Teaching Launchpad
Boost your teaching to the next level with Teaching Launchpad.
New to teaching? Or, want a quick refresh of your existing skills? Teaching Launchpad, a series of training sessions from the UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators, can help hone your skills. The program will cover foundational teaching skills, educational technology, and the use of AI to support effective teaching and learning.
This will be a synchronous event with attendance options in Kearney or Omaha, and a virtual Zoom option. Attendees are welcome to join the full day or individual sessions throughout the day.
Registration is open!
- Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
- Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Place: This will be a synchronous event with attendance options in Kearney or Omaha, and a virtual Zoom option.
Kearney Location: HSEC II Room 205, with iWall demonstration in 318
Omaha Location: MCPH 3001, with iWall demonstration in Davis Global Center 1048
2026 Teaching Launchpad Schedule
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Time |
Speaker & Speaker Location |
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9:30-9:35 |
Welcome & Opening Remarks |
Tanya Custer, PhD |
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9:35-10:15 |
Writing Effective Learning Objectives |
Kearney Ally Dering-Anderson, PharmD, RP, FAPhA |
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10:20-11:00 |
Curriculum Design & Course Alignment |
Kearney April Elker, MSEd |
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11:00-11:10 |
Break |
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11:10-11:50 |
Assessment & Evaluation Strategies |
Kearney Karen Honeycutt, PhD, MEd, MASCP, MLS(ASCP)CMSMCM |
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11:50-12:20 |
Lunch/Transition Location |
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12:20 – 1:40 |
Demonstration & Use Case Examples Teaching with the iWall/Holobox (1 hour, 20 minutes)
Session Locations for each campus: UNMC Kearney HSEC II – Technology Innovation (318) Davis Global Center 1048 |
Omaha Paul Dye, MSEd Brad Dexter, PT, DPT
Kearney McKenzie Behrendt, OTD, OTR/L Stacie Christensen, PT, DPT |
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1:40-1:50 |
Break/Transition locations |
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1:50 – 2:50 |
Practical Uses of AI in Teaching & Learning |
Nathan Anderson, MD Daniel Brailita, MD, FIDSA Both presenting via Zoom |
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2:55 – 3:55 |
Technology-Enhanced Teaching Strategies: Best Practices when using Zoom – Panel Discussion (60 minutes) |
Kearney Teresa Cochran, PT, DPT, PhD, FNAP Kellie Gossman, PT, DPT Ellie Miller, PhD, RT(R)(CT)(ARRT), RDMS, RVT Leah Stade, OTD, MHPTT, OTR/L Alex Schultz, MBA Tessa Wells, PT, DPT |
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3:55 |
Closing Remarks |
Tanya Custer, PhD |
Previous Teaching Launchpad Training
Presentation recordings are available upon request by emailing iae@unmc.edu.
- Space for Everyone: Launching Accessible Course Design with Title II in Mind by Kristin Bradley, Suhasini Kotcherlakota, PhD, Mike Kozak, and Janet Skogerboe
- Writing Learning Objectives by Ally Dering-Anderson, PharmD
- Developing a Syllabus by Analisa McMillan, PhD
- Engaging Lectures by Abbey Fingeret, MD
- Universal Design for Learning by Suhasini Kotcherlakota, PhD
- Assessment and Evaluation by Sarah McBrien, PhD
- Educational Scholarship by Beth Beam, PhD
- Test Item Writing by Joyce Black, PhD, and Sarah McBrien, PhD
- Managing Feedback and the Chaos of Clinical Teaching by clinical educators from the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing
- Active Learning for Student Engagement and Inclusion by Keely Cassidy, PhD
- Aligning Assessment with Active Learning Strategies by Beth Culross, PhD, and Emily Coffey
- Creating Inclusive Learning Experiences by Catherine Medici-Theimann, PhD