Active Learning Summit 2025 – Program Details

Thursday, February 27th, 2025
TIMEEVENTLOCATION
8:00 AM – 9:00 AMRegistration, Breakfast,
& Active Learning Showcase
Hill Atrium
9:00 AM – 10:15 AMOpening Ceremony
Active Learning and Assessment:
Refining Practices to Empower Student Success
Keynote Speaker, Natasha Jankowski
Mahler Hall
10:30 AM – 11:45 AMBreakout Sessions I
Active Learning in Gateway Courses (Room Q)
– Leveraging Peer Learning (Room R)
The MLC Creative Engagement Wing(Room J)
Active Reading for Active Learning (Room F/G)
Second Floor
12:00 PM – 1:30 PMLunch & Learn
Empowering Lifelong Learners:
Insights from Two Years of Active Learning Assessment
Director of Assessment, Katie Burr
Assessment Coordinator, Deenene Brewer
Mahler Hall
1:45 PM – 3:00 PMBreakout Sessions II
Active Learning in Higher-Level Courses (Room Q)
The Role of Student Ambassadors (Room R)
Considering Situational Factors (Room J)
Active Learning & Artificial Intelligence: Now What? (Room F/G)
Second Floor
3:15 PM – 4:30 PMBreakout Sessions III
Leveraging Change Grants (Room Q)
Creating Dynamic Student Engagement (Room R)
Using CTL’s Instructional Media (Room J)
– Generative AI for Active Learning: Transforming Teaching Tasks (Room F/G)
Second Floor
Friday, February 28th, 2025
TIMEEVENTLOCATION
8:00 AM – 9:00 AMRegistration, Breakfast,
& Active Learning Showcase
Hill Atrium
9:00 AM – 10:15 AMBreakout Sessions IV
Teaching the Teacher: Student-Led Micro-Teaching (Room Q)
Experiential, Service, and Active Learning (Room R)
Hands-On Active Learning Classroom Design: Charrette A (Room J)
The Write Way to Learn (Room F/G)
Second Floor
10:30 AM – 11:45 AMBreakout Sessions V
Universal Design for Active Learning (Room Q)
Active Learning in Co-Curricular Space (Room R)
Hands-On Active Learning Classroom Design: Charrette B (Room J)
The Power of Peer Feedback: Improving Writing and Critical Thinking (Room F/G)
Second Floor
12:00 PM – 1:30 PMLunch & Learn
Departments, Evidence, Observation, Oh My! How UGA Departments Are Collaborating to Improve Teaching & Learning
Alli Injaian, School of Ecology
Jessica Barb, Crop & Soil Sciences, CAES
Paola De Santo, Romance Languages, Franklin
Moderator: Tessa Andrews, Genetics, Franklin
Moderator: Erin Dolan, Biochem & Molecular Biology, Franklin
Mahler Hall
1:45 PM – 3:00 PMBreakout Sessions VI
Measuring What Matters: How to Assess Active Learning (Room Q)
From Classroom to Career: The Impact of Active Learning on Students’ Futures (Room R)
Designing Active Learning Classrooms for All Learners (Room J)
From Passive to Active: Redesigning Online & Flipped Instruction (Room F/G)
Second Floor

1197 S Lumpkin St,
Athens, GA 30602