Faculty Learning Communities: 2025-2026
A faculty learning community (FLC) meets regularly to explore a teaching topic that interests them. This interdisciplinary group researches the topic, reads together, and supports each other in making positive changes in the classroom. Since Fall 2013, members of the VU faculty have been involved in multiple FLCs each year.
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) Community of Practice
Margarita Rayzberg (Sociology & Criminology)
Participants in this FLC will collaborate with like-minded colleagues who are not from the same department. Alternatively, faculty from various departments could trial pedagogical innovations focused on a common idea…
Read more »AI Exploratorium
Amanda Brobst-Renaud (Theology) & Jon Beagley (Mathematics)
This FLC is for faculty who are curious about the use of AI and ways to help students use it appropriately in the classroom. We will engage Flower Darby’s “Small…
Read more »Let’s Talk Video Game Development: Putting our Strengths Together Towards a Multidisciplinary Degree
Facilitated by Aysegul Yayimli (Computing and Information Sciences)
How can we push forward Valpo’s curriculum offerings to incorporate the exciting and growing field of Video Game Development? This complex field incorporates many disciplines such as story writing, music,…
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