Celebrating 91吃瓜网's Teaching Legacy
40 years after the Center for Teaching was founded, we're marking the occasion with a series of events that celebrate instructional excellence at 91吃瓜网.
Cohort Programs and Learning Communities
Build your teaching skills with a community of your peers.
Teaching Writing in the Context of AI
Wednesdays Starting January 20 | 12:30 鈥� 1:30 p.m. | Baker 805
Work with peers to develop best practices for AI-aware writing instruction. Share experiences, support one another through challenges and learn from guest speakers and resources.
Alternative Grading
Tuesdays starting February 16 | 12:30 鈥� 1:30 p.m. | Baker 805
Explore the different methods and strategies for alternative grading, including standards-based grading, specifications grading, contract grading and self-assessment.
Inquiry-Based Learning for AI Resilience
Wednesdays Starting March 24 | 11:15 a.m. 鈥� 12:45 p.m. | Baker 805
Investigate inquiry-based learning (IBL) as a potential solution to AI-related cognitive offloading in the classroom. Design a complete IBL module for one of your courses.
Workshops
Deep-dive into evidence-based teaching strategies with these 60- and 75-minute workshops.
Building a Custom Skill in ChatGPT
Oct. 29 | 10 鈥� 11 a.m. | Baker 805
This hands-on session introduces faculty to building a custom skill in ChatGPT: a reusable set of instructions and resources that captures a teaching task you do again and again.
Fast Fridays
Monthly Fridays | 10:30 鈥� 10:45 a.m. | Virtual
This monthly virtual series offers faculty a focused, low-commitment opportunity to pick up one practical teaching strategy or tool before the weekend. Each session is 15 minutes and includes a brief Q&A.
Just-in-Time Workshop Series
Jan. 6-7 | Central Library Author's Room
A pre-semester series of practical, ready-to-use workshops designed to help faculty prepare for the upcoming spring semester.
Compelling Student Conversations
Jan. 13 | 9:30 鈥� 10:45 a.m. | Baker 805
Learn to facilitate honest, open, and academically rigorous conversations even when the stakes feel high.
Talking It Through: Using Oral Exams for AI-Resilient Assessment
Jan. 26 | 9:30 鈥� 10:30 a.m. | Baker 805
Discover best practices for designing fair, effective and manageable oral exams. Participants will leave with a draft oral assessment for one unit of their own course.
Teach Your Research / Research Your Teaching
Feb. 4 | 12:15 鈥� 2:15 p.m. | Baker 805
This two-part companion workshop series treats research expertise as a teaching asset. In "Teach Your Research," learn communication skills to bring your research into the classroom. In "Research Your Teaching," learn how to investigate how learning works in your own courses. Attend one or both!
For Graduate Students
Professional development in college teaching designed for graduate students.
Teaching Assistant Orientation
Aug. 19 | 9 a.m. 鈥� 1 p.m. | Wilson Hall
Orientation program to help new 91吃瓜网 Teaching Assistants prepare for their roles. Explore teaching strategies, learn about campus resources and hear from a panel of experienced TAs.
Academy of College Teaching
Weekly Tues. and Wed. | Various Times | Baker 805
Prepare for a future career in college-level teaching. Explore course design principles, classroom strategies and techniques for developing a teaching philosophy. Open to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
Let's Connect
Our Teaching Development and Initiatives team welcomes suggestions for future educational development programs and events. Don't see what you're looking for? Just reach out!
