News and Features
This Month at the CTL: February 2018
This month’s newsletter features innovative faculty and instructors at Columbia, teaching tips and strategies, and other programs, resources and support for the University’s teaching community.
Provost Announces Spring 2018 Funding Opportunities for Faculty
The Office of the Provost has launched four Request for Proposals (RFPs) for funding opportunities for faculty who are looking to integrate new educational methods and technologies into their classrooms and learning environments. Read an overview of the funding opportunities and discover ways that faculty can receive support for designing their proposal from the CTL.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Mary Ann Price on Using Case Study Method to Place Pre-Med Students in Real-Life Scenarios
Mary Ann Price, a lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences, worked with the CTL to incorporate the case study method into her General Physiology course. The case studies encouraged her pre-med students to apply concepts they learned in class to real-world situations that were relevant to their career goals.
Registration Open for the Provost’s 2018 Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium
The Office of the Provost welcomes the Columbia teaching and learning community to Low Library for the Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium on Thursday, February 22, 2018 to celebrate the innovative efforts of faculty and graduate students in transforming their courses and pedagogies. Here are five reasons you won’t want to miss this event.
Civil War and Reconstruction MOOC to Relaunch as Self-Paced Series
The Civil War and Reconstruction MOOC (massive open online course) series, Columbia’s first on the edX platform, will relaunch this January as a self-paced series. The first course in the series, The Civil War and Reconstruction – 1850-1861: A House Divided, will launch on January 31, 2018, with additional courses to launch in the coming months. The courses are free and open to all with an optional paid verified certificate.
Learning Communities for Graduate Students: Register today!
CTLgrads Learning Communities are interdisciplinary three-part series on teaching and learning topics, designed and co-facilitated by CTL Senior Lead Teaching Fellows. By participating in these deeper multi-session discussions of the teaching literature with other graduate student instructors, you will develop new frameworks to innovate your teaching. This spring, Learning Communities will explore inclusive assessment practices and using social media as a pedagogical platform in higher-education classrooms.
Upcoming Events: January/February 2018
Register for upcoming CTL workshops and events for Columbia instructors. Some programs are specifically designed for faculty or graduate students, but any current Columbia instructor or staff member in a teaching role is welcome to attend if they meet the requirements and space allows. We serve food and refreshments at our lunchtime workshops.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Kyle Mandli on Pairing Up Programmers for Collaborative Learning Activities
As a recipient of the Provost’s Hybrid Learning Course Redesign and Delivery award, Professor Mandli received support from the Center for Teaching and Learning to redesign his Introduction to Numerical Methods course. He used pair group work, pair programming, and open source technologies to engage his students in the course material and encourage them to learn from each other.
Opportunity for Graduate Students and Postdocs: CIRTL Online Courses
Interested in learning about inclusive, evidence-based approaches to STEM teaching and learning? Sign up for one of the online, synchronous courses offered by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) this spring. Course registration closes on Monday, January 22.