The second annual Provost’s Showcase of Scholarly Teaching will be held on April 4, 2025. This event, hosted by CAT and FSU libraries, is a celebration of the inspiring, innovative, and evidence-informed teaching that makes FSU the best place to learn. Across the university, faculty and TAs have been turning their scholarly attention to teaching, engaging in inquiry and reflection and exploring how different teaching methods affect students’ learning, experiences, and success.
If you have been developing teaching approaches or strategies that you would like to share with the larger campus community, we hope you will submit a proposal for a poster presentation. Or if you have a question—for example, one about teaching effectiveness, student engagement, or recent innovations in teaching—we hope you will consider hosting or attending a roundtable, where you can pose the question and explore possible answers with colleagues.
Even if you’ve never thought about presenting at a pedagogical conference before, you likely have insights worthy of discussion. We encourage you to submit a proposal and attend the showcase. Your proposed project could be something more formal, such as a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project (i.e., a research question you had about your teaching, the methods you used to investigate it, and what you learned). It could also be less formal, like sharing something you did in your teaching or beginning a discussion about students’ learning.
A few examples topics include:
- What happens when I ask students to solve more problems in class
- How two-stage exams turn assessments into learning experiences
- How I use formative assessment to make student thinking visible
- How I foster community in my large class
- How I use specifications grading to give students control of their learning
- How I help my students overcome math anxiety (or their fear of learning a specific subject)
- Why I provide most of my feedback on rough drafts rather than final papers
- How grade-norming sessions help my TAs grade consistently
- How I use clicker questions to give students practice during class
- How I use technology (AB card, MS Form, Padlet, Kahoot!, etc.) to promote active participation in class
- How I teach with AI
- How I get my students to come to class
Formats and Abstract of Presentation
There will be two presentation formats: poster presentations and round-table discussions. You may apply for only one format for each presentation. If you plan to apply for more than one presentation, you need to apply separately.
Poster Sessions
You can design a poster that summarizes the teaching innovation or scholarship that you would like to share. Your poster should include both text and figures (e.g., tables, graphs, diagrams, photographs). You will have time to present your poster and discuss your work with other participants, as well as visit other presenters to learn about their work.
If you’re interested in suggestions for creating an effective poster, please visit NYU Libraries’ How to Create a Research Poster article. When we notify you of acceptance, we will provide further guidelines regarding size and format of the posters.
Round Table Discussions
In this format you can share something you’ve been working on, get feedback and input from colleagues, and answer their questions about what you’ve been working on and why. You can also use this space to start a conversation about something that intrigues you, such as incorporating AI in teaching, or team-based learning. A roundtable is a particularly great format for starting a discussion about something you want to learn more about.
Roundtable discussions are very participatory and you can bring questions to engage your audience. Each round table discussion session will last for 60 minutes, but there will be a signal at the 30-minute mark for participants who wish to switch tables.
Eligibility
If you have taught (have been an IOR) at FSU or the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, you are eligible to apply to present. You may have taught collaboratively, and so you may co-present with a colleague, or include a colleague as a co-author on your poster. Co-presenters and co-authors can be grad students, Learning Assistants, etc. If you have questions about eligibility, please feel free to connect with us via pro-teaching@fsu.edu to check.
Consult with Us
If you’d like to discuss your project or idea for the Provost’s Showcase, or if you would like more guidance on the application process, feel free to contact us at pro-teaching@fsu.edu
Apply
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