Badging Program

The Accessible and Affordable Learning badge helps faculty design courses that remove barriers to student success while lowering costs. Faculty will learn strategies for creating and maintaining accessible course materials, applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, and leveraging open resources and other affordable content options. By completing this badge, faculty will gain practical tools to ensure their courses meet USG accessibility requirements, and offer accessible and affordable learning for stronger student achievement, engagement, and success.

Workshops in the EBT track will assist faculty with evidence based teaching practice for a better learning experience and greater student engagement.

Workshops in the HIPs badge track will assist faculty in exploring, designing and implementing High-Impact Practices (HIPs). HIPs are active learning practices that result in deep learning by promoting student engagement. High Impact Practices include: First-Year Seminars and Experiences, Common Intellectual Experiences, Learning Communities, Writing-Intensive Courses, Collaborative Assignments and Projects, Undergraduate Research, Diversity/Global Learning, ePortfolios, Service Learning, Community Based Learning, Internships and Capstone Courses and Projects.

Workshops in the MMA badge track will assist faculty in building knowledge and skills necessary to conduct program or course-level assessment of student learning with a emphasis on designing processes that are manageable for participating faculty and that yield meaningful data to inform decisions about teaching, curriculum, and student success.

• Analyze, interpret, and utilize assessment data to make targeted improvements to teaching and curriculum in support of student learning goals.
• Defind learning outcomes and expectations for students in your academic program or course.
• Design and implement assessment methods to reack student learning outcomes achievement

The MSC track will assist faculty in building knowledge of and skills in Scholarly Communications. Workshops will cover topics throughout the research and publication lifecycle: author identifiers and scholarly profiles; journal quality and impact; author metrics and impact; researchers’ rights as authors and the role of the University’s institutional repository, Digital Commons; and data management planning and curation services.

Workshops in the PGL track will assist faculty with their professional growth related to career development and maintaining appropriate well-being. Career development will include topics such as preparing documentation for annual reviews, tenure and promotion and leadership development. Work/life balance and self-care topics such as emotional, psychological, and social well-being may be addressed.

Workshops in the RGS track will assist faculty and staff in the acquisition, performance, and administration of projects and programs funded by external sources through research administration, research integrity and compliance, award management, public service, instruction, and other scholarly activities.

The Teaching with AI badge supports faculty in exploring and integrating artificial intelligence tools into their teaching practice. Participants will gain hands-on experience with AI technologies, learn strategies to enhance course design, student engagement, and assessment, and critically evaluate the ethical and pedagogical implications of AI in higher education. This badge empowers faculty to stay ahead of emerging innovations, equipping them to make informed choices about when and how to use AI to support student learning.

Workshops in the TWT track will assist faculty with teaching and learning technologies that can be used in the learning environment.