Spring 2026 Solutions for Faculty
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) team have several unique offerings for faculty this semester. Register for an upcoming event or explore our evergreen resources below.
Unable to join one of these events? Not seeing any resources that meet your teaching and learning needs needs? Get in touch with the CTL team to schedule a
- General Consultation – In-person, phone, or Zoom conversations with CTL staff
- Instructional Technology Consultation – Customized support for CourseWorks (Canvas), DIY media production, and digital pedagogies
- Teaching Observation – Individualized feedback on teaching from CTL staff
- CTL To Go Workshop – On-site and personalized workshops developed to suit the pedagogical and instructional technology needs of your department
Browse the CTL’s upcoming Spring 2026 events for Columbia faculty below.
Active Learning – AI for Teaching – Assessment – Constructive Dialogue – Course Design
Faculty Community – Inclusive Teaching – Mentoring
Active Learning
Engaging Students
in Discussion
Tuesday, January 13th
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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Easy Ways to Boost Student Engagement in Any Class
Thursday, January 15th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Reading the Room: How to
Set Up Poll Everywhere
Thursday, January 15th
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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Engaging Students
in Discussion
Tuesday, January 20th
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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Facilitating Effective Collaboration in Your Classroom
Thursday, January 29th
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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Easy Ways to Boost Student Engagement in Any Classroom
Thursday, February 12th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Small Changes, Big Impact: Easy Ways to Boost Student Engagement
Thursday, March 5th
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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AI for Teaching
Crafting Your AI Syllabus
Statement
Friday, January 9th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Designing Transparent
Assignments
Thursday, January 15th
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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Setting AI Expectations and
Crafting Your AI Syllabus Statement
Wednesday, January 21st
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Introduction to AI and
AI Literacy
Monday, January 26th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Beyond the Blue Book: Rethinking Assessment in the Age of AI
Monday, January 26th
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
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Experimentation with AI to
Support Your Teaching
Friday, February 6th
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Designing for Integrity and Learning in the Age of AI
Tuesday, February 10th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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What Can AI Teach Us About
Student Reasoning?
Friday, February 13th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic: Honing Independent Research Skills
Wednesday, February 18th
11:40 AM – 12:55 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic: Deepening Experience with a New Language
Wednesday, February 18th
1:10 PM – 2:25 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic: Engaging Students with Primary Materials
Wednesday, February 18th
2:40 PM – 3:55 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic: Making Teaching Materials More Accessible
Wednesday, February 25th
11:40 AM – 12:55 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic:
Scaffolding Coding Skills
Wednesday, February 25th
1:10 PM – 2:25 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic: Helping Students Check Understanding
Wednesday, February 25th
2:40 PM – 3:55 PM
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Best Practices in Designing
AI Agents
Monday, March 9th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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How to Build a Custom AI Chatbot for Teaching with Google Gemini
Monday, March 23rd
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic:
Scaffolding Coding Skills
Thursday, March 26th
11:40 AM – 12:55 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic: Helping Students Check Understanding
Thursday, March 26th
1:10 PM – 2:25 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic: Making Teaching Materials More Accessible
Thursday, March 26th
2:40 PM – 3:55 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic: Deepening Experience with a New Language
Thursday, April 2nd
11:40 AM – 12:55 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic: Engaging Students with Primary Materials
Thursday, April 2nd
1:10 PM – 2:25 PM
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Teaching with AI Clinic: Honing Independent Research Skills
Thursday, April 2nd
2:40 PM – 3:55 PM
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Assessment
Making Feedback Matter: Strategies That Serve You and Your Students
Friday, February 16th
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Faster, Fairer: Gradescope for
Grading in Science and Engineering
Friday, February 16th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Must we assign grades?
