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    • Building Community with Instructor Trivia

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Looking for a way to connect with your students and build community? In this session, Teaching Professor Janie Brennan will explain a "Instructor Trivia" exercise you can use and share results from an ongoing study into its effectiveness. If you have questions about this session, contact Rick Moore. Registration

    Teaching in the Current Social & Political Moment

    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Danforth Campus
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Funding cuts, deportations, DEI backlash, war, anti-transgender policies. The list goes on. How do we teach in this current social and political moment? In this non-traditional workshop, we will make space for structured conversations with your peers on what current events mean for us as instructors. The focus will be […]

    Introduction to Equatio

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Transform how you create, share, and teach math and STEM content with this introduction to Equatio, a toolbar that makes learning engaging and accessible. Equatio simplifies creating equations, capturing content, and supporting diverse input methods via features including a LaTeX editor, screenshot reader, and Desmos graphing and scientific calculators. You'll […]

    Making the First Day of Class Count

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    The first day of class provides a unique opportunity to connect students to the course and to each other. Explore how first-day activities can create a welcoming, inclusive classroom environment that will boost student's sense of belonging and enhance their learning experience throughout the semester. If you have questions about […]

    Innovate with AI: Designing Engaging Learning Experiences

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Looking for fresh ideas to energize your teaching? In this session, you will explore how generative AI tools can support creative course design—from crafting engaging assignments to developing active learning activities and more! Learn how to write effective prompts that inspire innovation, streamline planning, and spark new approaches to student […]

    7th Annual Language Teaching Fair

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
    • - Special Event
    Danforth Campus
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    The Center for Teaching & Learning and Coalition for Language Teaching and Learning invite you to participate in the 7th Annual WashU Language Teaching Fair. Kindly use the registration form below to let us know you're coming - it'll help us with planning!  View a PDF of this year's program This […]

    A Just-in-Time Workshop on Learning Objectives

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    McDonnell Hall, Rm 361
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Join your fellow instructors and staff from the Center for Teaching & Learning and Literacies for Life and Career for this results-oriented workshop and come away with a core part of your syllabus ready to go! During the 90-minute workshop, you’ll write (or rewrite) your learning objectives with a focus […]

    Course AI Policies

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    As generative AI tools become increasingly embedded in student workflows, clear and thoughtful syllabus policies are more important than ever. In this session, we’ll explore a range of options for addressing student use of AI in your course. Participants will review sample policy language, consider discipline-specific approaches, and discuss how […]

    Coffee, Tea & ChatGPT

    • - Special Event
    Danforth Campus
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Bring a coffee, tea, or any campus-friendly drink of choice and join the new Assistant Director for Teaching Innovation, Anna Cunningham, for open conversation about teaching, learning, and the evolving role of generative AI in the classroom—whether you're curious, skeptical, or excited, all perspectives are welcome! For questions about this […]

    Pedagogy Bonanza!

    • - Special Event
    Umrath Lounge Umrath Hall, St. Louis
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Want to say hi to colleagues old and new? Need a notebook or Gen Z-friendly pop culture references on your way to class? Want to tweak your one-minute paper ideas or adjust those pesky Canvas settings? Quick question about getting media to play on the classroom computer? We’re here for […]

    • AI Learning Community: Teaching with Custom AI Chatbots

    • - Special Event
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    With generative AI making its way into all manner of domains, educators have a role to play in teaching students how to use AI effectively and ethically, as well as when to avoid using it altogether. One way we can exercise some agency in this work is to make use […]

    Digital Blue Books? Using LockDown Browser for Secure, In-Class Exams

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Concerned about AI use in student assessments? This 30-minute virtual session explores how LockDown Browser can help you maintain academic integrity while still allowing students to type their responses. Learn the Canvas integration workflow, see a live demonstration, and engage in an honest discussion about when this approach works well—and […]

    Fall 2025 Faculty Reading Community (FRC)

    • - Multiple Meetings
    Ridgley 107
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Join fellow faculty and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. The featured book for the Fall 2025 Faculty Reading Community will be The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI by Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A. Rettinger. From […]

    Fall 2025 Graduate Student and Postdoc Reading Community

    • - Multiple Meetings
    Eads Hall 205
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join fellow graduate students, postdocs, and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. Participants will read 2-3 chapters of the semester’s book for each meeting, and we will also provide executive summaries of the chapters. We will meet in person on campus, and participants should […]

    Dr Tori Mondelli, Mizzou: Using Game-Inspired Design to Spark Engagement and Deep Learning

    • - Special Event
    January Hall 110
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join colleagues for an energizing workshop with national thought leader Dr. Tori Mondelli, Founding Director of the University of Missouri’s Teaching for Learning Center and author of The Educator’s Guide to Designing Games and Creative Active-Learning Exercises (Teachers College Press, 2023). In this interactive session, you’ll explore practical ways to […]

    Introduction to SensusAccess

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Want to make your course materials more accessible? Join us as we introduce SensusAccess, a new document remediation tool that easily converts your course texts into audio, braille, eBooks, and more. In this session, we’ll explore how you can use SensusAccess to incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and […]

    Fall 2025 Graduate Student and Postdoc Reading Community

    • - Multiple Meetings
    Eads Hall 205
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join fellow graduate students, postdocs, and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. Participants will read 2-3 chapters of the semester’s book for each meeting, and we will also provide executive summaries of the chapters. We will meet in person on campus, and participants should […]

    What is AI Literacy and Why Should You Care?

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    You've likely heard the term "AI Literacy," but what does it truly encompass, and why should you care? Join the Center for Teaching and Learning's Assistant Director for Teaching Innovation for a short, virtual session designed to provide a clear, working definition of AI literacy. We'll also cover practical strategies […]

    • Fall 2025 Graduate Student and Postdoc Reading Community

    • - Multiple Meetings
    Eads Hall 205
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join fellow graduate students, postdocs, and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. Participants will read 2-3 chapters of the semester’s book for each meeting, and we will also provide executive summaries of the chapters. We will meet in person on campus, and participants should […]

    Fall 2025 Graduate Student and Postdoc Reading Community

    • - Multiple Meetings
    Eads Hall 205
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join fellow graduate students, postdocs, and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. Participants will read 2-3 chapters of the semester’s book for each meeting, and we will also provide executive summaries of the chapters. We will meet in person on campus, and participants should […]