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    • 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. For questions about this event, […]

    Quick Tips for Responding in the Moment to Students in Distress

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

    Build your confidence to respond to student needs in this 30-minute session by adding more communication tools to your toolbox. Learn strategies and language to respond to students of concern during in-person meetings and via email communication. Learn what resources are at your fingertips to help students in crisis. For […]

    Teaching in Turbulent Times

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

    Teaching during times of conflict and crisis isn't easy. Events such as the war in Gaza, campus protests, the U.S. election cycle, and others can readily overshadow coursework. What can you do when events in the world intrude on events in the classroom? What are some strategies to support students […]

    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 […]

    Teaching WITHOUT Technology

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

    You don't need to use educational technology to teach well, and sometimes it's better to teach without it. In this session, we'll briefly talk about reasons why you might decide to avoid technology in your classroom and then discuss some practical ideas for effective low-tech class activities to promote student […]

    6th 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 6th Annual WashU Language Teaching Fair. Kindly use the registration form below to let us know you're coming - it'll help us with planning! Program at a glance 2:15-2:35pm Welcome from the […]

    Padlet as a Google Jamboard Alternative

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

    Need a replacement for Google Jamboard after it disappears at the end of the year? Or just looking for a simple, easy-to-use online tool that mimics the kinds of activities often used during in-person classes? In this session, we'll explore Padlet and discuss how it can encourage student interaction and […]

    AI in Writing-based Courses

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

    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 instructors who teach courses where students frequently write - whether it's final papers, short reflections, or discussion forum posts. We'll start with a […]

    An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Teaching

    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    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? […]

    • Introduction to Poll Everywhere

    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    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. […]

    Intentionally Teaching with AI: Faculty Learning Community

    • - Multiple Meetings
    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

    • - Special Event
    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 […]

    The Enduring Power of the Minute Paper

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    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)

    • - Multiple Meetings
    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 […]

    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 […]

    • 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 […]