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    • Visual Thinking Strategies: Art for Learning and Well-Being

    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Kemper Art Museum
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    How can engaging with art support learning and well-being in and outside of the classroom? During this Teaching with Joy session at the Kemper Art Museum, museum educator José Garza will introduce innovative strategies to explore art that can enrich and deepen your teaching. Participants will practice close looking, collaborative […]

    Fall AI Institute for GSPD Community

    • - Multiple Meetings
    Online
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Are you a graduate student or postdoc who wants to learn more about generative artificial intelligence (AI) and teaching but don't know where to begin? Curious about how you might use AI in the classroom? Concerned about the implications of AI for student learning and academic integrity? Then our Fall […]

    CTL @ The Grad Center: Reorientation

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

    As part of their fall programming, The Grad Center is hosting reorientation sessions every month. On Monday, September 30, Lisa Kuehne from the Educational Development team at the CTL will be joining Kate Harnish from The Writing Center to answer your questions about how graduate students can take advantage of […]

    • Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
    • - Special Event
    Holmes Lounge
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Dr. Melissa Osborne WashU is pleased to welcome Dr. Melissa Osborne, Associate Professor of Sociology at Western Washington University, to our campus to speak about first-generation and low-income students. A reception will follow Dr. Osborne's presentation. Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility For low-income and first-generation students […]

    Supporting First Generation and Low Income Students in the Classroom

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    McDonnell 362
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Dr. Melissa Osborne Please note the correct date for this event is Wednesday, October 2nd. An earlier email announcement contained an error.  Today, one quarter of WashU's current first-year class is low income and nearly one in five is first generation, which represents a dramatic three-fold increase over the last […]

    Background Knowledge Probes as Classroom Assessment Technique

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

    Join us for an interactive conversation on the use of Background Knowledge Probes (BKPs) as an effective classroom assessment technique. BKPs can be useful tools for quickly identifying students' familiarity with a specific concept—​helping teachers to make informed decisions about where they should focus their instruction. In this session, we'll […]

    Teaching and the 2024 Elections

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Facilitated by staff at the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, this extended conversation builds upon the virtual conversation offered in late August and will offer a chance for instructors to connect and share resources and strategies for teaching during difficult and contentious civic moments, with special attention on […]

    Introduction to AI Workshop (10.14.24)

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

    Have you meant to look into the implications of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for teaching and learning but just haven't had the chance yet? Wondering if you should change anything in your classes because of AI? Curious what all of the AI fuss is about? Join us for this workshop […]

    Fall Faculty AI Institute

    • - Multiple Meetings
    Online
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Want to learn more about generative artificial intelligence (AI) and teaching but don't know where to begin? Curious about how you might use AI in the classroom? Concerned about the implications of AI for student learning and academic integrity? Then our Fall AI Institute is for you! Our Fall AI […]

    Creative Ways to Use Social Annotation with Hypothes.is

    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    In this workshop, participants will discuss various protocols and active learning strategies that can help make social annotation more engaging and fun! Participants will come away from this session with a variety of ways to creatively use social annotation in their courses. For questions about this event, please contact Natalie […]

    WashU’s New Academic Conduct Process: Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask

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

    As of the Fall 2024 semester, there is a new process for academic integrity violations that applies to all undergraduate students and some graduate students. This interactive session aims to facilitate an exchange of information between our new Academic Integrity Coordinators and participants, covering topics such as policies, procedures, frequently […]

    Science of Happiness: Joyful Teaching and Learning

    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    January Hall 20
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Many of us were inspired to teach at the university level because we enjoyed our own college coursework and wanted to emulate professors who brought joy to their work each day. Even the best teachers, however, can struggle to find happiness in their daily work, especially as the semester wears […]

    Navigating Charged Topics in the Classroom: A Panel of WashU Instructors

    • - Special Event
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Higher education has been said to have three core missions: research, teaching, and a social-political mission. But is this social-political mission really just a "third mission" on the periphery of the other two? Or should those of us who teach at universities see it as central to providing rigorous, relevant, […]

    Elevating Learning with Annoto Video Feedback: Peer Review, Self-Reflection, and Instructor Insights

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

    Feedback is a powerful tool for skill development, and it comes in many forms: Skills Assessment, Peer Review, Self-Reflection, and more! In this session, you’ll learn how to easily integrate precise, time-based video feedback into your teaching with Annoto, directly within Canvas. Whether you're working with physical, cognitive, or performing […]

    • Elevate Learning with Annoto Quizzes and Assessments

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

    Discover how Annoto’s in-video quizzes and assessment criteria transform the way you engage students and measure their progress. In this session, you’ll learn how to seamlessly embed quizzes into your videos to check understanding in real-time, automatically sync grades with your LMS, and gather detailed insights into student performance. We’ll […]

    Exploring the Art of Improv in Our Teaching Practices

    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Eads Hall 115
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    How can the art of improv support your teaching activities and bring more joy into the classroom? Traditional approaches to teaching in the college classroom can often be stilted and scripted. Yet, in order to respond to our students’ needs and draw them into the learning process deeply we need […]

    Effective Student Evaluations and Question Personalization

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

    Instructors have the opportunity to add up to three custom questions to their student course evaluations during the question personalization period. In this session, we’ll discuss how to write effective questions, increase student response rates, and generally make the most out of the student course evaluation process. For questions about […]

    • Unlocking Insights with Annoto: Analyzing Engagement and Performance

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

    Discover the power of data-driven teaching with Annoto’s Analytics and Insights. In this session, we'll explore the Annoto dashboard, which provides you with real-time data on student engagement with your videos. Learn how to track participation, identify knowledge gaps, and make informed decisions to improve learning outcomes. You’ll gain the […]

    The Power of Reflection: Finding Joy in Your Teaching Practice

    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    DUC 233
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    In this interactive session participants will explore techniques for developing a sustained practice of reflection on their teaching. Reflection involves considering past or present experiences, learning from those experiences, and thinking about how to approach similar situations in the future. This session will focus on the formative powers of reflection to […]

    • Course Design Institute: January 6th – January 10th

    • - Multiple Meetings
    Via Canvas Course and Synchronous Zoom Sessions
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Postdocs

    Redesigning a course over winter break? Tackling a new-to-you course or a brand new course in the spring? New to WashU and/or new to designing your own course? The CTL’s Course Design Institute (CDI) is for you! This week-long intensive course design institute will guide you in planning and preparing […]