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Upcoming Events
OTEI New Faculty Teaching Conference 2026
We invite all new faculty to join us for a teaching conference to help you get ready to teach your first classes at Clemson. You will get to see creative ways to engage your students, learn about OTEI's services and other academic support units, and get to ask a panel of experienced faculty your burning questions about teaching at Clemson! Friday, August 14, 2026, 8:00 – 11:30 AM Watt Family Innovation Center (Clemson main campus; in person)
RegisterFaculty Learning Communities 2026-207
FLC 2026 Registration in August
These collaborative programs are designed to assist faculty in learning about and incorporating new, evidence-based ideas into their practice. Faculty participants consistently note a posiitive impact on teaching practice due to FLC experiences: This year FLCs will cover topics ranging from motivating and focusing students to AI and teaching.
TEACH-AI: Teaching Exploration And Community Hub
Read more about this exciting, new university-wide Hub for AI and teaching. The next call for Faculty AI Champions and Explorers will be at the start of the fall 2026 semester. Look for other opportunities and trainings coming!
Click here for more information (pdf)
OTEI programming through OneHE
OTEI joins with OneHE
Bringing International Experts to Clemson Faculty
OTEI offers programming built from the OneHE platform, pulling from their expert resources to offer manageable content with a focus on teaching practicalities and new information for educations. OneHE has quickly become a well-respected enterprise offering "Practical, bite-sized learning" through "20 minute courses led by experts that fit into your busy schedule" The resources help faculty "stay at the forefront of educational innovation [in] emerging areas such as AI in education, the pedagogy of kindness, and the science of learning." In our partnership model, we at OTEI structure, facilitate, and certify your professional development, creating engaging cohorts that support your learning. In the fall semester, we will offer a pathway for faculty who are fairly new to AI uses and issues in teaching. Want to join in? Check out our August newsletters for information or email otei@clemson.edu.
Current Opportunities
Book Club on The Science of Learning Meets AI
Are you comfortable with course design? Have you tried out some GenAI prompts? This book club will be for experienced faculty who want to explore more opportunities with AI. "This research-grounded guide helps college educators use generative AI to strengthen, not sideline, what they already know about effective teaching. Drawing on decades of experience in faculty development and learning science, Ludwig and Zakrajsek propose a three-stage progression model―Adapt, Create, Embed―to help faculty from any discipline thoughtfully incorporate AI into their teaching."
TEACH-AI
Join this collaborative program: TEACH-AI: a teaching exploration and community hub for AI. Directed by multiple units with leaders in all the Colleges, a new call for participants will be coming shortly. In partnership with Clemson Libraries, Michelin Career Center, the Division of Undergraduate Learning and the Graduate School.
Teaching Workshops
OTEI offers workshops on active learning, transparency in assessment, inclusive engagement, teaching and AI, and other topics. We are developing "short bites" from this series so that you can bring these topics to a department meeting. Colleges and departments can schedule any of these topics. Contact OTEI to inquire or make a special request!
Universal Design for Learning and Teaching
OTEI is excited to offer an asynchronous opportunity through Canvas: Implementing UDL. By taking part in the course, you will learn about the UDL approach and access practical teaching advice ready for implementation. You are welcome to self-enroll in the course any time.
Enroll in universal design Canvas CourseGen Z Learning at Clemson
We have spent several years with faculty member and Pearce Center for Professional Communications director Ashley Fisk and her students exploring Gen Z as a cohort as well as developing insights into the mental health needs of Clemson college students. In this coming year, Fisk and her students will investigate the impacts of AI on college education and the workplace.
View Gen Z Student Resources
Teaching with Transparency
The Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation offers training in a national program called TILT: Transparency in Learning and Teaching. The TILT Higher Education initiative is directed by Dr. Maryanne Winkelhmes and supported by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). TILT assists instructors of all ranks in learning about and incorporating new, evidenced-based ideas into their teaching practice. Clemson TILT supports ClemsonElevate by assisting instructors in offering clear paths to student learning. Participants will commit to making small instructional changes in a course during the academic year.
Visit TILT WebsiteRead about past events, many of which are recurring, such as our learning communities and institutes!
