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Considering Religious Observances in Course Planning: A Conversation with the Office of Religious, Spiritual & Ethical Life

  • Co-Sponsored Event
  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this virtual conversation with Rev. Callista Isabelle, Director for Religious, Spiritual & Ethical Life, faculty will learn about ways to support students' observances of religious holidays that overlap with the semester. We’ll share key information about the Religious Holiday Class Absence Policy and provide tips for helping all students […]

iTeach 2024 Conference

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

The Center for Teaching and Learning and our partners from University Libraries, the Office of the Provost, and Arts & Sciences Computing are reviving the popular iTeach Conference on January 10, 2024.  This one day conference will be held in the Brown School’s Hillman Hall on the Danforth Campus. When we […]

Navigating Challenging Conversations in the Classroom

  • Faculty Workshop
TBD
Event For:
  • Faculty

While the classroom can be a space for open, respectful discussion of sensitive or controversial topics, facilitating such discussions can be a challenging prospect. This workshop will help instructors develop strategies for fostering critical thinking, open-mindedness, and civil discourse in the classroom regardless of the topic. Participants will engage with […]

The Trouble with Visuals: Tips for PowerPoints

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

If you teach using images, graphs, diagrams, charts, or models in your PowerPoints, join this interactive session to gain insights on how your students may struggle to parse and understand visuals. You'll learn specific ideas on how to help your students better “read” visuals and relate them to key concepts. […]

How To Use Copyright Materials in Your Courses

  • Co-Sponsored Event
  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Do you engage students with copyrighted material (such as literature, film, art) in your class? Learn how fair use empowers you to determine what copyrighted material you can share in digital spaces (like Canvas) while responsibly using digital and electronic resources. This event is co-facilitated by Treasa Bane (WashU Libraries […]

Spring 2024 Faculty Reading Community (FRC)

  • Faculty Reading Community
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 Spring 2024 will involve chapters from David Clark and Robert Talbert's recent book, Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices That Promote Authentic Learning and […]

Equitable Teaching in the Humanities: Centering the Margins – Questioning the Canon

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this Virtual Conversation, we’ll explore the role of and some alternatives to canonical works. We’ll discuss the assumptions underlying the concept of canon, and the pros and cons of teaching it to undergraduate students new to our field. Finally, we’ll work together to brainstorm some ways to incorporate classical […]

WashU ChatGPT Mini-Hackathon: Teaching and Learning Ideas

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this virtual conversation, we will try out the new WashU ChatGPT and discuss specific ways you may use it in your classes. We will explore approaches that can support your teaching as well as enhance student learning. For questions about this Virtual Conversation, contact Dr. Sally Wu, Assistant Director […]

Using Padlet to Bridge Between Classes, or the Group Project your Students Actually Enjoy

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Bridging is an important tool to keep students connected to your course content between classes. In this virtual conversation, we will talk about how to create group-based activities that encourage students to reflect on content in a way that is relevant to them, using Padlet as the content-organizing tool. These […]

How To Use Copyright Materials in Your Courses: A Deeper Dive into Fair Use

  • Co-Sponsored Event
  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join your colleagues for an honest dialogue about balancing student needs while taking advantage of a powerful copyright exemption: fair use. We will dig into specific scenarios and make confident choices about what instructors can do in each scenario. This event is co-facilitated by Treasa Bane (WashU Libraries Copyright and […]

Put Your Student Projects Online with WashU WebPubs

  • Co-Sponsored Event
  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Help your students build digital literacy skills with WashU WebPubs, a service offered by the library, a tool available to WashU students, faculty, and staff for building digital projects. Join us to explore how WebPubs and the library can support your teaching. If you have questions about this event, please […]

Exploring Educational Excellence: Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awardee Roundtable Series

  • Exploring Educational Excellence
  • Panel Discussion
Seigle Hall 111
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join the Center for Teaching and Learning for an illuminating exploration into the art and science of teaching excellence as we bring together a distinguished panel of professors honored with the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. Delve into teaching insights, methodologies, and experiences that have propelled our panelists to the […]

Equitable Teaching in the Humanities: Empowering Student Voices – Assignments for Access and Opportunity

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this Virtual Conversation, we'll explore how to design assignments that provide students access - the ability to participate in our academic field - and opportunity - the potential to contribute to and shape our field. We'll discuss the difference between these two approaches, and we'll brainstorm ways to incorporate […]

Generative AI Roundtable: Share Your Assignments in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

  • Faculty Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty

Join your peers to share or hear ideas for how they are tackling artificial intelligence in their course assignments. We will collect and organize your ideas by discipline, to add a library of ideas compiled by our team gathering cross-disciplinary AI assignments and resources from other universities. If you have […]

Equitable Teaching in the Humanities: Creative Assessment and Grading

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this Virtual Conversation, we'll explore assessment strategies that can help you evaluate creative assignments and can help alleviate your students' anxiety around grades. You'll be introduced to different grading approaches, and you'll brainstorm how to incorporate some of them to your courses. For questions, please contact Elina Salminen at […]

Refilling your Teaching Toolbox with the Pocket Guide on Evidence-based Instruction

  • Faculty Workshop
Danforth Campus
Event For:
  • Faculty

The Pocket Guide on Evidence-Based Instruction is designed for faculty members to build a more comprehensive range of teaching techniques. The 32 concepts described in this resource may be used in a variety of courses. Participants will be introduced to the guide and explore ways that the ideas can be […]

Exploring Educational Excellence: Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awardee Roundtable Series

  • Exploring Educational Excellence
  • Panel Discussion
Seigle Hall 208
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join the Center for Teaching and Learning for an illuminating exploration into the art and science of teaching excellence as we bring together a distinguished panel of professors honored with the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. Delve into teaching insights, methodologies, and experiences that have propelled our panelists to the […]

Adapting the Three-Minute Thesis for Class Presentations

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

The Three-Minute Thesis is an annual competition for PhD students who are challenged to explain their research in three minutes in language appropriate for a non-expert audience. In this virtual conversation we will explore using this approach as a way to design more efficient and effective in-class presentations for a […]

Introducing the CTL’s Generative AI Teaching Activities Online Repository

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

The CTL has partnered with WashU Libraries’ Scholarly Communications and Digital Publishing Services to build an online activity repository where WashU instructors can share teaching activities that ask students to engage with generative AI tools in creative and critical ways. Join us for this virtual conversation to learn about the […]

Exploring Educational Excellence: Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awardee Roundtable Series

  • Exploring Educational Excellence
  • Panel Discussion
Seigle Hall 208
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join the Center for Teaching and Learning for an illuminating exploration into the art and science of teaching excellence as we bring together a distinguished panel of professors honored with the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. Delve into teaching insights, methodologies, and experiences that have propelled our panelists to the […]