LRC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING

DOING RESEARCH ON YOUR TEACHING: RESOURCES, TIPS, AND SUPPORT AT NORTHWESTERN

This information session showcased available resources on campus and beyond to assist language faculty with their research-focused professional activity. 

📅  June 6, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT

Presenter: Denise Drane, PhD., Sr Associate Director of Research and Innovation, Searle Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning

Organizers: Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, Language Resource Center, Media and Design Studio and Council on Language Instruction

RECORDING AND SLIDES: DOING RESEARCH ON YOUR TEACHING

TEACHER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN WORLD LANGUAGE CONCENTRATION

SESP and the LRC offered an engaging information session to learn about Northwestern’s Teacher Certification Program and its concentration on world languages.
📅  May 20, 2025, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT

Presenters: Rebekah Stathakis, PhD., Director of the Teacher Preparation Programs (SESP); and Gabi Langendorf, MS., Manager of Teacher Certification and Licensure (SESP)

Organizers: School of Education and Social Policy, Language Resource Center

RECORDING AND SLIDES: TEACHER CERTIF PROGRAM, WL CONCENTRATION

GENERATIVE AI IN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION WORKSHOP SERIES 

1. "HANDS-ON WITH COPILOT" 

This workshop, focused on the use of Copilot from the instructor perspective, expanded on examples presented in a fall quarter seminar series by allowing participants to directly interact with various NU-approved generative artificial intelligence ("Gen AI") tools. Participants learned how to use AI to develop lesson plans and materials and to create and shape various forms of multimedia for teaching use.

📅  February 17, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT; 

February 27, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT

2. "COPILOT FOR STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS"

This workshop explored the potential uses of Copilot by your students, both for specific assignments and as a supplemental study aide. Our previous workshop on faculty use of Copilot provided an excellent opportunity to workshop ideas and to continue the conversation.

📅  April 28, 2025, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT, May 8, 2025, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT

3. "STUDENT PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURES"

This was the final event of this year's deep dive into Artificial Intelligence and Language Instruction. The workshop reviewed the latest student perspectives in the use of AI for learning and assignments, as well as opinions about instructor's use of AI tools for the creation of teaching materials and assessments. This data was used to brainstorm ideas for future curricular design. 

📅  June 5, 10:00-11 AM CT

Presenter: Matthew Taylor, Director, Media and Design Studio

Organizers: Media and Design Studio and Language Resource Center

If you're considering integrating AI tools into your classroom, we've created the below document with guiding questions informed by student survey responses. We hope you find it helpful!

Considerations for Implementing AI Tools

The Academic Advisers Working Group (Office of the Provost's Undergraduate Advising)  creates resources and events to support and enhance the sense of belonging to an academic community. Lunch & Learn sessions are one point of connection, in which campus partners are invited to share information and resources from their offices with advisors. The Language Resource Center has been invited to facilitate the following sessions: 

"Navigating Language Pathways: Placement, Progression, and Proficiency at Northwestern"
 📅 April 16, 2025

"Leveraging Language Learning on Campus and Beyond: Unlocking Career and Global Opportunities for Students"
📅 January 22, 2025

"Language Study Orientation for Advisers"
📅 June 3, 2024

1st IMMERSION WEEK: GENERATIVE AI IN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION 

This dynamic professional development programming explored how generative AI can transform language instruction through four engaging and customized sessions for Northwestern faculty and graduate students.  The event  featured Dr. Kevin Gaugler,  a renowned expert in the field of AI and language instruction, as keynote speaker, as well as sessions on Northwestern AI policies and authorized tools, in-house faculty presenters, and a live student panel.  

📅  December 3-6, 2024

Organizers: Language Resource Center, Media and Design Studio, Teaching and Learning Technologies, and Searle Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning, with the collaboration with the Council on Language Instruction

RECORDINGS AND RESOURCES - GENERATIVE AI IN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION

TLT CANVAS ACCESSIBILITY WORKSHOPS FOR WORLD LANGUAGE FACULTY

Teaching and Learning Technologies hosted and organized two workshops to help language faculty create accessible digital content in Canvas, as part of their Mission: Accessible challenge. 
📅 Date: December 3 & 4, 2024

Presenters: Jim Stachowiak and Victoria Getis

Organizers: Teaching and Learning Technologies and Language Resource Center

BUFFETT FACULTY LUNCH ON MULTILINGUALISM