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).
Supporting Academic Integrity in the Classroom
Thursday, January 22, 11-11:50am on Teams
This session for instructors/faculty will discuss approaches for supporting academic integrity in the classroom, Brock University’s Academic Integrity Policy and related processes for instructors and staff. Participants will discuss opportunities and challenges currently facing post-secondary education, review key components of the academic integrity policy, learn about recent changes to portions of the academic integrity process.
Time will be available for questions from participants.
OASIS and You: Navigating the Accommodation System and Supporting Inclusive Assessment
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 11am -12:30pm 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.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Thursday, February 19, 11am-11:50am on Teams
This workshop will support faculty in clarifying the scope and potential of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). It will identify areas of research potential for your courses, help faculty understand the steps to creating a meaningful SoTL project, and help faculty identify goals for research sharing that relates to pedagogy and praxis.
Generative AI: Re-thinking Assessments
Tuesday, February 24, 11am-11:50am on Teams
As generative AI (GenAI) tools become increasingly accessible to students, traditional assessment practices face new challenges. This workshop aims to explore the current landscape of GenAI in education and explore strategies for designing assessments that emphasize critical thinking, creativity, and authentic engagement which are tasks that are less easily outsourced to AI. Participants will be able to discuss practical alternatives, share experiences, and consider how to integrate innovative assessment approaches that maintain academic integrity but can also integrate or embrace the opportunities that GenAI presents.
Reflecting on Your Course & Curriculum Alignment
Thursday, March 19, 11am-11:50am on Teams
This workshop invites you to reflect on your course design with special consideration for the alignment between learning outcomes, assessment plans, and program-level objectives. We will explore the strengths of course design components as they relate to program requirements and students’ experiences – setting the stage for 2026/27 course planning as well as curriculum documentation.
This session is for all faculty and instructors, and may be especially helpful for those preparing for their cyclical program review.
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
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 reaching bell hooks’ Teaching to Transgress. The book is available as an electronic copy at the Brock Library. We will meet every other week starting Thursday September 25, 2025 from 12-1pm on Teams and we will read according to the following schedule:
- Introduction and Chapter 1: September 25, 2025
- Chapters 2, 3, and 4: October 9, 2025
- Chapters 5 and 6: October 23, 2025
- Chapters 7, 8, and 9: November 6, 2025
- Chapters 10 and 11: November 20, 2025
- Chapter 12, 13, and 14: December 4, 2025
Please sign up to be added to the Teams group and be notified of meetings and resources.
WINTER
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.
2025-2026 (September – April) Communities of Practice
The following are the available CoPs for the 2025-2026 academic year.
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.