Multimodal Learning
Featured Events
Multimodal Learning and The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning promotes faculty accomplishment and innovation through a few yearly events. Participation in these events can provide evidence of teaching effectiveness, support for research and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Faculty are encouraged to participate, submit or attend these events.
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Faculty Showcase for Innovative Teaching
The Faculty Showcase for Innovative Teaching is an opportunity for faculty to share innovative teaching strategies with each other in a dynamic and festive event.
NEW Categories for 2026
Choose from three categories when submitting to the Faculty Innovation Showcase. Each category has it's own rubric criteria, review team and awards.
Submission Categories:
- Teaching Innovation: Teaching Innovation Rubric
- Open Education Resource (OER): OER Faculty Innovation Rubric
- Sustainability in Curriculum: Sustainability in Curriculum Innovation
Choose Presentation Style:
- Multimodal Learning created video short
- Live or recorded 3-Minute Lightning Round Presentation
- Poster presentation with scheduled poster session discussion
Submit your project using the CALL FOR PROPOSALS FORM by Sunday, March 22, 2026.
Faculty Awards
The Teaching Innovation Awards: Sponsored by Multimodal Learning
- Faculty Innovator of the Year ($500 stipend)
- Innovative Excellence (2 Awards)
- Best Innovation Flop - Normalize Failure
OER Faculty Innovator Award: Sponsored by CWU Libraries and The Wildcat Shop
- Registration to the Open Education Virtual Conference on Oct. 27-29, 2026.
Sustainability in Curriculum Innovator Award: Sponsored by Provost Patrick Pease
- Sustainability in Curriculum Innovator of the Year ($500 stipend)
All awards are announced at the event on Thursday, May 7, 2026, 4 - 6 PM in SAM 104.
Email Delayna Breckon with any questions.
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Faculty Research and Speed Networking
Developed in 2023-2024 with the MML Faculty Fellow, David Schwan, this yearly event is a collaboration between Research and Sponsored Programs, Multimodal Learning, and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. In addition to learning about resources, faculty get to share their research with each other providing an opportunity for collaboration and building community.
Winter 2026
- Event date: Thursday, February 12, 3:30pm-5:30pm, Samuelson 131 or via Zoom
Registration and Presenter Sign-Up
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