Education, Rehumanized: Teaching, Assessment, and AI with Purpose (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
What if education prioritized people before performance—Because You Matter?

This webinar invites educators and academic leaders to reimagine teaching, assessment, and AI through a human-centered lens. Grounded in the framework of Radical Belonging, we’ll explore how psychological safety, competence, relatedness, and autonomy create learning environments where students and faculty can truly thrive.

Participants will examine the power of “Real Talk” pedagogy, the limits of rigor without relationship, and how to use AI intentionally leveraging technology for efficiency while protecting the slow, relational work only humans can do. We’ll also explore approaches to assessment that prioritize growth, support, and student voice over compliance and surveillance.

Designed for those leading classrooms, programs, or institutions, this session offers practical insight for building learning systems that are inclusive, resilient, and deeply human.

Because when people feel they matter, learning changes—and so does everything else.

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

Using Copilot to Support Teaching and Student Success (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-10 12:00 - 13:00
Join McGraw Hill author and CIT instructor Randy Nordell for a practical look at how Copilot can enhance your teaching workflow and support stronger student learning. Randy will demonstrate real classroom examples, share time‑saving strategies, and highlight ways Copilot can help faculty work more efficiently.

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

Personalize and Engage: Using Brightspace Tools to Support Every Learner (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-11 08:00 - 17:00
Discover how to create a more engaging and inclusive learning environment by tailoring course experiences to meet the diverse needs of your students. In this session, you’ll learn how to automate personalized communication and reminders, recognize and motivate student achievements, customize access to course content, and provide targeted support for learners with different needs.

Gain practical strategies to boost student motivation and success while keeping your course organized and efficient. Whether your goal is to increase engagement or offer flexible learning pathways, this webinar will equip you with actionable insights to make your Brightspace course truly student-centered.

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AI for Instructors: Classroom Tools and Curriculum Insights (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-12 12:00 - 13:00
Join Ted Tedmon and Casey Wilhelm for an engaging webinar, “AI for Instructors: Classroom Tools and Curriculum Insights,” a practical look at bringing generative AI into today’s MIS courses. This conversation explores how AI is reshaping higher education—from tools like ChatGPT and Copilot to the evolving ways students and instructors are using them. Discover strategies for setting clear usage expectations, validating AI‑generated information, and leveraging generative AI as a meaningful, responsible teaching tool in the MIS classroom.

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

D2L: Practical AI for Higher Ed: Designing, Assessing and Innovating (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-12 13:00 - 14:00
Join us  for a dynamic, hands-on session exploring real strategies for using AI to enhance teaching and learning.  We’ll walk through how to build custom GPTs, create immersive scenario-based learning, and reimagine assessment for an AI-driven era. You’ll also get a preview of what’s next in AI and how your institution can stay ahead of the curve.

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Special Note – this event is hosted by D2L. When registering, please use your SSC email address.

AI Hallucinations Unmasked: Teaching Students to Detect Errors and Think Critically (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-13 12:30 - 13:30
Artificial intelligence is changing how accounting is taught, but the most effective instruction still depends on time-tested principles. In today’s AI world, students need accounting principles to separate sound answers from confident fiction. If students can’t explain AI output, they can’t verify it. We must help students move from “asking AI” to “checking AI.”

In this session, authors John J. Wild and Jonathan Wild share practical “AI Error Detection” activities that help students strengthen core skills while sharpening their skepticism and judgment. We will see real, introductory-level examples of where AI can go wrong, along with questions that help students catch errors. We will present scenarios where students can review AI responses against core concepts, including autograding options designed for principles-level and introductory financial and managerial accounting.

This approach shows how AI can be a helpful partner when it is used to reinforce, not replace, accounting knowledge. Attend to help students use AI thoughtfully and ethically while staying anchored in the essential principles of accounting. Walk away with plug-and-play materials we can assign immediately.

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

Holiday - College Closed
2026-02-16 08:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-27 08:00 - 17:00

Copyleaks Training Session (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-03-05 14:00 - 15:00
Join Copyleaks Customer Success Manager, Laina for a comprehensive training on how to utilize Copyleaks AI and Plagiarism Detection with your LMS integration!

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Beyond Job Training: Preparing Students to Thrive in an AI-Powered World (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-18 11:00 - 12:00
AI is reshaping every industry—and education must keep pace. Explore how schools can equip students with practical strategies to build critical thinking, adaptability, and AI literacy—skills that empower graduates to thrive in a rapidly changing world—without reducing the classroom to mere job prep. Join the authors of McGraw Hill’s groundbreaking new title, AI in Business: Creating Value Responsibly with Artificial Intelligence, for a compelling discussion on future-proofing learning and sparking innovation in the classroom.

