PIT Stops

PIT (Pedagogy, Innovation, and Technology) Stops is a new faculty support series consisting of sessions held twice monthly that rotate between a system-wide virtual event and campus-specific events.

The series launched on February 1, 2023 beginning with a focus on the impact of ChatGPT on higher education. The entire spring 2023 schedule — along with recaps of past sessions — is provided below.

Spring 2023 PIT Stops

April

April 12 at 4:00 p.m. (PDT): System-wide faculty virtual session
- Topic: Mindful Emotional & Social Intelligence (MESI) for Students and Faculty. Supporting the development of emotional and social intelligence skills for wellbeing.
- Facilitators:
  - Joe Hewa, Director, Center for Transformational Learning & Leadership; Director, Mindful Emotional & Social Intelligence (MESI) at WSU
  - Robin Bond, Assistant Dean, Honors College; Director, Mindfulness-based Emotional and Social Intelligence (MESI) in the Honors College
  - Becky Dueben, Assistant Professor, Center for Transformational Learning & Leadership
- Zoom information: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/94103517967?pwd=S3ErNm54VUhEdGZBVThONWFEem1aZz09
  - Meeting ID: 941 0351 7967
  - Passcode: 361644
Weeks of April 17 and 24: Campus-specific faculty sessions
- Topic: How to incorporate mindful activities to promote emotional and social intelligence
  - Everett:
    Apr. 24, 4:00 p.m.
    Hosted on the Zoom platform
  - Pullman and Extension:
    Join members of the WSU Teaching Academy, the Honors College, Center for Transformational Learning and Leadership, the Learning Innovations Team, and Counseling and Psychological Services in Cougar Health Services to reimagine how you might incorporate activities in your class or via Canvas that support students’ skills in emotional and social intelligence. Enjoy coffee and a treat while you are there!
    
    Apr. 25, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Spark 102
    - Guest experts: Charice DeGuzman, Joe Hewa, Brian Malone, Mary Kay Patton, and Anna Whitehall.
    Apr. 28, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., Spark 208
    - Guest experts: Robin Bond, Kristin Cutler, Charice DeGuzman, Becky Dueben, Joe Hewa, Brian Malone, Mary Kay Patton, and Kathleen Rodgers.
  - Spokane:
    Apr. 21, 12:10 – 1:00 p.m. (Register for location and Zoom link)
    Registration link: https://form.asana.com/?k=4pnp8lcpdwhNuBZ5Ql3Uaw&d=983331870380148
    Calendar invites with location and zoom info are sent following registration.
  - Tri-Cities:
    Apr. 26, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. in CIC 223
    Check the WSU Tri-Cities event calendar for more information about this on-campus follow-up discussion.
  - Vancouver
    Apr. 27, 12:00 p.m. in Undergraduate Building, Room 212
    Join Dr. Patience McGinnis, Campus Director of Student Wellness, in a guided discussion around the development of student emotional and social intelligence skills. As a follow-up to the PIT Stops online discussion via the Transformational Change Initiative, join us to discuss what this means to our campus and students. Light refreshments will be served.

Archived PIT Stop Sessions

March

March 1 at 4:00 PM (Pacific): System-wide faculty virtual session
- Session recording:
- Topic: Classroom assessment that promotes inclusion
  - Students arrive in our classrooms with a diversity of experiences, knowledge, and skills. By adopting inclusive assessment practices, faculty and graduate teaching assistants can create a more welcoming and supportive learning environment, reduce bias, and improve student engagement and motivation. In this one-hour session, Dr. Jenny Knight (UC-Boulder) will review best practices for engaging students in learning and assessing their progress, and help participants create a tool chest of practices they will be comfortable implementing.
  - Dr. Jenny Knight has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan. She has been teaching undergraduates at all levels for over twenty years, ranging from freshmen-level genetics to senior-level developmental biology, along with graduate courses in pedagogy. After transitioning from lab bench to biology education research in 2004, she has developed concept assessments, studied the benefits of peer discussion of clicker questions, investigated how students solve complex problems in genetics, and is currently working on how to stimulate self-regulation and metacognition.
- Zoom information: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/94766330875?pwd=NE0zZDIxb2VoR0VPVmplK3R0c3o5dz09
  - Meeting ID: 947 6633 0875
  - Passcode: 124556
Week of March 20: Campus-specific faculty sessions
- Topic: How to design for inclusive assessment
  - Pullman and Extension:
    Mar. 23, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. in Spark 102
    Mar. 24, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. in Spark 102
    Dr. Jenny Knight will be flying in from the University of Colorado Boulder to discuss her work studying a variety of critical factors that affect students as they learn biology.
  - Vancouver:
    Mar. 23, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. in VUB 122
    WSU Vancouver’s on-campus follow-up discussion for March’s “Classroom assessments that promotes inclusion” will be led by Jessica Masterson, PhD, in the College of Education.
  - Tri-Cities:
    Mar. 22, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. in CIC 223
    Check the WSU Tri-Cities event calendar for more information about this on-campus follow-up discussion.
Week of March 27: Campus-specific faculty sessions
- Topic: How to design for inclusive assessment
  - Everett and Mt. Vernon Extension:
    Mar. 28, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. in the conference room
  - Spokane:
    Mar. 30, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
    Johnny Lupinacci will facilitate the next Teaching Conversation/PIT Stop for WSU Spokane focused on inclusive assessment.

February

February 1 at 3:00 PM (Pacific): System-wide faculty virtual session
- Topic: ChatGPT: What is it? What can it do, and what can’t it do?
- Session recording:
- Panelists:
  - Brian Clowers, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
  - David Makin, Associate Professor and Director of the Complex Social Interaction Laboratory, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
  - Dee Posey, Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education, Department of Psychology; WSU Teaching Academy
  - Heather Schneider, Instructional Designer, Academic Outreach and Innovation
  - Kate Watts, Associate Professor, Department of English; WSU Teaching Academy
Weeks of February 13 and 20: Campus-specific faculty sessions
- Topic: How to prepare for and respond to ChatGPT in the classroom
- Everett and Mt. Vernon Extension:
  Feb. 28, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. in the conference room
- Pullman and Extension:
  Feb. 14, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. in Spark 102
  Feb. 15, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. in Spark 102
  Join members of the WSU Teaching Academy and Instructional Designers from Learning Innovations for coffee and donuts. This drop-in event is an opportunity to continue the discussion about ChatGPT, what it means for YOUR classroom, and how you can design your course in proactive ways.
- Spokane:
  Feb. 21, 11:10 a.m. in SAC 347
  Take part in a themed teaching conversation to discuss artificial intelligence in healthcare education. This event will be hosted both in person and electronically.
- Tri-Cities:
  Feb. 16, 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. in CIC 223
  ChatGPT Follow-Up: How to prepare for and respond to ChatGPT in the classroom
- Vancouver:
  Feb. 22, 12:05 – 1:00 p.m. in VUB 124
  Join Wendy Olson, Director of Composition and Writing Assessment, and Paul Krouss, Faculty Lead for Innovative Pedagogies, in a guided discussion around ChatGPT and what this internet tool might mean for our classes. As a follow-up to the PIT Stops panel discussion via the Transformational Change Initiative, we will take a look at this tool and discuss implications/usefulness for instruction. Light refreshments will be served.