Fall Forum 2026
Teaching, Learning & Assessment
Connect, collaborate, and explore assessment, AI, general education, and creative teaching with colleagues across Mizzou.
Explore the day’s sessions
Teaching with Show-Me-AI
Location: Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center
Show-Me AI is Mizzou’s generative AI platform available to all instructors and students. This session will introduce faculty to the platform and demonstrate how it can be used to support teaching and learning in a secure university environment. Participants will learn how to get started with Show-Me AI, explore its core features, and see examples of how instructors can incorporate it into their courses. The session will also offer a preview of intermediate and advanced features, including custom AI assistants and other tools for designing AI-supported learning experiences.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Access and navigate the Show-Me AI platform.
- Identify key features available to instructors and students.
- Describe ways Show-Me AI can be incorporated into teaching and learning activities.
- Understand how custom assistants can be used to create structured AI learning experiences for students.
- Identify opportunities for further training and more advanced uses of Show-Me AI.
Associate Professor, Theatre and Performance Studies
Now What? Making Assessment Count
Location: Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center
Assessment doesn’t end when results are collected. The most meaningful work begins when faculty use evidence to improve student learning and then evaluate whether those changes made a difference—a process often referred to as closing the loop. This session explores practical strategies for moving from assessment findings to meaningful action. Through examples and discussion, participants will learn how thoughtful use of assessment evidence can strengthen teaching, support continuous improvement, and enhance student learning.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Explain what it means to “close the loop” in the assessment process.
- Identify opportunities to use assessment findings to improve student learning.
- Develop an actionable next step based on assessment results.
- Recognize how reassessment provides evidence that changes have improved student learning.
Director of Educational Assessment
Lunch Presentation and Small Group Discussion on General Education
Location: Bond Life Sciences Center Atrium
Sharing and Feedback for the Developing MU General Education Program Learning Outcomes
The General Education Task Force seeks input from the MU community to inform its work. During this session, members of the General Education Task Force Executive Committee will summarize the work from year one and forecast the next steps, with a particular focus on the Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) currently under development. Attendees will be invited to discuss and provide feedback. Insight gathered during this session will help inform future revisions to the PLOs and future directions for our General Education program.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the Taskforce’s charge and progress during its first year.
- Consider and provide input for the developing PLOs.
- Identify opportunities to contribute, including how to contact task force members.
Senior Director, Office of the Provost
Curators Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Teaching with a Creative Purpose
Location: Bond Life Sciences Center, Room 171
Through student centered teaching, the floral artistry and management program focuses on students’ growth in critical thinking, self-discovery, and cognitivism. Through this lecture, you will understand better how to focus on the students’ learning first and how it will impact your teaching methods.
Participants will be creating a floral arrangement to take with them.
Learning Outcomes:
- Attendees will be able to actively participate in a new hands-on experience.
- Understanding active learning within classrooms of sizes from 15-125 students.
- Implementing creativity and structure into the collegiate curriculum.
Assistant Teaching Professor: Floral Artistry and Management
Division of Plant Sciences and Technology