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

Future-Proofing Higher Education: AI-Powered Design, Delivery, and Credentials (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-19 12:00 - 13:00
Presented by Dr. Sasha Thackaberry and Jaime Mordue, Newstate University; Lorri Barnett, Quality Matters

Join Newstate University and Quality Matters for an engaging exploration of artificial intelligence’s role in transforming higher education. This webinar brings together faculty, instructional designers, and academic leaders to examine practical applications and ethical considerations of AI across three critical areas: course design and creation; course delivery and personalization; and credentials and skills recognition.

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Special Note: SSC is a member of Quality Matters. This webinar is free to members. You may have to create an account. When doing so, make sure to use your SSC email.

CARLI OER Faculty Workshop: Supporting Academic Success: Open Educational Resources and Equitable Course Materials (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-19 13:00 - 14:30
The CARLI OER Committee invites institutions to share with their teaching faculty this opportunity to attend a webinar to learn about open educational resources including open textbooks.

This workshop will identify:

what are open educational resources (OER);

benefits and motivations for using OER;

how to find and evaluate OER;

how to integrate OER into your class.

After attending, CARLI-member teaching faculty will be invited to write a short review of an open textbook in the Open Textbook Library.

Presenters:Joslyn Allison, City Colleges of ChicagoRobin Harris, Northeastern Illinois UniversityElizabeth Clarage, Michele Leigh, and Nicole Swanson, CARLI

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Special Note: The SSC Library is a member of CARLI.

The Power of Why: Hands-On Labs for Impactful Analytics & Visualization (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-20 11:00 - 12:00
Empower your students to move beyond the “what” to uncover the “why.” Join some of the authors from our Richardson: Business Analytics and Data Visualization products for a hands-on lab experience that puts the modern analytics toolkit in action. Use these activities to give learners experience transforming exploratory visualizations into compelling data stories, interpreting AI-driven insights with confidence, and connecting these processes to real-world decision-making. This webinar will give you strategies to make your courses more engaging, relevant, and impactful—so your students don’t just work with data, they truly understand it

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

6 Ways Students Learn—Professional Development Webinar (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-20 12:00 - 13:00
Please join us for an engaging professional development webinar where we will explore the six ways that students learn including retrieval practice, dual coding, interleaving, and more.

By the end of this webinar, you will learn about ways to incorporate evidence-based strategies with concrete examples, to level up your course to increase student success!

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

Instructor Training for LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor: Prevent Cheating During Online Exams (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-03 12:00 - 13:00
This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams in Blackboard, Brightspace, Canvas, Moodle, and Schoology.

LockDown Browser is a custom browser that prevents digital cheating during an online exam. Respondus Monitor is a companion product for LockDown Browser that deters cheating when students take online exams in non- proctored environments. Students use their own computers with a standard webcam to record assessment sessions.

The training will cover:

How to use LockDown Browser to prevent digital cheating in proctored testing environments

How to use Respondus Monitor in non-proctored environments, to protect exam integrity and confirm student identity

The student perspective using each application

Efficient review of the assessment data collected, including the Review Priority system, timeline, and milestone features

Best practices and tips for success with both applications All attendees will receive a link to a recording after the session.

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Beyond the AI Tool: Connecting Technical Expertise with Disciplinary Practice (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-24 13:00 - 14:00
As higher education moves beyond the initial surge of AI uncertainty, attention is shifting toward concrete, sustainable implementation. Institutions are discovering that broad, one-size-fits-all approaches fall short, particularly when they ignore disciplinary context, diverse pedagogical practices, and the realities of classroom-level decision- making. At the same time, uneven AI adoption can widen equity gaps for students and create inconsistent expectations for faculty support.

This webinar focuses on moving from strategy to execution. We introduce a practical taxonomy that distinguishes between AI-embedded courses, where AI is integral to learning outcomes, and AI- supported courses, where AI functions as a learning support. Participants will explore key design considerations for developing an institutional integration framework, including alignment to curriculum, assessment, academic integrity, accessibility, and adaptability. The webinar also highlights strategies for connecting institutional edtech and IT decision-makers with disciplinary experts and instructors, creating critical “bridge roles” and collaborative structures required for successful, scalable AI implementation.

Learning Outcomes:

Describe how a “bridge role” collaboration model pairs subject matter expertise with AI/IT expertise.

Distinguish between AI-embedded and AI-supported course designs using a practical taxonomy approach.

