Workshops

Feeling overwhelmed with the day-to-day grind? Take a moment to reconnect with why you teach. Join your colleagues, invest in your students, and discover fresh ideas to enhance learning. This page will be updated with workshop event information as events happen throughout the year.

Teaching Transformation Design Lab

April 29 - May 1, 2026

Supported by WSU’s Innovation and Improvement Grant funds, the Teaching Transformation Design Lab creates a dedicated space over two and a half focused days for you to design or redesign a student-centered course activity, assignment, module, or assessment with rounded support from experts on campus. You will receive a $750 stipend upon successful completion.

Session Themes

All sessions offered during this experience will support the following outcomes:

Making Thinking Visible

Making student thinking visible by designing activities and assessment that center student thinking throughout the learning process rather than a sole focus on the product produced.

Developing Durable Skills

Designing assignments and activities that build and assess durable skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration and communication.

Creating Active, Engaging & Intentional Learning Environments

Building class structures to encourage active learning, student engagement, and an intentional learning environment.

Application Deadline

April 3

Acceptance Notifications

April 10

Early Bird Bonus

The first 20 applications have guaranteed acceptance.

Expectations

  • Full engagement: Attend all 2 and a half days (April 29 - May 1) of the Teaching Transformation Design Lab, and complete the assigned pre-work once you have been accepted. This pre-work should take no more than one hour.
  • Evaluation: Provide honest and detailed feedback about the workshop and what you learned.
  • Implementation: Pilot your (re)designed course element (e.g., a lesson, learning activity, or module) in a course during the next academic year.
  • Reflection: Briefly share your findings/data with the CETL team to help us improve future faculty support.
  • SOTL Research Invitation: Additionally, you will have the optional opportunity to engage in scholarship of teaching and learning research in your own practice, partnering with a CETL team member. Research may include instructional reflections or designing and collecting student perspectives on their experiences with your (re)designed course elements.

You will receive a $750 stipend thanks to WSU’s Innovation and Improvement Grant.

Teaching Transformation Design Lab Schedule

 

Our goal is to help you create "rich" learning opportunities where students are active, engaged, and doing the heavy lifting.

Day 1Wednesday, April 29

  • 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

    What do you want your class to feel like? 

    Visioning the ideal classroom experience and starting to put ideas into action.

Day 2Thursday, April 30

  • 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

    How are you going to get it to feel like that?

    Designing the mechanics of the lesson or module.

Day 3 (Half Day)Friday, May 1

  • 8:30 a.m.–noon

    Will students feel it too?

    Creating reflection and assessment tools.

Apply With Colleagues

 

Transformation is easier with with partners. We encourage applications from small groups of 2–4 instructors who enjoy thinking about teaching together. Groups receive priority consideration, though individual applications are welcome

Register for the Teaching Transformation Design Lab