16/08/2026
EQUIPPING NEW FACULTY FOR MEANINGFUL TEACHING | Teaching Effectiveness 2026
As the University of the Philippines Mindanao welcomes a new Academic Year, the Interactive Learning Center โ Learning Resource Center (ILC-LRC) welcomed the new faculty members through the 2-day Seminar-Workshop on Teaching Effectiveness, held on August 11โ12, 2026 at the CHSS Mini Theater.
The Teaching Effectiveness program is an annual faculty development initiative of the ILC-LRC. It is conducted before the start of the Academic Year to help new faculty members navigate the teaching environment at UP Mindanao and equip them with practical approaches for designing meaningful learning experiences.
This yearโs workshop brought together new faculty members from the Department of Humanities, Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Department of Architecture, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science, Department of Human Kinetics, School of Management, and School of Medicine.
The two-day program focused on two timely areas in higher education: Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Education.
OBE-trained faculty members Professor Jhoanna Lynn Cruz and Associate Professor Jackie Lou Tagubase, facilitated sessions that encouraged participants to look beyond traditional approaches to OBE and consider how learning can extend beyond the classroom and into a broader OBE ecosystem.
Putting theory into practice, participants designed a learning activity based on one of their course lessons, ensuring that the activityโs objectives were aligned with their intended course learning outcomes. The activity provided an opportunity for participants to translate OBE principles into actual classroom practice.
The workshop also explored AI for Education facilitated by Associate Professor Cinmayii Manliguez, highlighting how AI is changing the way educators approach teaching, learning, and assessment. Participants were introduced to an AI guidelines template that they can adapt for their classes and explored effective prompting through the CRAFT framework.
More importantly, the session emphasized the need for faculty members to engage with AI critically, responsibly, and purposefully. The discussion also highlighted the importance of considering the environmental implications of AI use.
As new educators begin their teaching journey at UP Mindanao, the workshop served as a reminder that effective teaching goes beyond delivering content. It is about designing learning experiences that are aligned, meaningful, responsive, and relevant to the changing needs of our students and society.
