Upcoming Events
Fall 2025 Semester
Experiential Learning: May Our Eclipse Ballooning Experience Help Lift Your Own Idea Off The Ground
Date: Friday, October 10th, 2025
Time: 11:00 am- 12:00 pm
Location: Zoom
In this workshop, we would like to share our experience in building a unique and engaging experiential learning (EL) experience for the campus community through a variety of events during the solar eclipse series in Academic Year 2023-24 (October 2023 annular and April 2024 total eclipses). We will share our strategies to develop course modules and educational moments with the backdrop of these two much celebrated celestial events, as well as the asscoiated events. Although the next total eclipse visible from Continental US will be in 2045, we would like to work with you to brainstorm your own bright ideas to build an EL project around a special event of your interests. We hope this workshop can lift your next EL effort off the ground!
What Is Human Subjects Research, Anyway?
Date: Friday, September 26th, 2025
Time: 11:00 am- 12:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Even among veteran researchers, there can be confusion regarding Institutional Review Board (IRB) functions and whether or not a particular research project might be classified as “human subjects research.” In this presentation, we will cover several basic topics including:
1. What activities meet the regulatory definition of “human subjects research”
2. Making a determination of exempt status (Spoiler – you can’t do it on your own)
3. The levels of IRB review
4. Responsibilities of PIs and the IRB
Upcoming Events
Information coming soon.
Join the CTE office hours at the beginning of Fall 2025 to discuss any teaching-related
questions you might have in terms of course design, assessments, active-learning, and teaching
resources. Days/times with corresponding zoom links can be found in the flyer.
