A huge congratulations to our 2025 Garnet Apple Award winners! 🍎✨ We’re so proud to celebrate your dedication to teaching excellence during this year’s Oktoberbest. We look forward to seeing the lasting impact you’ll make in education. #Oktoberbest #uscoktoberbest

Design smarter. Engage better. ✨ Join OLC’s Strategic Design webinar to learn how to make online learning actually stick. 📆 Oct 23 | 1–2 PM ET 👉 Register here! ow.ly/xYYe50XbW6b #OnlineTeaching #OLCWebinar

Excited to welcome partners from @Anthology to UofSC for The Impact Tour! Join us for insights on Blackboard innovations & AI in education. ✨ Registration is open — see you there! #BlackboardInnovations #AIinEducation AnthologyInc ow.ly/AUWl50XbVFk

Oktoberbest 2025 is officially in the books! 🍂 We’re so grateful to everyone who attended and helped make this year such a success. A special thank-you to our keynote speaker and session speakers for sharing their time and teaching insights. See you next year! #Oktoberbest

Apply for grant to support development of innovative teaching strategies! Sung-Hee Park used his Innovative Pedagogy Grant to integrate AI into a data analytics course, enhancing experiential learning. Application Deadline: October 31 UofSC Darla Moore School of Business ow.ly/w9iE50Xf6Eb

🌟 Congrats to Sahar Aghasafari, Garnet Apple Award Winner! Discover her innovative arts education methods. 🎨✨ Nominate a colleague who exemplifies innovative teaching practices for the Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation! USC Lancaster ow.ly/JNzc50XfA61

💡 Congrats to Garnet Apple Award Winner, Kate Bernheisel! Her VR & 360° simulations are transforming nursing education. 🩺🌍 USC College of Nursing Nominate a colleague for the Garnet Apple Award for Innovative Teaching ow.ly/KgPl50XfAZp #VRinLearning #ExperientialLearning

Assessments just got smarter! 💡 Join our webinar to explore how Generative AI can transform traditional testing into engaging, creative learning experiences. It will be held online, from 1:15-2:30 PM. #AIinEducation #EdTech Learn more: ow.ly/HE1050XfRHm

🎉 Congrats to Garnet Apple Award Winner, Christina Cox! 🍎✨ Her innovative courses empower future healthcare professionals. 🩺🌟 University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy Nominate a colleague who exemplifies innovative teaching for a Garnet Apple Innovation Teaching Award! ow.ly/hNL450XfBzg

👩‍🎓✨ Join our webinar, 10/30 from 10:05-11:20 AM in the Thomas Cooper Library, room L511, to explore findings from USC’s Student Success Center and practical, evidence-based strategies. #ExperientialLearning #CareerReadiness ow.ly/UYEw50XfRSr

🎉 🍎 Congrats to Professor Meena Khalili on winning a Garnet Apple Award! Khalili empowers students as innovative designers through AI, AR, and real-world projects. 🎨💡@uofsc_svad Nominate a colleague for a Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation! ow.ly/giWp50XfClN

Ready to level up your teaching? Join USC’s 3-week online course (<5 hrs total) to design inclusive, engaging learning experiences. Certificate included! 🏅 Register today! #FacultyDevelopment #EffectiveTeaching ow.ly/jB8a50XfS9h

🎉 🍎 Congrats to Eilea Knotts, Garnet Apple Award Winner! She inspires students with inquiry-based learning and mastery-focused grading. 🌿🔬 UofSC Biological Sciences Nominate a colleague for a Garnet Apple Teaching Innovation Award! ow.ly/cnQ250XfEhh #InnovativeTeaching

🌈 🍎 Congrats to Garnet Apple Award Winner, Vanessa Kitzie! Her inclusive teaching empowers students through critical pedagogy and ethical AI. Nominate a colleague who exemplifies innovative teaching for a Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation! ow.ly/AL1850XfEKu

Design courses that include every learner. Join our 6-week, fully online “UDL in Practice” short course to explore Universal Design for Learning strategies that enhance accessibility, engagement, and community. Applications due Jan. 9, 2026. #UDL ow.ly/5kho50Xha6X

💡 For Eilea Knott’s Innovative Pedagogy grant project she implemented specifications grading to restructure courses around transparency, mastery, and student growth. 👉 Learn more and apply: ow.ly/spqU50XizWr #InnovativePedagogyGrant #ActiveLearning

🤖 Is AI messing with your students’ writing? You might be surprised how much. Check out “10 Ways AI Is Ruining Your Students’ Writing” from The Chronicle of Higher Ed to discover the subtle ways LLMs are shaping essays—and not always for the better. ✍️ ow.ly/RMym50Xhai5

🎓 Make Your Course Accessible! Join USC’s Digital Accessibility Microlearning Series for quick 30-min workshops on inclusive materials. 💻 Weekly in Fall 2025 & Spring 2026. ✨ Empower every student!#DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveTeaching #Microlearning ow.ly/r2ul50Xjgny

Build inclusive, engaging courses with USC’s 6-week, UDL in Practice short course! Learn to apply Universal Design for Learning principles to create materials that support all students. 🗓 Apply by January 9, 2026 ow.ly/ROO850XjgSu #UDL #CourseDesign #FacultyDevelopment

🎓 Join USC’s online short course to strengthen your teaching with evidence-based strategies that foster inclusion, clarity, and engagement. Register Here: ow.ly/9vTI50Xjh45