Identify limitations of blanket AI policies and ad hoc adoption, including risks to equity and support.

Explore key elements of an institutional AI integration framework.

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Special Note: This webinar is hosted by Educause and is free to members. SSC is a member of Educause. You may have to create an Educause account. When doing so, please use your SSC email account.

Teaching Microsoft 365 & AI Skills: Tools That Work in the Real Classroom (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-25 12:00 - 13:00
Join Karla Swanson from Navarro College as she shares the tools and strategies she uses to help students build real Microsoft 365 skills and develop practical, responsible AI competencies. Get a look inside her Computer Applications course and see what actually works in today’s classroom.

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

Relevancy in Action: Engaging Non-Majors Biology Students! (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-25 12:00 - 13:00
Helping Non-Majors Biology students see the relevance of course content can make all the difference in engagement and understanding.

Join our upcoming webinar, Relevancy in Action: Engaging Non-Majors Biology Students, where you’ll hear directly from an experienced biology professor as she shares how she brings relevancy into her classroom to connect with students.

During this session, she’ll discuss how she:

Connects biology concepts to students’ everyday lives and real-world issues

How to engage reluctant learners

Discuss resources that help students understand why biology matters

We hope you’ll join us for this faculty-led conversation focused on making Non-Majors Biology more engaging and meaningful.

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

CARLI Using Social Explorer for Business and Entrepreneurship (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-25 13:00 - 14:00
Social Explorer is a powerful data and mapping tool that supports business research, market analysis, and economic decision-making. In this webinar, participants will learn how to use Social Explorer to access and interpret key datasets – including the Consumer Price Index (CPI), U.S. Census data, and the U.S. Business Patterns dataset – to answer real-world business questions.

The session led will demonstrate how Social Explorer can be used for business location analysis, market and demographic profiling, and understanding local economic trends. Attendees will explore practical use cases that support academic Business programs, such as student projects and coursework, as well as community-facing applications that help entrepreneurs, small business owners, and economic development partners make informed decisions.

Learning Objectives:

Identify and select relevant Social Explorer datasets (including CPI, U.S. Census data, and U.S. Business Patterns) to answer common business research questions related to market demand, location analysis, and local economic conditions.

Create and interpret maps and data tables in Social Explorer to support business and entrepreneurship use cases such as demographic profiling and market analysis for student projects, business plans, and community inquiries.

Develop practical approaches for teaching and promoting Social Explorer, using clear workflows and examples to translate complex data into actionable insights for students, entrepreneurs, and community economic development partners.

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Special Note: The SSC Library is a member of CARLI.

Epigenetics: Pedagogical Approaches for Student Understanding (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-25 14:00 - 15:00
Epigenetics is an exciting yet challenging topic for students in majors biology and genetics courses.

In this faculty webinar, McGraw-Hill author and professor Rob Brooker, PhD, will share practical, classroom-ready approaches for supporting student understanding and engagement with epigenetics. Participants will explore common learning challenges, effective teaching strategies, and an adaptable active-learning activity published in CourseSource.

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

Psych Ed Talk: Teaching in a Polarized World (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-26 10:00 - 11:00
When topics are politically charged, students often disengage or defensively filter evidence. This session offers a research-informed approach to teaching under these conditions. Participants will see how imagined worlds—alien ecologies, dystopian societies, interplanetary crises—can lower threat and let students practice reasoning before applying those skills to real contemporary debates. Concrete classroom activities will be shared.

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

CARLI Navigating the Continual Evolving AI Landscape (Vendor Webinar)
2026-02-26 14:00 - 15:00
Do you feel like the world of AI is imploding around you? Whether it’s the continually changing interfaces, the dozens of new AI tools popping up weekly, or your favorite platform suddenly adding a suite of functions you didn’t ask for it’s easy to feel left behind. In a world where “state-of-the-art” changes every few months, the goal isn’t just to keep up; it’s to develop a sustainable system for adaptation.

This webinar is designed to help you develop a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence and build a personalized strategy for learning and future growth.

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Special Note: The SSC Library is a member of CARLI.

Reminder: Register for ION courses that start 03/23/2026
2026-03-02 08:00 - 17:00
The Teaching and Learning Center is continuing to offer the opportunity for instructors to take courses from the Illinois Online Network, a subsidiary of the University of Illinois. Courses begin March 23, 2026 with a registration deadline of March 23, 2026.

