Faculty Institutes and Intensives
The CTL offers Institutes and Intensives both asynchronously (self-paced) and synchronously (live sessions) that address multiple teaching formats—face-to-face, online, and hybrid/blended. Topics range from broader teaching approaches to in-depth looks at specific teaching strategies and skills.
These synchronous and asynchronous opportunities provide a space for faculty to develop new teaching approaches, applications, and skills with guidance from CTL staff in an immersive, supportive environment.
Engage Your Students
Active Learning Institute (In-Person) – Summer 2025
Tuesday, June 10 – Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Looking for ways to increase student engagement in your face-to-face or online classroom? In this two-day immersive in-person experience, Columbia and affiliate faculty will explore the purposes and benefits of active learning and learn how to apply these research-based practices by developing their own active and learner-centered (face-to-face or online) course units.
During the institute, faculty will complete a series of hands-on activities and discussions to work through the essential components of designing engaging student learning experiences. Topics addressed include facilitating individual and collaborative learning activities, planning and creating effective instructional materials, and fostering a course environment conducive to active learning.
Faculty from Columbia and its affiliate institutions are invited to apply. Admission to the Active Learning Institute for Summer 2025 is rolling, and applications received by Monday, May 12, 2025, will be given priority.
For: all Columbia and affiliate faculty are invited to apply
Format: Mix of asynchronous and synchronous online activities
Time Commitment: 14 hours
Prepare to Teach in Health Sciences
CUIMC Summer Institute for Teaching and Learning
Applications are now open for the 2025 CUIMC Summer Institute for Teaching and Learning, a two-day, in-person institute devoted to exploring effective teaching and learning strategies in health sciences education for online and in-person teaching. The institute is open to all CUIMC faculty.
The program will consist of asynchronous preparatory work and a mixture of large and small in-person group sessions. This Institute is facilitated by members of CUIMC’s teaching community and is sponsored by: Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning; Mailman School of Public Health Teaching Academy; the Office of Academic Affairs at the College of Physicians and Surgeons; and the Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators. Apply by Monday, May 26.
For: CUIMC faculty
Dates: Wednesday, July 16 – Thursday, July 17, 2025, 8:30am – 4:30pm, in Butler Library (Morningside Campus)
Format: In-person sessions
Time commitment: Two days
Design or Redesign Your Course from Scratch
Course Design Essentials
Are you looking to design a new course or change the design of an existing course (face-to-face, blended, or fully online)? Do you want to jump start your course planning for the fall semester? Enroll in our online, self-paced Course Design Essentials course. There you will be guided through the fundamentals of learner-centered course design and a series of activities and downloadable worksheets. Upon completing the asynchronous experience, you should have a plan and the resources needed to continue the design process.
For: all Columbia faculty
Format: self-paced
Time Commitment: six hours
Adapt Your Course to a Flexible Format
Hybrid & Online Teaching Institute
The CTL has developed the Hybrid & Online Teaching Institute: an online offering that guides faculty through adapting their courses from face-to-face to online or hybrid formats. This offering provides instructors a foundation that can serve across all formats of teaching with the capacity to adapt quickly to whatever mode of teaching makes the most sense at any given time. The institute provides faculty with a comprehensive toolkit they can apply to their own course context whether this may be a seminar, small lecture, or large lecture class.
For: all Columbia faculty
Format: mix of self-paced and live sessions
Time Commitment: six hours
Upcoming Events
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