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    • Supporting Students in Distress

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

    As we pass the middle of the semester, we enter a time when students increasingly struggle to maintain their mental health and well-being. In this workshop, we will discuss signs that a student may be in distress and work through a variety of scenarios to consider strategies for how instructors […]

    Facilitating Inclusive and Engaging Classroom Discussions

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

    While as faculty we hope to engage student learners, facilitating a true discussion in the classroom is one of the most challenging aspects of teaching with active learning. In this workshop, participants will examine strategies for structuring a successful, inclusive discussion and consider ways to move beyond instructor-student-instructor patterns of […]

    • Graduate Student Postdoc Reading Community Fall 2022

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

    Join fellow advanced graduate students, postdocs, and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. The GSPD Reading Community discussions in Fall 2022 will involve chapters from Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert’s recent book, Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College. In […]

    Fall 2022 Faculty Reading Community

    • - Multiple Meetings
    TBD
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Join fellow faculty and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. The Faculty Reading Community discussions in Fall 2022 will involve chapters from Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert’s recent book, Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College. In this book, Felton […]

    Efficient, Reflective and Effective Strategies for Grading

    • - Foundations in Teaching (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Evaluating student work, particularly for large classes or long assignments, requires time and effort. Graduate students and postdocs can benefit from adopting efficient strategies that help to ensure fair application of points while making good use of their time. Grading can further be a reflective activity that provides feedback to […]

    Facilitating Inclusive and Engaging Classroom Discussions

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

    *Back by popular demand!* While as faculty we hope to engage student learners, facilitating a true discussion in the classroom is one of the most challenging aspects of teaching with active learning. In this workshop, participants will examine strategies for structuring a successful, inclusive discussion and consider ways to move […]

    Creating a Teaching Portfolio

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Job Market (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

      For teaching-focused positions, it’s common on the academic job market to be asked for “evidence of teaching effectiveness” or a “teaching portfolio.” In this workshop for graduate students and postdocs, participants will identify key components of a teaching portfolio and discover appropriate structures and organizational strategies for their teaching […]

    Efficient, Reflective and Effective Strategies for Grading

    • - Foundations in Teaching (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Evaluating student work, particularly for large classes or long assignments, requires time and effort. Graduate students and postdocs can benefit from adopting efficient strategies that help to ensure fair application of points while making good use of their time. Grading can further be a reflective activity that provides feedback to […]

    Introduction to Annoto

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

    Learn how Annoto turns passive video watching into an active and collaborative experience. Annoto allows students and instructors comment on any video content and provides actionable data on student watch time and engagement with videos. For questions about this tech training, please contact Dr. Sally Wu, Assistant Director for Educational […]

    Lessons from Small Teaching: Practicing

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

    This virtual conversation is for instructors who assign projects, papers, performances, or other big end-of-term assignments and want to help students produce higher-quality work that showcase their skills. If you have graded student work at the end of the semester that has not met your expectations, this is the session […]

    Efficient, Reflective and Effective Strategies for Grading

    • - Foundations in Teaching (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Evaluating student work, particularly for large classes or long assignments, requires time and effort. Graduate students and postdocs can benefit from adopting efficient strategies that help to ensure fair application of points while making good use of their time. Grading can further be a reflective activity that provides feedback to […]

    Incorporating Active Learning During Class Time

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Research overwhelmingly supports the idea that active learning, “opportunities for students to meaningfully talk and listen, write, read, and reflect on the content, ideas, issues, and concerns of an academic subject” leads to greater learning gains than methods of teaching that situate students as passive receptors of knowledge (Meyer & […]

    Graduate Student Postdoc Reading Community Fall 2022

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

    Join fellow advanced graduate students, postdocs, and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. The GSPD Reading Community discussions in Fall 2022 will involve chapters from Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert’s recent book, Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College. In […]

    Fall 2022 Faculty Reading Community

    • - Multiple Meetings
    TBD
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Join fellow faculty and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. The Faculty Reading Community discussions in Fall 2022 will involve chapters from Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert’s recent book, Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College. In this book, Felton […]

    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 […]

    Graduate Student Postdoc Reading Community Fall 2022

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

    Join fellow advanced graduate students, postdocs, and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. The GSPD Reading Community discussions in Fall 2022 will involve chapters from Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert’s recent book, Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College. In […]

    • Introduction to Pedagogical Scholarship

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - STEM (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    So, you’ve heard the terms scholarly teaching, SoTL, TAR, and DBER, but what do they mean? How are they related? In this workshop for graduate students and postdocs, we will define various modes of pedagogical research and discuss similarities and differences between them. Participants will also learn about qualitative and […]

    Fall 2022 Faculty Reading Community

    • - Multiple Meetings
    TBD
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Join fellow faculty and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. The Faculty Reading Community discussions in Fall 2022 will involve chapters from Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert’s recent book, Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College. In this book, Felton […]

    • Course Design Institute: January 3 – January 9, 2023

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

    Redesigning a course over 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 participants in planning and preparing to […]

    Teaching in Pooled Classrooms

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

    This session will introduce the equipment installed in WashU pooled classrooms and show you how to use different technologies within the room, with our Classroom Services staff who know the ins and outs of each classroom. For questions about this tech training, please contact Doug Hughey, Classroom Services Manager Registration