Step 1: Decide what course you plan to take. For full course descriptions, visit https://www.uis.edu/cape/professional-development/ion/course-catalog-registration

Step 2: Get Approval from SSC. If you are interested in registering, please complete our TLC application to get started – https://forms.office.com/r/axmQgDiETK (your login for this form is your SSC email address and regular network password).  If you are approved, SSC will cover the cost of your registration.

Once you are approved, you will receive a code to use at registration in Step 3. Using this code allows you to register with SSC paying for the registration.

Step 3: Register for the Ion Course. Visit: https://www.uis.edu/cape/professional-development/ion/course-schedule-important-dates#calendar

On this page you have two options:

Already have an ION Account? If you already have set up an ION account, visit the Continuing and Professional Education self-service portal.

Don’t have an ION Account? Follow the directions to create an account, then proceed to the Continuing and Professional Education self-service portal.

Remember: Use the Code provided in Step 2 during registration. This means that SSC will pay for the course on the instructors’ behalf.

CARLI Open Pedagogy Workshop (Vendor Webinar)
2026-03-04 11:00 - 12:30
When you use open pedagogy in your classroom, you are inviting students to be part of the teaching process, participating in the co-creation of knowledge. In this online workshop, you will learn the definition and context of Open Pedagogy, view innovative examples being applied in a variety of subjects and formats, and work with other attendees to create an assignment that you can use in your own class.

Presenters:Kelly Hallisy, DePaul University;Lauren Kosrow, College of DuPage;Nicole Swanson, Elizabeth Clarage, Michele Leigh, CARLI

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Special Note: The SSC Library is a member of CARLI.

Build a Better World Through Biology Teaching (Vendor Webinar)
2026-03-04 13:00 - 14:00
What if you could hand your biology students the tools to not only better themselves but also improve their communities — all within the span of one term?

Join Dr. Melanie Peffer for an interactive webinar featuring simple teaching strategies you can leverage to inspire curiosity in your students and motivate them to create real change in the world.

Dr. Peffer is the author of the new non-majors biology textbook, “Biology for Life,” 1e, supported by the upcoming MindTap course. She is eager to bring her uniquely innovative and hopeful approach to this webinar where she’ll explore:

Ways to make biology content accessible and relatable

How to discuss complex topics in the classroom

Tips for balancing present realities with a positive outlook

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Special Note: This event is hosted by Cengage. However, you do not need to use the Cengage textbook and instead attend for exploration.

Stay Ahead: Teaching Strategy in the AI Revolution (Vendor Webinar)
2026-03-05 11:00 - 12:00
Discover how AI is reshaping industry structures and redefining student learning in this exclusive webinar with Frank T. Rothaermel, Regents’ Professor at Georgia Tech and award-winning author of Strategic Management. Learn how to frame AI as a General Purpose Technology (GPT) that transforms competitive advantage, explore real-world examples like Nvidia and OpenAI, and gain actionable insights to elevate your classroom strategy.

Key Takeaways:

Reinforce the case method’s relevance in the AI-driven classroom.

Understand AI’s impact on industry structure and competition.

Leverage AI to address Bloom’s “2 Sigma Problem” with personalized learning.

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

The Human Advantage: Teaching the Skills AI Can’t Replace (Vendor Webinar)
2026-03-06 10:30 - 11:30
This session explores the human capabilities—judgment, empathy, creativity, and ethical reasoning—that become even more valuable as AI reshapes work. We will explore how experiential learning (from live projects to simulations to community-based work) uniquely builds these skills and prepares students for careers that may not even exist yet. Faculty leave with practical ways to design assignments and classroom experiences that strengthen students’ competencies.

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Special Note: This event is hosted by McGraw-Hill. However, you do not need to use the McGraw-Hill textbook and instead attend for exploration.

CARLI OER Virtual Meetup for Humanities Faculty, Instructors, and Librarians (Vendor Webinar)
2026-03-06 13:30 - 14:30
Are you working on open educational resources (OER) or curious about what others are doing in your field? Join us for a lively virtual meet-up designed to spark ideas, share experiences and tips, and explore opportunities for cross-institutional OER partnerships.

This session is all about connection and inspiration. We’ll:

Hear about current OER projects in development or use;

Discuss concerns / problems you have encountered;

Share tips on possible solutions;

Discuss areas of interest for future collaboration;

Create space for teaming up on shared goals and initiatives

Whether you’re just getting started or already deep into OER work, this meet-up is a chance to learn from peers, build new relationships, and imagine what’s possible together.

Facilitators: Mackenzie Salisbury, Northwestern University and Zach Claybaugh, Dominican University

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Special Note: The SSC Library is a member of CARLI.