A Discussion on Ungrading
Tuesday, February 17th
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
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Designing Assignments for
Motivation and Learning
Wednesday, February 18th
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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Practical Strategies for Faster
and Fairer Grading
Tuesday, February 24th
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Making Feedback Matter: Strategies That Serve You and Your Students
Tuesday, March 10th
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Constructive Dialogue
Resetting the Table: Building Understanding Through Dialogue
Tuesday, January 12th
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
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Navigating HOT Moments:
Before, During, & After Class
Wednesday, January 14th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Building Bridges in the Classroom: Pluralism Pedagogies in Practice
Thursday, February 12th
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
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Navigating HOT Moments: Before, During, & After Class
Monday, February 16th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Building Bridges in the Classroom: Pluralism Pedagogies in Practice
Monday, March 30th
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Course Design
Preparing for a New Semester
of Teaching
Thursday, January 8th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Preparing for a New Semester
of Teaching
Tuesday, January 20th
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Backward Design: A Framework for Efficient & Effective Course Design
Thursday, February 5th
10:00 AM – 11:30 PM
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Faculty Community
By Faculty, For Faculty: A Space to Breathe & Connect
Wednesday, February 18th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Pedagogy in Practice:
Rachel Adams
Friday, February 20th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Inclusive Teaching
Designing an Inclusive Syllabus
Friday, January 9th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Inclusive Teaching in Practice
Monday, January 12th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Building Community and
Belonging in the Classroom
Wednesday, January 14th
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Making Your CourseWorks
Site More Accessible
Wednesday, January 14th
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
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Building Community and Belonging in the Classroom
Tuesday, January 27th
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Inclusive Teaching in Practice
Tuesday, February 3rd
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Mentoring
Preparing for a New Semester
of Mentoring
Thursday, January 8th
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Entering Mentoring: Addressing
Equity and Inclusion
Tuesday, February 3rd
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Entering Mentoring:
Fostering Independence
Friday, March 6th
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
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Entering Mentoring:
Assessing Understanding
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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The CTL has developed a digital catalogue of resources for Columbia faculty.
Active Learning
- Active Learning for Your Online Classroom
- Collaborative Learning
- Community Building in the Classroom
- Developing Poll Questions to Engage and Assess STEM Students
- Enhancing your Course Discussion Boards for Learning
- Five Tips for Engaged Lecturing
- Getting Started with Active Learning
- Getting Started with Project-Based Learning
- Learning Through Discussion
- Leveraging Annotation Activities & Tools to Promote Collaboration
- Teaching Large Courses Effectively and Efficiently
- Teaching Talks Video Playlist
AI for Teaching
- Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI website
- Experiment with AI Video Playlist
- Learner Perspectives on AI Tools: Digital Literacy, Academic Integrity, and Student Engagement
- Learning Through Writing in the Age of AI
- Learning Through Reading: Strategies to Support Students’ Reading Practices
- Teaching and ChatGPT Forum Video Recording
- Using AI Writing Tools in Your Scientific Writing Process Video Recording
Assessment of Student Learning
- Alternative Grading Approaches: Grading for Learning
- Assessing Equitably with All Learners in Mind
- Assessing Student Learning Video
- Assessment and Grading in CourseWorks (Canvas)
- Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs): Low-Stakes Strategies to Assess Active Learning
- Creating Assignments and Grading Online with Gradescope
- Designing Assignments for Learning
- Feedback for Learning
- Grading in Online Courses at Columbia: Tips and Strategies
- Incorporating Rubrics into Your Feedback and Grading Practices
- QuizCon: Multiple Choice Quizzing for Learning
- Peer Review: Intentional Design for Any Course Context
- Resources for Assessing Student Learning
- Teaching Talks Video Playlist
Course Design
- Course Design Essentials Online Course
- Course Design Essentials Video Playlist
- Seven Strategies for Success in Six-Week Immersive Courses
CourseWorks (Canvas)
EdTech for Engagement
Faculty Community
Pedagogical Wellness
Inclusive Teaching
- Accessibility in Teaching and Learning
- Applying Inclusive Teaching Principles to Clinical Education
- Creating a High Trust, Low Stress Class Environment
- Designing an Inclusive Syllabus
- Guide for Inclusive Teaching at Columbia
- Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom Online Course
- Teaching Talks Video Playlist
Mentoring
- Advancing Mentorship Practices: Supporting Mentors of Graduate Students and Postdocs at Columbia
- Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring: Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment
- Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring: Inclusive Mentoring Skills
- Building Effective Mentoring Relationships with Graduate Students and Postdocs
- Voices on Mentoring Video Playlist
Teaching in All Modalities
Teaching in Science and Engineering
- Creating Assignments and Grading Online with Gradescope
- Developing Poll Questions to Engage and Assess Student Thinking in Science and Engineering Courses
- Designing for Inquiry-Based Learning In Undergraduate Science and Engineering Lab Courses
- Promoting Student Inquiry in Science and Engineering Lab Courses Video