Interdisciplinary Collaborations

CURRENT

Fall 2025 Teaching with AI Book Club

The FCLI aims to facilitate inter-curricular learning among faculty through dialogue about our featured book, Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning.  We will discuss AI tools, pedagogical approaches, and your experiences implementing the tools and techniques presented in the book. Each month, we will focus on one section and share critical takeaways, ideas for application, optional guided activities, and use cases based on our observations of student learning.  Learn more.

Fall 2025 Teaching With AI Sandbox Series 

The FCLI invites you to join us this fall to investigate ways you can implement Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) into your curriculum.  This ‘Teaching With AI Sandbox Series’ will provide you with a sandbox where you can participate in hands-on activities with your colleagues, guided by a knowledgeable facilitator.  Learn more.

Fall 2025 Small Teaching Book Club

The FCLI aims to facilitate inter-curricular learning among faculty through dialogue about our featured book, Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning" by James M. Lang. The book offers practical, research-backed strategies that instructors can easily implement to improve student engagement and learning outcomes. The goal of this book club is to provide a collaborative space for twenty faculty members from various disciplines to discuss the book's principles, share their experiences, and develop a set of small teaching interventions to use in their courses..  Learn more.

HyFlex Teaching and Learning Institute

This supportive cohort will focus on applying effective practices for implementing HyFlex delivery in a course, demonstrate how to utilize HyFlex technology in the classroom, and provide tips for integrating synchronous learning activities and engagement in a HyFlex learning environment. Learn more.

UPCOMING

Innovation Insights

The ‘Innovation Insights’ listening sessions will be held virtually throughout the year to solicit insights from faculty to identify opportunities for new innovative ideas that could lead to pilot projects before presenting for further scaling collegewide.

Generative AI

The proposed ‘Generative AI Literacy and Fluency' professional development pathway seeks to provide an inaugural cohort of faculty with technical training for integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) into their curriculum, helping enhance teaching and learning outcomes.

Spring 2026 Co-Intelligence Book Club

The FCLI aims to facilitate inter-curricular learning among faculty through dialogue about our featured book, Ethan Mollick's Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI. The club is designed to be a practical, discussion-based forum where faculty can explore the concepts in the book, share their own experiences with AI, and develop strategies for integrating these tools into their teaching and professional lives. The schedule is structured to cover key sections of the book and provide ample time for application and discussion.  Learn more.

Spring 2026 What the Best College Teachers Do Book Club

The FCLI aims to facilitate inter-curricular learning among faculty through dialogue about our featured book, What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain. This book club is designed to create a collaborative space for faculty to discuss these principles, share their own experiences, and collectively explore strategies for fostering a deeper and more lasting form of student learning..  Learn more.

HISTORICAL

TransformED Research Initiative

TransformED is a year-long research initiative and plan to anticipate the evolution and future impact of change across diverse academic and student affairs areas at Austin Community College District (ACC). The FCLI led the instructional lane for two years running.  Learn more.

Summer 2025 Advancing Online Teaching Book Club 

The FCLI hosted two book clubs to discuss "Advancing Online Teaching: Creating Equity-Based Digital Learning Environments" by Kevin Kelly and Todd Zakrajsekuman Learning by Bowen, J. A., & Watson, C. E. (2024). Faculty were guided through implementing advanced techniques in teaching with a focus on online learning.  

Summer 2025 Teaching With AI Sandbox Series 

The FCLI investigated ways to implement Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) into the curriculum.  This ‘Teaching With AI Series’ provided faculty with a sandbox for hands-on activities with their colleagues, guided by a knowledgeable facilitator. 

Spring 2025 Teaching with AI Book Club 

The FCLI hosted a book club to discuss Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning by Bowen, J. A., & Watson, C. E. (2024). Faculty were guided through implementing AI in their teaching. 

Mapping Narratives Institute

The ‘Mapping Narratives: Integrating Interdisciplinary GIS' Institute seeks to provide an inaugural cohort of faculty with technical training for integrating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) maps into their curriculum, helping bring stories to life for students through custom online maps.  

HyFlex Teaching and Learning Faculty Interest Group (HyFIG)

The HyFlex Faculty Interest Group (HyFIG) serves as a communal space for faculty to share teaching and learning best practices; support each other through shared experiences; explore the pedagogically rich modality; participate in effectiveness research; and apply lessons learned to a HyFlex class. 

HyFlex Teaching and Learning Faculty Learning Community (FLC)

The HyFlex Faculty Learning Community (FLC) provides a series of engaging sessions where participants explore various best practices and lessons learned to enhance course development, delivery, and student engagement. This cohort setting provides a platform for knowledge sharing, peer collaboration, and practical skill development to ensure faculty are well-equipped to navigate the evolving landscape of flexible modalities in education.