CDD 2025
Thursday, August 21, 2025 @ 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM – AI Panel: Student Voices and Faculty Perspectives Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming higher education, from how students learn and study to how faculty teach and assess. In this panel discussion, we explore the evolving role of AI at our institution through a mix of faculty insight and authentic student voices. Panelists will share faculty perspectives […]
Thursday, August 21, 2025 @ 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM – Designing AI Chatbots to Simulate Real-World Challenges in the Classroom Presenters: Phillip Olla, Marion J. Tate Session Description: Explore how AI-powered chatbots can bring authentic, real-world learning into your classroom. In this interactive workshop, faculty will learn to design chatbot-driven simulations that engage students in conversational role-play, problem-solving, and critical decision-making within safe, reflective environments. […]
Thursday, August 21, 2025 @ 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM – The Integrated Learning Encounter: Competency-Based Learning for Direct Entry Master’s Nursing Education Presenters: Lori Glenn, Ashlee Barnes Session Description: This session will introduce participants to the Integrated Learning Encounter (ILE). The ILE is a method used to prepare entry-level nurses at the graduate level for the nursing profession while following a competency-based approach. Students and […]
Thursday, August 21, 2025 @ 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM – From Streets to Scholarship: Centering Lived Experience, Justice, and Community in Higher Education Presenters: Stacey Stevens, Yusef Bunchy Shakur Session Description: This session will use the internationally acclaimed documentary Redemption Road: The Story of Dr. Yusef Bunchy Shakur as a springboard to explore how lived experience can be integrated into academic settings to deepen student […]
Thursday, August 21, 2025 @ 11:40 AM – 12:40 PM – UDM IRB: Pro Tips for Project Approval Presenters: Linda Slowik, Kelli Anderson, Julia Stocker-Schneider, Cristine Smoczer Session Description: Review the IRB approval process with special attention to applications in nursing, pedagogical research, optometry, and clinical and biomedical research. Tips on topics such as current thinking on informed consent, protecting vulnerable groups, publication and IRB, differences […]
Thursday, August 21, 2025 @ 11:40 AM – 12:40 PM – Eye Wellness and Ergonomics Presenter: Naureen Haroon Session Description: The workforce has changed from working within the confines of a cubicle all day. Whether you are using multiple monitors all day long, working directly with students or working with chemicals and toxic materials, the risk of visual and ocular harm has increased over the years. […]
Thursday, August 21, 2025 @ 11:40 AM – 12:40 PM – A Study on Mental Health Intervention Integrated into Curriculum Presenters: Ashlee Barnes, Arthur Ko Session Description: Mental and physical health interventions are essential elements in successfully completing educational requirements. In this study, nursing students participated in mindfulness interventions to prepare them for course activities by fostering an environment conducive to the achievement of learning outcomes. […]
Thursday, August 21, 2025 @ 12:40 PM – 1:40 PM – A Deeper Understanding of Mercy Critical Social Concerns by Participating in a Border Immersion Experience Presenter: Gail Presbey Session Description: The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas offer immersion experience opportunities to faculty and staff of Mercy Higher Education. By participating in these immersions, Mercy employees can have a better understanding of the works that […]
Thursday, August 21, 2025 @ 12:40 PM – 1:40 PM – Day One Lunch Registration:Join us for a complimentary lunch on Thursday, August 21, from 12:40 – 1:40 PM in McNichols Campus Library. This is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues and continue conversations about the morning CDD sessions. Advance registration is required to reserve your meal.
Thursday, August 21, 2025 @ 1:40 PM – 2:40 PM – Implementing High Impact Practices for Student Success with Limited Resources Presenters: Rick Hill, Chris Nichols Session Description: It is known that low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students have rates of retention and graduation that lag behind their peers. A growing body of research has identified a range of high-impact practices and exemplary programs that have been […]