Speaking Engagements

If you are interested in having me support your educators (keynote, invited talk, workshop, consultation...), please email me at IASleighann[at]gmail[dot]com. You can also request a 10-min free consultation to determine if I am the right person for your needs.

I offer a variety of workshops designed to help educators stay up-to-date with the latest teaching strategies and techniques. Workshops are designed for your unique context, your goals for your educators and the desired topic(s).

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15 Minute Workshops

These length workshops are great for faculty meetings. Their purpose is to provide a shared language around a specific topic and to plant the seed for further exploration and discussion.

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45 - 90 Minute Workshops

These workshops are long enough but not too long where educators need a break. I am sure to engage the participants whether virtually or in-person to help ensure everyone meets the goals of the workshop.

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Half-Day to Multi-Day Programming

If you can't choose only one or two workshops, I can do more! 3 workshops are great for a half-day event or 6-8 for a multi-day event. I would design the workshops to connect across topics or it could be a themed program on GenAI (faculty use, course policies and integration into the classroom) or a design institution focused on the flipped classroom approach.

Each workshop can be designed for a face-to-face, virtual or hybrid environment. Depending on the audience size, location/environment and goals, all workshops are built with deliberate engagement for each participant. Shorter workshops typically have more simple engagement while longer workshops provide the opportunity for more in-depth activities and engagement. All of my offerings prompt educators to reflect on their unique course contexts and application of the event's topic in their course(s) and leave participants with at least one strategy they can implement tomorrow.

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Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI)

AI is not perfect. I provide a balanced perspective that is both critical of its biases, issues with privacy & sustainability, but also how it can support faculty and student learning.

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Engaging All Learners

Before & During Class

Activities can engage all learners when designed effectively. Tech-enhanced or not, game elements or collaborative, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is at the center of it all.

Highlighted Topics

Below, you'll find selected topics I have facilitated workshops on in the past 10 years. Note: not all topics are listed and many of my offerings attend to multiple topics, so please email your ideas/needs and we can determine what is best for you.

Feedback for students and instructors is crucial to the learning environment. Below are a select few of the workshop topics I have facilitated.

Beyond Tests & Essays: Rethinking Assessments as Learning Experiences
Streamline Grading & Support Student Success with Rubrics
Quick Assessment Strategies
Helping Students Help Themselves: Retrieval & Distributed Practice
Cognitive Wrappers & Post-Exam Analysis
Universal Design for Learning and Ungrading

Lectures are not a bad thing but there is a time and a place for them. These topics help participants to find a balance they are comfortable with engaging students and breaking up lectures, connecting with students, and motivating students to show up.

Playful and Gamified Learning
Large Class Engagement
Group Work that Works
Quick Engagement Strategies to Engage All Learners
- Think-Pair-Share
- Peer Instruction
- Minute Papers (Admission & Exit Tickets, Muddiest Point, Mindful Moment)
Getting Students to Come Prepared: Connecting Asynchronous with Synchronous Experiences

Technology has the potential to enrich educational experiences. It is important to remember that technology should be used to help students learn or instructors teach. Rarely is it used for the sake of using it, unless those align with the learning objectives.

Unlocking Increased Instructor Efficiency and Creativity with Generative AI
Wrestling with AI: AI in the Classroom
Videos of Tomorrow, Today: Quick & Easy Strategies to Elevate Engagement
Gamification Tools to Level-up Student Learning

Thinking about changing aspects of your course? I've got some frameworks and focus points that can be useful in your journey. These topics usually prompt participants to reflect on their design and how they may be able to include different evidence-based prcinples.

Align with the End in Mind: Backward Design
Universal Design for Learning
Inclusive Teaching Practices
Its in the Syllabus: Crafting a Welcoming Syllabus

Building a sense of community can have monumental impacts to student success. Their building of connections not only with each other and you but also with the content can be powerful. I have facilitated workshops including but not limited to

Community Agreements
Building a Sense of Belonging
Generations & Student Learning
Student Questionnaires and Connections
Effective Collaborations

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