The 2017 Winter Faculty Institute (WFI) at the University of Delaware will be held Monday, Jan. 9, and Tuesday, Jan. 10, in Multipurpose Room A of the Trabant University Center.

This year’s WFI theme is “Inclusion. Engagement. Transformation… by Design.”

Course design is an essential teaching responsibility for most people who teach at UD. Whether continuing an established course or creating a new course, there are important design considerations for developing a successful course.

The workshops at WFI will focus on creating courses that allow all students to succeed by being inclusive, engaging and transformative. Registration is free to everyone at UD.

Registrants will join over 100 of their colleagues for the Topics in Course Design track. The track will begin with the featured guest workshop “How Learning Works: Creating Inclusive Learning Environments” by Michele DiPietro, Kennesaw State University, and co-author of the book How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching.

The Hands-on Course Design Intensive track has been filled and is designed for instructors who are ready to design or redesign a course they will be teaching in the immediate future.

The Topics in Course Design track is a more flexible arrangement that allows participants to sample among ten sessions that address course design. Each of these 10 sessions are led by UD faculty and staff and vary in format. Whether it’s an interactive keynote, panel session, presentation, or hands-on workshop, all sessions are geared to helping participants attain their course design goals. (Register)

Check the Winter Faculty Institute website for the latest information about this year’s program.

The Winter Faculty Institute is hosted by partners of Faculty Commons, including the Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning (CTAL), English Language Institute (ELI), IT Academic Technology Services (IT-ATS) and the University of Delaware Library.