This Week for Faculty: 2023 Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium 🎉
2023 Celebration of Teaching and Learning SymposiumÂ
The Office of the Provost and the Center for Teaching and Learning invite the Columbia community to the 2023 Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium to celebrate the ways that faculty and graduate students are transforming their courses and pedagogies.
Join us for an in-person faculty panel and celebratory reception on Tuesday, March 21, and three live online panels on Thursday, March 23, featuring Columbia faculty and graduate students.
Note: each event requires separate registration
Tuesday, March 21 · Low Library
- 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Celebrating Teaching Transformations at Columbia: A Faculty Panel, Faculty Room
- 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm: Celebratory Reception, Rotunda
Thursday, March 23 · Online Panels
- 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Faculty Innovations through Provost’s Teaching and Learning Grants
- 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Branching Out—Enhancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through Learning Analytics and Applied Learning Sciences
- 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Taking the Lead—Developing Agency as a Graduate Student Instructor
2023 Office of the Provost Teaching and Learning Grants
Looking to integrate new educational approaches or technologies into your classroom? Exploring ways to leverage AI tools to enhance teaching and learning? The Office of the Provost provides a variety of funding opportunities up to $25,000 for Columbia faculty looking to enhance their learning environments. Grant offerings range from experimenting with one new pedagogical tool to a full course redesign. Recipients receive logistical, organizational, and instructional design support from the CTL. Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for 2023 grants are now open.
We strongly encourage all faculty to get a head start on your proposal to prepare for the Monday, May 1, 2023 application due date. Please contact ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu to schedule a consultation with CTL staff to help develop your project plan and determine the appropriate in-kind support level. In addition, join the sessions below:
Assessment Tune-Up for Provost Grant Applicants
Wednesday, March 29 · 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Learn how to build or refine the evaluation and assessment section of the proposal.
Office of the Provost RFP Town HallÂ
Monday, April 3 · 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
At this Q&A event, CTL, CUIT, and SOLER staff will answer questions about the types of awards and the application process.
The CTL is here to help!
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.
Consultations
Schedule an in-person or virtual consultation to discuss any teaching, learning, and mentoring needs by emailing ctlfaculty@columbia.edu or email the CTL Learning Designer assigned to your school or department.