This Week for Faculty: Get ready for Fall 2024, Engage in CTL workshops this week!
Zoom into this week’s sessions
As you get ready to kick off a new semester, join us to explore inclusive teaching, community building, transparent assignment design, feedback practices, among many other teaching topics.
We look forward to your engagement in this week’s workshops. Join us from anywhere!
Unable to participate? Explore related CTL on-demand resources and/or schedule a consultation to discuss the teaching and mentoring topics on your mind. Contact us at CTLfaculty@columbia.edu. We are here to assist you as you get ready for Fall 2024!
Welcome students to your course
Teaching Inclusively From the Start
August 5, 11:00am – 12:00pm – Register
Related resource: Guide for Inclusive Teaching at Columbia
Making Your CourseWorks Site Accessible
August 5, 1:00pm – 1:45pm – Register
Related resource: Four Ways to Make Your CourseWorks Site More Accessible
Clinical Teaching: Applying Inclusive Teaching Principles (for CUIMC faculty)
August 5, 4:00pm – 5:00pm – Register
Related resource: Applying Inclusive Teaching Principles to Clinical Education
Set expectations
Designing a Transparent Syllabus
August 6, 11:00am – 12:00pm – Register
Related resource: Designing an Inclusive Syllabus
Designing Transparent Assignments
August 6, 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Register
Related resource: Designing Assignments for Learning
Use polls to engage all of your learners
Engaging Students with Poll Everywhere
August 7, 2:00pm – 2:30pm – Register
Related resource: Poll Everywhere
Designing STEM Poll Questions that Go Beyond Recall
August 7, 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Register
Related resource: Developing Poll Questions to Engage and Assess Student Thinking in Science and Engineering Courses
Provide feedback to support student learning
Making Feedback Matter: Strategies That Serve You and Your Students
August 8, 11:00am – 12:00pm – Register
Related resource: Feedback for Learning
Intro to Gradescope: Grading and Feedback for Science & Engineering
August 8, 2:00pm – 3:00pm – Register
Related resource: Creating Assignments and Grading Online with Gradescope
Effective Feedback in Clinical Settings (for CUIMC faculty)
August 8, 4:00pm – 5:00pm – Register
Related resource: Effective Feedback in Clinical Settings
Workshops next week: August 12-15
Looking to engage your students in their learning, leverage AI for teaching and learning, prepare for discussions in the classroom, or build effective mentoring relationships with your graduate students and postdocs? The CTL has offerings for you!
Getting Started with Active Learning
August 12, 11:00am – 12:00pm – Register
Related resource: Getting Started with Active Learning
Planning Your Lectures Based on the Science of Learning
August 12, 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Register
Related resource: Five Tips for Engaged Lecturing
Leveraging AI for Learning Activities
August 12, 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Register
Related resource: Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI: Considerations, Resources, and Opportunities
Building Community in the Classroom: Icebreakers
August 13, 11:00am – 12:00pm – Register
Related resource: Community Building in the Classroom
Engaging Students with Collaborative Annotation Tools
August 13, 1:00pm – 1:30pm – Register
Related resource: Collaborative Learning
Preparing for a New Semester of Teaching
August 14, 11:00am – 12:00pm – Register
Leveraging AI for Teaching and Course Design
August 14, 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Register
Related resource: Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI: Considerations, Resources, and Opportunities
Preparing for a New Semester of Mentoring
August 14, 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Register
Related resources: Advancing Mentorship Practices: Supporting Mentors of Graduate Students and Postdocs at Columbia
Engaging Students in Discussion
August 15, 10:00am – 11:00am – Register
Related resource: Learning Through Discussion
Engaging Students with EdDiscussion
August 15, 11:30am – 12:00pm – Register
Related resource: Enhancing your Course Discussion Boards for Learning: Three Strategies Using Ed Discussion
Navigating HOT Moments: Before, During, and After Class
August 15, 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Register
Resources resource: Navigating HOT Moments in the Classroom
Connect with us! We are available all summer
Office Hours
Join us for office hours via Zoom (or phone) Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm to have your teaching with instructional technology questions answered, or schedule an appointment any time by contacting ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu.
Consultations
Schedule a consultation to discuss any teaching and learning need by emailing ctlfaculty@columbia.edu or email the CTL Learning Designer assigned to your school or department