30-Minute Mastery

Quick. Practical. Professional Development.

These 30-minute, Zoom-only sessions will address practical items of interest that can be readily implemented into your teaching.

Zoom links will be sent to registrants.

Fall 2026 Sessions

Helping Students Learn from Their Last Exam

Thursday, November 5, 2026 | 12:30-1:00pm

How can students turn exam feedback into better performance on the next test? In this 30-minute workshop, Dr. Ivy Hamerly (Political Science) demonstrates a simple but powerful exam-wrapper strategy that helps students reflect on how they prepared, identify what worked and what didn’t, and create a personalized study plan. By returning these reflections before the next exam, students revisit advice from their past selves about how to study.

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Using Weekly Student Feedback to Shape Your Teaching

Thursday, November 12, 2026 | 12:30-1:00pm

How can weekly student feedback inform your teaching? In this 30-minute session, Dr. Gospel Kim (Educational Psychology) will share how she gathers feedback and uses students’ suggestions to adjust the following week’s class. Demonstrations of Qualtrics and Slido will introduce practical ways to collect and organize feedback that participants can try in their own courses.

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Your Best Class Session Is an Article Waiting to Happen

Wednesday, December 2, 2026 | 2:30-3:00pm

You do not need a revolutionary idea to publish a pedagogical article. You simply need a teaching problem, a thoughtful intervention, and evidence that it worked. In this 30-minute session, Dr. Mona Choucair (English, Curriculum & Instruction) will walk you through how to turn those elements into an article ready for publication.

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Previous Sessions

Using AI to Streamline Rubrics in Canvas

Friday, February 20, 2026 | 12:00-12:30pm

Canvas rubrics don't have to be a pain. Learn how AI can streamline your process.

Presenter: Mike Thompson (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

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From Overwhelmed to Organized: The Power of the Weekly Review

Friday, March 6, 2026 | 12:00-12:30pm

Are you swimming in unanswered emails? Do you have two—or more—to-do lists? Do “little” work tasks creep into your family time? Get on top of things with the Weekly Review. This session introduces the purpose, structure, and practical benefits of the Getting Things Done Weekly Review, showing how a brief, consistent practice can restore clarity, maintain control of your commitments, and strengthen your overall productivity.

Presenter: Tim Webb (Human Resources)

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Using Community Agreements to Foster Pro-Pluralism Classrooms

Monday, March 23, 2026 | 12:30-1:00pm

This session will introduce the framework of "Pedagogies for Pluralism," offering practical guidance on how community agreements can establish pro-pluralism classroom environment.

Presenter: Mike Whitenton (Interfaith America)

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