Designing discussions to foster engagement and connection
Feeling stuck when it comes to class discussion? This session reexamines classroom and online discussions, identifying strategies to promote engagement and attendance.
Zoom auto-captions will be enabled at this workshop.
The University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. If you need disability accommodations, please reach out to the UW Disability Services Office (DSO): dso@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94701718446. Accessibility Contact: teaching@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.
Preserving Learning in an Era of Automation
Join Marc Watkins, coauthor of the new Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, to explore strategies for balancing analog learning and technologies like AI to protect students’ core skills development.
The University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. These events will include live-captioning services. If you need additional disability accommodations, please reach out to the UW Disability Services Office (DSO). When contacting DSO at dso@uw.edu, please share the event details listed in the event registration form.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/96596504627. Accessibility Contact: teaching@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.
Panel discussion: Developing AI-related course policies
This session, panelists will explore foundational ideas to consider when developing course- and assignment-level AI policies.
Zoom auto-captions will be enabled at this workshop.
The University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. If you need disability accommodations, please reach out to the UW Disability Services Office (DSO): dso@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91053614495. Accessibility Contact: teaching@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.
Metacognition as an Antidote to AI Offloading
Join Ian Schnee, Teaching Professor in Philosophy on the UW Seattle campus, to explore how to integrate metacognitive skills into course content to reduce students’ temptation to “offload” learning to AI.
The University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. These events will include live-captioning services. If you need additional disability accommodations, please reach out to the UW Disability Services Office (DSO). When contacting DSO at dso@uw.edu, please share the event details listed in the event registration form.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97920997158. Accessibility Contact: teaching@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.
Using AI to make complex digital images more accessible
Join Jack Vincent, teaching professor in Biomedical Sciences (Bothell campus) to explore using AI to generate alt text and improve the accessibility of course materials.
Zoom auto-captions will be enabled at this workshop.
The University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. If you need disability accommodations, please reach out to the UW Disability Services Office (DSO): dso@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93349477610. Accessibility Contact: teaching@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.