MoSI is an immersive active learning workshop to benefit all students at UA Little Rock across disciplines. MoSI is organized by UA Little Rock teaching faculty and staff for UA Little Rock teaching faculty and staff. The workshops are open to all faculty and staff who teach at UA Little Rock.
2026 MoSI Workshop
Dates: May 18-22 in person (9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., lunch provided from 12-1 p.m.)
Location: Ottenheimer Library Room 100A
Register for the 2026 Workshop Here.
Questions? Email Mark Baillie, Associate Professor of Chemistry, at [email protected] or Michael Moore, Director of Undergraduate Research and Mentoring, at [email protected].
Why MoSI?
Overwhelming evidence shows that students perform better in active learning classrooms. A finding across the literature shows that students are 1.5 times more likely to pass compared to students in sections that use traditional lecturing only.
Goal is to Retain Students
At UA Little Rock, 94 classes (more than 10% of those offered in Fall 2019) had a DFW rate of greater than 40 percent. The MoSI workshop will help you improve student learning without watering down course goals, regardless of if the class is in person, hybrid, or online-only, so more students learn the material and progress toward their degrees. Over 180 faculty on our campus have completed this workshop between 2019 and 2025!
More About the MoSI Workshop
The workshop is open to ALL faculty that teach at UA Little Rock, not just science faculty (as may be inferred by the name of the workshop).
The UA Little Rock MoSI will expand and sharpen participants’ teaching skills through workshops facilitated by national science education experts and many of our own faculty members! Participants will have a hands-on experience of the impact of evidence-based teaching approaches such as active learning and inclusive teaching practices, with deliberate and backward design. This workshop has been identified as a major transformative event in the career of many college faculty, from R1 institutions to community colleges.
Learn more about our Steering Committee and Past Participants.
How to Register
Registration is now open for the Summer 2026 MoSI workshop! Register Here.
Find out more about the national movement at the national Mobile Institute on Scientific Teaching (MoSI) website.
Want to donate to support the MoSI workshop’s community building and teaching excellence efforts? Give today at this link!
