Today’s Showcase Spotlight highlights a faculty member from the Department of Information Technology and Cybersecurity: Dr. Todd Daniel!

Dr. Todd Daniel, Instructor in the Department of Information Technology and Cybersecurity, will be presenting at the Showcase this fall during the second session of simultaneous faculty presentations. During this presentation, Dr. Daniel will share an innovative strategy to develop active learning activities for busy educators interested in increasing the effectiveness of their teaching. This session will guide attendees through the use of AI tools to create materials that facilitate active learning in classrooms without requiring painstaking time commitments from busy faculty members. The information shared during this presentation will assist faculty in their transition from traditional and largely ineffective lecture-style teaching to the active learning-style teaching that demonstrably produces more durable learning. For more information on the information being shared during this presentation, locate the full session description in the Showcase event schedule on the FCTL website.

Attend the Showcase on August 12, 2026, to hear from Dr. Daniel and many other inspiring presenters. To find the sign-up within My Learning Connection, click the link below and navigate to the “Learning and Development” card in My Missouri State. Select “My Learning Connection” from the links, and type “Showcase” into the search box in the top right of the screen. From the results, select the section you’d like to register for and save your spot at the event.

There are more exciting presenters being announced in the coming days, so stay tuned to find out who else will be at Showcase this fall. Make sure to subscribe to this blog or connect with us on LinkedIn to hear about more presenters everyday from now until the end of the semester.

The Showcase is being held on August 12, 2026, from 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM on the third floor of the Plaster Student Union. 

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Note: General attendance to the Showcase is limited to 300 attendees. There are limited spots (120 seats) for both the keynote luncheon and keynote workshop with Rebecca Pope-Ruark (learn more about Dr. Pope-Ruark here). Attendees must be registered to participate in either keynote session.