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    • Introduction to Evidence-Based Pedagogy

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

    Join us for a foundational workshop designed to introduce new instructors to select pedagogical tools and techniques commonly used in higher education including backwards design, zone of proximal development, active learning and inclusive teaching. Participants will begin the session by familiarizing themselves with terminology and definitions through a review of […]

    Introduction to Evidence-Based Pedagogy

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

    Join us for a foundational workshop designed to introduce new instructors to select pedagogical tools and techniques commonly used in higher education including backwards design, zone of proximal development, active learning and inclusive teaching. Participants will begin the session by familiarizing themselves with terminology and definitions through a review of […]

    Pedagogy Picnic

    • - Special Event
    See event description
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is a fun, social 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! No registration needed – simply show up! The CTL […]

    Turn Your Research Into Teaching: A Course Design Workshop

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

    Candidates for teaching positions at colleges and universities are often expected to develop and teach new courses in their area of specialty. This workshop is designed to guide graduate students through the basic elements of course design in order to draft a syllabus for a course based on one’s PhD […]

    Pedagogy Picnic

    • - Special Event
    See event description
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is a fun, social 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! No registration needed – simply show up! The CTL […]

    2025 Graduate Student and Postdoc Programs Recognition Reception

    • - Special Event
    • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN TEACHING (PDT)
    Danforth Campus
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Looking for the registration link to the 2026 Graduate Student and Postdoc Programs Recognition Reception?   A celebration of the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who have participated in professional development in teaching throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. We welcome those who mentor and support this community as we recognize […]

    Teaching and Learning in an Age of Precarious Student Visas

    • - Special Event
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in student visa cancellations and other challenges to students' ability to remain in the US. How can we as instructors respond to these changes? What are strategies we can use to support our students in the classroom during these difficult times, especially those […]

    • Pedagogy Picnic

    • - Special Event
    See event description
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is a fun, social 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! No registration needed – simply show up! The CTL […]

    Pedagogy Picnic

    • - Special Event
    See event description
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is a fun, social 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! No registration needed – simply show up! The CTL […]

    Pedagogy Picnic

    • - Special Event
    See event description
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is a fun, social 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! No registration needed – simply show up! The CTL […]

    • Collecting and Using Feedback Effectively

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (PDT)
    • - STEM (PDT)
    Hybrid (participate in person or via Zoom)
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Reflecting on feedback about your teaching provides you with the opportunity to recognize what is working well and to make plans to address what could be improved. In this workshop, we will start by discussing why feedback is important to your teaching beliefs and valuable for your students’ learning. Then […]

    • Crafting a Sample Syllabus for the Job Market

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

    For teaching-focused positions, it is common to be asked for a sample syllabus. In this workshop for graduate students and postdocs approaching the academic job market, we will consider key aspects of sample syllabi to include, as well as how to align sample syllabi with the needs of different kinds […]

    • Introduction to Poll Everywhere

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

    Discover how Poll Everywhere  can breathe new life into your courses by increasing student interaction and providing real-time feedback. This session will equip you with tools to instantly gauge student understanding, create memorable learning moments that boost knowledge retention, and collect data to refine your teaching approach. Whether you're teaching […]

    Introduction to Padlet and AI Features

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

    Discover how Padlet can enhance active learning in your courses through its versatile collaboration tools and new AI-powered features. In this session, you'll explore the basics of Padlet, as well as Padlet AI and Padlet TA, which can help generate content, assist with feedback, and support student engagement. Perfect for […]

    “Too Much Reading”: Estimating Student Workload

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

    Many students have an acute sense of courses being "a ton of work" or "easy," but do we? This brief session shares a helpful tool and data to realistically assess the student workload in your classes. You'll learn about how much time students spend on their studies and how many […]

    Hypothesis: Activating Annotation

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

    Join us to see how collaborative annotation can help deepen student engagement with assigned readings. In this workshop, we'll explore Hypothes.is—a tool that creates an interactive layer over webpages, PDFs, and images. Fully integrated with Canvas, Hypothes.is allows for sentence-level annotation, collaborative discussion, and critical analysis directly on assigned texts. […]

    Introduction to Piazza

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

    Join us to see how Piazza creates an online learning environment for discussion and Q&A that allows students to collaborate with their peers and instructors at any time.  In this session, we'll cover how: wiki-style formatting enables collaboration in a single space anonymous posting encourages every student to participate instructors can endorse […]

    Demystifying the Edtech Landscape at WashU

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

    Did you know WashU has subscriptions to over a dozen educational technology tools you can use for free? Learn how to navigate WashU's educational technology ecosystem with confidence. In this practical 30-minute session designed for instructors and staff,, you'll discover the institutionally-supported tools available to you, learn the most efficient […]

    Introduction to Alternative Grading

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

    Are you frustrated with your current grading practices? Maybe you’ve heard of things like specifications grading, standards-based grading, or ungrading and you’re curious to learn more? If so, join us for this virtual conversation where we will briefly introduce some of the most well-known alternative grading systems and offer suggestions […]

    Equitable and Effective STEM Teaching: a Report from the National Academies

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

    In January 2025, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report that synthesized decades of research on effective and equitable STEM teaching. This session will provide an overview of the report and share some highlights. We will discuss ways to increase awareness of the findings as we […]