Learning Communities and Lounges for Graduate Students
Are you interested in informal conversations with other graduate students about special topics in pedagogy or actual research in teaching and learning? CTL runs series whose topics change from year to year, led by CTL staff and Senior Lead Teaching Fellows. In all of these programs, community-formation and the sharing of insight across disciplines are top priorities.
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Upcoming Events
Visit the CTL Events Calendar to browse upcoming events for graduate students.
CTLgrads Learning Communities
CTLgrads Learning Communities are peer-led, multi-session, interdisciplinary conversations for graduate students about particularly timely topics in teaching and learning. By participating in these discussions of the teaching literature with other graduate student instructors, participants develop new frameworks to innovate their teaching. Learning Communities are designed and co-facilitated by CTL Senior Lead Teaching Fellows.
Teaching with AI Clinics
Teaching with AI Clinics are an opportunity for Columbia graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to learn about and experiment with applications of AI to drive learning and engagement. The clinics feature models developed by 2024-25 Teaching with AI Fellows at CTL, in consultation with faculty and CTL learning designers.
Teachers' Lounge
Teachers’ Lounges are series of informal discussions with CTL staff and other graduate students about teaching practices and the culture of learning at Columbia. Each semester, Lounges explore a theme or aspect of teaching. Conversations introduce graduate students to related educational models, research, and theory, and invite dialogue about their pertinence to day-to-day teaching.
The CTL is here for graduate students.
The Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning provides an array of support for graduate students in both their current and future teaching responsibilities.