Education Reimagined: Innovative Digital Pedagogy in Action

Your faculty colleagues invite you to apply for the 2026 Summer Teaching Institute where we will be:

• Applying inclusive digital pedagogy strategies to redesign one or more course components.
• Integrating AI-enhanced teaching and learning tools to improve instructional efficiency, feedback, and student engagement.
• Embedding digital literacy and data-informed competencies into course learning outcomes, assignments, or activities.
• Reimagining course structures using flexible, hybrid, and experiential design approaches that expand access and support diverse learners.

What is the teaching Institute?

The Summer Teaching Institute is a four-day online synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning experience to engage faculty in course redesign. This year’s course topic is: Education Reimagined: Innovative Digital Pedagogy in Action.

You can expect flexible hands-on sessions that model and provide tools for student engagement, using AI in the classroom, and strategies for creating a more equitable and inclusive curriculum. Most of all, you will find a group of inspiring colleagues and mentors to work with.

Resources, including a laptop or tablet device, will be provided to support faculty as they redesign their curriculum and instruction.

Apply Online by February 23, 2026 before 5pm.

Faculty Commitment

The Summer Teaching Institute requires faculty for a year-long commitment to attend the following virtual program events:

• Summer Institute May 26, 27, 28, and 29, 2026
  • 3 hour virtual synchronous sessions per day from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • Afternoon check-ins with mentors and asynchronous activities
• Virtual Workshop Day
  • Friday, November 6, 2026 9:00 am – 11:00 am
• Virtual Culminating Event
  • Friday December 11, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
• Complete all program activities including pre and post surveys, and Teaching Institute progress activities.
• Submit a final deliverable illustrating your course redesign project for the culminating event.
  • This deliverable will include a description of your redesign project and student success data from the redesigned course.
  • Please note: Final deliverables may be used for promotion purposes by the Center for Teaching and Learning

Eligibility and Priority Consideration

• All full-time and part-time Sacramento State faculty employed in the current academic year are eligible.
• Priority consideration may be given to tenure track and tenured professors, lecturer faculty with multi-year contracts, and applicants with compelling project proposals.

Technology Provided

Hardware and software instructional technologies for your course redesign will be provided to all faculty that are accepted.

• Faculty will have the choice of either an iPad Pro, a MacBook Air, or a Lenovo Windows Laptop (exact models to be determined.)
• Please check with your College ITC if you want to select a MacBook or a Windows device and specifically how it might affect your computer refresh status.

Apply Online by February 23, 2026 before 5pm.

Accessibility and Accommodations

For questions about accessibility or to request reasonable accommodations, please contact Marcelle Rocker at least five (5) business days in advance or as soon as possible.

Equal Opportunity and Excellence in Education and Employment

All university programs and activities are open and available to all regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, Sacramento State provides equal opportunity in education and employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring that every student and employee has access to the resources and support they need to thrive and succeed in a university environment and in their communities. Sacramento State complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), other applicable state and federal anti-discrimination laws, and CSU’s Nondiscrimination Policy. We prohibit discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all university programs, policies, and practices.

Sacramento State is a diverse community of individuals who represent many perspectives, beliefs and identities, committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and intellectually vibrant environment. We cultivate a culture of open dialogue, mutual respect, and belonging to support educational excellence and student success. Through academic programs, student organizations and activities, faculty initiatives, and community partnerships, we encourage meaningful engagement with diverse perspectives. As a higher education institution, we are dedicated to advancing knowledge and empowering individuals to reach their full potential by prioritizing inclusive curriculum development, faculty and staff training, student mentorship, and comprehensive support programs. At Sacramento State, excellence is built on merit, talent, diversity, accessibility, and equal opportunity for all.