundamentals of Generative AI (Gen AI), its integration in teaching and the ethical considerations and challenges it presents. Participants will examine ways to use Gen AI to support students with accessibility needs, alongside strategies for designing assessments that minimize AI-generated responses while maintaining academic integrity.
Here is a brief overview of the topics covered in this workshop:
- Introduction to Generative AI
- Generative AI in Teaching and Learning
- Integrating AI into Teaching Practices
- Assessment, Accessibility, and AI
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Open Educational Resources (OER) can enhance students’ learning experience and engagement when incorporated into teaching. This workshop provides a baseline understanding of what OER are, how to integrate them into your current or future teaching, and the supports available for OER adoption, adaptation, and creation.
Accessible Pedagogy, Critical Disability Theory, and UDL
This workshop expands foundational accessibility in teaching spaces to explore theories, concepts, and practices that are contextually relevant to your courses when thinking about making your course design more holistically inclusive.
FALL 2026
Join CPI and fellow Brock professors, librarians, instructors, teaching assistants, and staff as we read a book focused on teaching and learning strategies. This semester we will be reading Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed which is available at the Brock library as an e-text. We will be meeting every other Thursday at noon following the schedule as noted below.
Please register on ExperienceBU to be added to the Teams group and be notified of meetings and resources.
- September 24: Introduction
- October 8: Chapter 1
- October 22: Chapter 2
- November 5: Chapter 3
- November 19: Chapter 4
WINTER 2027
Information will be added soon
A CoP is a collegial space where instructors come together to explore shared interests in teaching and learning. These monthly gatherings are designed to foster connection, spark ideas and support your instruction without any added workload.
2026-2027 (September – April) Communities of Practice
If you are interested in joining you can send us an email to [email protected] or find more information in our Communities of Practice Website.