Programs

Back to the Bay, CSUEB's annual professional development event is sponsored by Academic Affairs, the Office of Faculty Development, and the Office of the Online Campus. Each year since 2003, Back to the Bay brings faculty and staff together to share their expertise, and learn from one another and campus experts about topics of interest to faculty in their roles as teachers, advisors, researchers, users of technology, and active participants in the campus community. Back to the Bay features variety of workshops on pedagogy, research, governance, and teaching with technology at our state-of-the-art facility. Back to the Bay falls on the last Thursday before instruction begins at the beginning of the fall semester. This year Back to the Bay will be held in the CORE building on the third floor.

New Faculty Orientation provides the opportunity for new faculty to:

• Network with other newly hired faculty and representatives from campus organizations
• Learn human resources related information
• Be exposed to relevant campus support services
• Become acquainted with CSU East Bay Students and strategies for the classroom
• Hear tips for a successful first year.

NFO takes place during the two weeks before instruction begins.

Collaborative Workshops 2022 - 2023

Collaborative Workshops 2023 - 2024

Curricular & Assessment Workshops AY 24-25

• GEOC Proposal Workshop Recording
• UWR Proposal Workshop Recording
• Annual Report Workshop Recording
• 5-Year Review Workshop Recording

Faculty Evaluation Workshops AY 24-25

• 1st & 2nd Year Retention Workshop Recording
• 3rd-5th Year Retention Workshop Recording
• Tenure and Promotion Workshop Slides
• RTP Committee Workshop Recording
• Range Elevation Workshop Recording

Other Faculty Workshops AY 24-25

• Navigating the IRB Process Workshop Recording
• Sabbatical and Difference in Pay Workshop Recording

Title II Series Schedule AY 24-25

Fall Semester 2024 Workshop

Learning Management System (LMS) Workshop: Meeting Accessibility Standards in your Hybrid/Online Classes

Are your online/hybrid courses ready for April 2026 when new requirements in Title II of the Americans with Disability Act will be enacted? In this workshop, faculty will learn about the new Title II requirements and leveraging Canvas to meet those requirements. Topics will include how to make your instructional materials accessible to all students including scanned pdfs, word and Google documents, images, and videos.

Spring Semester 2025 Workshops

UDL 101: The Basics of Creating a More Inclusive & Accessible Course

Participants will walk away with knowledge of how to quickly and easily build accessibility into their course content. (Part 1) What is UDL? Why does it matter? Who does it benefit? (Hint: it's not just about our disabled students.) (Part 2) Accessible and flexible document creation. (Part 3) Choosing/creating accessible content and mindful organization of course environment.

UDL 102: Creating a More Inclusive & Accessible Course - Part 2

You've taken the steps to address basic accessibility, now let's take UDL one step further. We'll discuss some of the core principles in more detail and spend some time developing ideas you can experiment with. If you're interested, feel free to bring a syllabus, an assignment, or exam to work through together. The Goal of UDL: Learner Agency | UDL Guidelines

Faculty Panel on Accessibility

Please join us for a panel discussion with faculty leaders in accessibility.

Tips for Accessible Tech Selection & Navigating the Tech Purchasing Process

This session will provide guidance on locating and selecting technology that has accessibility features built in. There will also be an overview of the technology purchasing process at CSUEB, with tips for avoiding common pitfalls that can prolong the process.

Faculty AI Projects & Resources

In spring 2025, Academic Affairs funded four AI working groups: AI-infused assignments, specialized chatbots, AI & accessibility, and faculty AI literacy survey. The goal of the working groups was to build capacity in generative AI literacy and use among faculty, AI working groups brought together faculty from across the university, drawing on expertise and interest in academic applications of generative AI. Each working group had a lead faculty member, up to 12 participants, and an area of focus (see below). Lead faculty members selected a shared set of materials (readings, videos, slide shows, activities) for all working group members in order to support the development of a shared vocabulary around and understanding of the current state of GenAI with its enormous possibilities and pitfalls. The working groups have presented their work at the Celebration of Teaching and/or Back to the Bay.

• AI-infused assignments | Lead: Ayona Chatterjee Members of this working group developed syllabus policies, collected detection and assessment resources, and developed one scaffolded AI-infused assignment to implement in a class. The working group has  contribute concrete examples and advice for other faculty on ways to structure AI-infused assignments that support student learning about the ethical, critical use of genAI while also developing their own individual knowledge structures and skill sets. 

Sample AI Policies | Sample AI Assignments | AI Detection & Assessment Resources | Celebration of Teaching Slides

• Specialized AI chatbots | Lead: John Bunce Members of this working group developed a learning assistant for students in one of their classes (or for an assignment within a class). GenAI as thinking partner and learning assistant is widely discussed in the current literature and faculty trainings in academic applications of AI. This working group has contributed concrete examples of specialized AI chatbots and advice for other faculty and students on this use case of GenAI and its impact on student learning and on faculty workload. 

Sample Specialized Learning Assistants

• AI and Accessibility | Co-Leads Katie Bramlett and Dale Ireland Members of this working group developed multimodal accessibility questions and considerations for academic applications of GenAI for faculty, with a particular focus on disability justice and changes to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act to be implemented by April 2026.

AI and Accessibility QR Code & Slides

• Faculty AI Survey: Members of this working group developed and implemented a faculty AI survey about literacy and use and shared their findings with the campus community. This work establishes a baseline of use and a better understanding of faculty needs related to academic applications of AI. OFD and other groups on campus are able use the findings to shape their programming.

Survey Data: Teaching

Spring 2025

Grant Writing Series

• Faculty Learning Community 2021 - 2022
• Faculty Learning Community 2020 - 2021
• Faculty Learning Community 2019 - 2020
• Faculty Learning Communities 2018- 2019
• Faculty Learning Communities 2017 - 2018
• Faculty Learning Community Topics 2012 - 2016