Summer 2025 Faculty Reading Community (FRC)

  • Faculty Reading Community
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty

Join fellow faculty and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. The featured book for the Summer 2025 Faculty Reading Community will be Elizabeth Norell’s recently published The Present Professor: Authenticity and Transformational Teaching. Amid the current crises of higher education, this timely book […]

Teaching and Learning in an Age of Precarious Student Visas

  • Panel Discussion
via 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 […]

Turn Your Research Into Teaching: A Course Design Workshop

  • Job Market Workshop
via 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 […]

Introduction to Evidence-Based Pedagogy

  • Foundations in Teaching
via 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
via 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 […]

AI Tools: Introduction to Boodlebox

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

Join us for a Zoom workshop series designed to help instructors explore the possible uses of AI tools beyond ChatGPT. Each hour-long workshop will provide an overview of a specific AI tool and showcase creative ways to use the tool to enhance teaching and learning activities. Workshop participants will be […]

Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

  • Job Market Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • 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 […]

Introduction to Evidence-Based Pedagogy

  • Foundations in Teaching
via 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 […]

Using Artificial Intelligence and Educational Technology to Enhance Teaching Practices

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

Enhance your teaching practices by exploring the strategic integration of artificial intelligence and educational technology tools. Learn to evaluate and select digital resources that align with your pedagogical goals while discovering practical applications to streamline course preparation and student engagement. Through guided demonstrations and interactive exercises, explore both AI and […]

Introduction to Equatio

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

Join us to explore Equatio, a powerful tool for creating accessible digital math and STEM content. With features like a LaTeX editor, screenshot reader, and Desmos graphing and scientific calculators, Equatio simplifies creating equations, capturing content, and supporting diverse input methods. Learn how to effectively use Equatio in your teaching, […]

Addressing Your Mentoring Philosophy in Job Market Materials

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

In this workshop, we will discuss the various ways you can highlight your past mentoring experiences and brainstorm ways you can start a draft of your mentoring philosophy. If you have questions about this event, contact Denise Leonard.   Registration

Applying Cognitive Science to Your Teaching: Retrieval Practice, Spacing, and Interleaving

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

Understanding how students learn is an important part of being an effective instructor. In this workshop, participants will examine how to translate three principles from cognitive science to their teaching: 1) retrieval practice—deliberately recalling information from memory, 2) spacing—returning to a concept over time, and 3) interleaving—switching between learning about […]

Facilitating Group Work

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

Educational research suggests that students acquire and retain knowledge most effectively by engaging in collaborative learning groups with peers. In this workshop, we'll practice and discuss strategies for effective implementation and facilitation of collaborative learning in an inclusive learning environment. If you have questions about this workshop, contact Elina Salminen. […]

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 […]

Inclusive Research Mentoring

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

Research experiences can significantly benefit students by providing career support, a sense of belonging, and access to graduate programs and other research positions. This workshop will help mentors design productive mentoring relationships. Participants will learn more about evidence-based benefits of mentoring, identify ways to implement effective communication strategies with their […]

Responding to Student Writing

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

As AIs and instructors, we dedicate many hours each semester to commenting on and evaluating student writing, but is this feedback helping students to improve their writing and critical thinking skills the way that we want it to? In this workshop, we'll draw on writing pedagogy scholarship to confront the […]

AI Tools: Boodlebox

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

Join us for a Zoom workshop series designed to help instructors explore the possible uses of AI tools beyond ChatGPT. Each hour-long workshop will provide an overview of a specific AI tool and showcase creative ways to use the tool to enhance teaching and learning activities. Workshop participants will be […]

Facilitating Group Work

  • Foundations in Teaching
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Postdocs

Educational research suggests that students acquire and retain knowledge most effectively by engaging in collaborative learning groups with peers. In this workshop, we'll practice and discuss strategies for effective implementation and facilitation of collaborative learning in an inclusive learning environment. If you have questions about this workshop, contact Elina Salminen. […]

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 […]

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 […]