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An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Teaching

  • Faculty Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty

This additional session of the workshop has been added due to high demand. 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 fall classes because of AI? […]

Preparing your Teaching Statement

  • Co-Sponsored Event
  • Job Market Workshop
FLTC
Event For:
  • Postdocs

For Postdocs Only: Offered in collaboration with the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs as part of The Faculty Job Search Series. If you are applying for an academic position, it is likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Participants in this Job […]

GSPD Professional Development in Teaching Informational Session

  • Informational
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Are you interested in learning more about how the Center for Teaching and Learning can support your professional teaching development goals? Please join us as we will share more information on how you can engage in our many learning communities, workshops and our Professional Development in Teaching program. For more […]

Teaching as an International Scholar

  • Foundations in Teaching
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

This workshop is intended for students who are new(ish) to teaching in the US. Participants will learn about commonly reported experiences of international students teaching in the US, discuss general classroom norms and expectations in the US higher education system, and brainstorm strategies to navigate their role as instructors. Note […]

Pedagogy Picnic

  • Teaching with Joy
See event description
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is an opportunity to get to know your colleagues and connect over a shared interest in teaching. Come chat, ask questions, laugh, or vent – we're here for all of it! The Center for Teaching and Learning will provide lemonade and tasty […]

GSPD Professional Development in Teaching Informational Session

  • Informational
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Are you interested in learning more about how the Center for Teaching and Learning can support your professional teaching development goals? Please join us as we will share more information on how you can engage in our many learning communities, workshops and our Professional Development in Teaching program. For more […]

Writing your DEIA Statement

  • Co-Sponsored Event
  • Job Market Workshop
FLTC
Event For:
  • Postdocs

For Postdocs Only: Offered in collaboration with the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs as part of The Faculty Job Search Series. Increasingly candidates for academic positions are asked to prepare materials related to demonstrating their commitment to inclusion and diversity in the classroom. This workshop will explore different ways to reflect […]

Introduction to Poll Everywhere

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

This session will walk through how to use the polling software Poll Everywhere to increase student engagement and to gauge student learning. We’ll look at the different types of features you can use and show you how to get started with Poll Everywhere for both in-person and online synchronous courses. […]

Pedagogy Picnic

  • Teaching with Joy
See event description
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is an opportunity to get to know your colleagues and connect over a shared interest in teaching. Come chat, ask questions, laugh, or vent – we're here for all of it! The Center for Teaching and Learning will provide lemonade and tasty […]

Planning and Implementing Classroom Assessment Techniques

  • Foundations in Teaching
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

How do you know whether students are following along during class sessions? In this workshop, participants will practice implementing four types of classroom assessment techniques in sample scenarios, then spend some time exploring when to deploy them and how to interpret the results of these assessments for a particular course. […]

Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

  • Job Market Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

If you are applying for an academic position, it is likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Participants in this Job Market series workshop will learn about why academic search committees request teaching materials such as the teaching philosophy statement and […]

Planning and Implementing Classroom Assessment Techniques

  • Foundations in Teaching
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

How do you know whether students are following along during class sessions? In this workshop, participants will practice implementing four types of classroom assessment techniques in sample scenarios, then spend some time exploring when to deploy them and how to interpret the results of these assessments for a particular course. […]

Pedagogy Picnic

  • Teaching with Joy
See event description
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is an opportunity to get to know your colleagues and connect over a shared interest in teaching. Come chat, ask questions, laugh, or vent – we're here for all of it! The Center for Teaching and Learning will provide lemonade and tasty […]

Intentionally Teaching with AI: Faculty Learning Community

  • Faculty Reading Community
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty

Join the CTL and noted author and experienced faculty developer Derek Bruff as he leads a semester-long faculty learning community on Intentionally Teaching with AI.  This virtual learning community is designed for WashU faculty interested in thoughtfully designing assignments and activities that explore the use of AI in teaching and learning. […]

Teaching & Learning in the Age of Generative AI

  • Exploring Educational Excellence
Umrath Lounge Umrath Hall, St. Louis
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

With the advent of easy-to-use artificial intelligence (AI) text generation tools like ChatGPT, educators must grapple with what these technologies mean for their course and assignment designs. In this practical session with noted author and faculty developer Derek Bruff, we will briefly survey the landscape of AI tools for generating […]

Planning and Implementing Classroom Assessment Techniques

  • Foundations in Teaching
FLTC
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

How do you know whether students are following along during class sessions? In this workshop, participants will practice implementing four types of classroom assessment techniques in sample scenarios, then spend some time exploring when to deploy them and how to interpret the results of these assessments for a particular course. […]

Generative AI in Writing-Based Classes

  • Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
  • STEM Pedagogies Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Generative AI is here to stay, but it poses some profound questions about how to teach writing-based classes. This "workshop" is intended to be a discussion for graduate students and postdocs who teach courses where students frequently write - whether it's final papers, short reflections, or discussion forum posts. We'll […]

The Enduring Power of the Minute Paper

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this virtual conversation we will explore the history and impact of minute papers—brief responses that ask students to reflect on what was most important in class and what questions they still have. We will explore how these can be employed in a variety of class settings as a low […]

Fall 2024 Faculty Reading Community (FRC)

  • Faculty Reading Community
Danforth Campus
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 2024 will involve chapters from Kevin Gannon's book Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto. We are revisiting this popular 2020 book in order to facilitate conversations on […]

Pedagogy Picnic

  • Teaching with Joy
See event description
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is an opportunity to get to know your colleagues and connect over a shared interest in teaching. Come chat, ask questions, laugh, or vent – we're here for all of it! The Center for Teaching and Learning will provide lemonade and tasty […]