Spring 2022 Offerings

Engage in live offerings, explore our online resources and courses, and/or request a consultation, teaching observation, or Workshop To Go today.

Active Learning

Learn synchronously: 

Engaging Students in Discussion
60-minute workshop.
January 12, 10:00-11:00am

Managing Your Large Course Effectively and Efficiently
60-minute workshop.
January 11, 10:00-11:00am

Planning Your Lectures Based on the Science of Learning
60-minute workshop.
January 11, 12:00-1:00pm

Tools to Engage Students: Polls, Discussion, and Peer Collaboration
75-minute workshop.
January 11, 2:00-3:15pm; January 19, 12:00-1:15pm

Learn asynchronously:

Active Learning for Your Online Classroom: Five Strategies Using Zoom
Online Resource

Collaborative Learning 
Online Resource

Community Building in the Classroom
Online Resource

Developing Poll Questions to Engage and Assess Science and Engineering Students
Online Resource

Enhancing your Course Discussion Boards for Learning: Three Strategies Using Ed Discussion
Online Resource

Five Tips for Engaged Lecturing
Online Resource

Learning Through Discussion
Online Resource 

Teaching Large Courses Effectively and Efficiently
Online Resource

Anti-Racist Pedagogy

Learn synchronously:

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Workshop Series

Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action: First Steps
90-minute reflection session.
January 21, 10:30am-12:00pm; January 27, 1:00-2:30pm; March 2, 2:00-3:30pm

Navigating HOT Moments: Before, During, & After Class
75-minute workshop.
February 8, 12:00-1:15pm; March 23, 2:00-3:15pm

Addressing Challenges to Equitable Assessment
60-minute workshop.
February 15, 12:00-1:00pm; April 6, 2:00-3:00pm

Learn asynchronously:

Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action: First Steps
Online Resource

Assessment of Student Learning

Learn synchronously:

Assessment and Grading with Columbia Tools
90-minute workshop.
January 13, 11:00am-12:30pm; February 10, 10:30am-12:00pm; March 8, 10:00-11:30am; April 5, 12:00-1:30pm

Establishing Shared Values of Academic Integrity with Undergraduates
60-minute workshop.
January 14, 2:00-3:00pm

Giving Feedback to Maximize Student Learning
60-minute workshop.
January 13, 3:00-4:00pm

Intro to Gradescope: Grading and Feedback for Science & Engineering
60-minute workshop.
January 13, 1:00-2:00pm

Ungrading: An Alternative Approach to Assessing Student Learning
60-minute discussion about Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning
January 12, 12:00-1:00pm

Learn asynchronously:

Assessing Student Learning (Course Design Essentials)
Video

Assessment and Grading in CourseWorks (Canvas) 2.0
Online Course

Creating Assignments and Grading Online with Gradescope
Online Resource

Designing Assignments for Learning
Online Resource

Feedback for Learning
Online Resource

Grading in Online Courses at Columbia: Tips and Strategies
Online Resource

Incorporating Rubrics Into Your Feedback and Grading Practices
Online Resource 

Peer Review: Intentional Design for Any Course Context
Online Resource

Promoting Academic Integrity
Online Resource

Resources for Assessing Student Learning
Online Resource

Course Design

Looking to design or redesign a course? Learn more about the CTL’s support for course design and the step-by-step process of designing or redesigning a course.

Learn synchronously:

The Syllabus: A Way to Build Trust with Your Students
60-minute discussion about Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning
January 14, 11:00-12:00pm

Learn asynchronously:

Course Design Essentials from the CTL
Video Playlist

Course Design Essentials (Online)
Online Course 

Seven Strategies for Success in Six-Week Immersive Courses
Online resource

Courseworks (Canvas)

Looking for assistance in using Columbia’s Learning Management System effectively in your teaching and to support your students’ learning?

Learn synchronously:

Teaching with CourseWorks
90-minute workshop.
January 10, 2:00-3:30pm; January 18, 12:00-1:30pm; February 7, 1:00-2:30pm; March 3, 10:00-11:30am; March 9, 10:00-11:30am; April 4, 2:00-3:30pm

Learn asynchronously:

Teaching with CourseWorks
Online Resource

Introduction to CourseWorks (Canvas) 2.0
Online Course

Assessment & Grading in CourseWorks (Canvas) 2.0
Online Course

Ed Tech for Engagement

Learn Synchronously:

Teaching with CourseWorks
90-minute workshop.
January 10, 2:00-3:30pm; January 18, 12:00-1:30pm; February 7, 1:00-2:30pm; March 3, 10:00-11:30am; March 9, 10:00-11:30am; April 4, 2:00-3:30pm

Tools to Engage Students: Polls, Discussion, and Peer Collaboration
75-minute workshop.
January 11, 2:00-3:15pm; January 19, 12:00-1:15pm

Learn asynchronously:

Audience Response Systems
Online Resource

EdBlogs
Learn more 

Gradescope
Online Resource

Locus Tempus
Learn more

Teaching with Zoom
Online Resource

Get Live Help

Access live, one-on-one CTL teaching support. Learn more on the Get Help page. 

Hybrid/HyFlex Course Design

Thinking of moving lecture and course materials online to free up in-class time for active learning? Interested in creating multimedia instructional materials for your courses? These offerings will get you started on the basics of blended learning and do-it-yourself media production.

Learn asynchronously:

Blended Learning
Online Resource

Blended Learning Essentials
Online Course 

Hybrid/HyFlex Teaching Strategies
Online Resources 

Five Tips for Hybrid/HyFlex Teaching with All Learners in Mind
Online Resource

Hybrid and Online Teaching Institute for Faculty
Online course

Inclusive Teaching

Interested in making your courses more inclusive of all Columbia learners? These offerings will provide you with practical strategies to implement in any course. Additionally, the CTL offers consultations on this topic as well as a Workshop To Go that can be requested by departments and schools.

Learn synchronously:

Teaching Inclusively From the Start
60-minute workshop
January 10, 12:00-1:00pm; January 18, 10:00-11:00am

Learn asynchronously:

Accessibility in Teaching and Learning
Online Resource

Designing an Inclusive Syllabus
Online Resource

Guide for Inclusive Teaching at Columbia
Online Resource

Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom
Self-Paced Massive Open Online Course

New to Teaching at Columbia

The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement welcome new faculty to participate in an orientation that introduces them to the Columbia community and offers practical, evidence-based teaching strategies they can implement on the first day of class.

Office of the Provost Faculty Orientation
Online Course

Online Teaching

Online Teaching Strategies
Resources

Hybrid and Online Teaching Institute for Faculty
Online Course

Rethinking Teaching and Learning

Learn synchronously:

Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning Podcast Discussions

Ungrading: An Alternative Approach to Assessing Student Learning
60-minute discussion about Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning
January 12, 12:00-1:00pm

The Syllabus: A Way to Build Trust with Your Students
60-minute discussion about Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning
January 14, 11:00-12:00pm

Learn asynchronously:

Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning Podcast Series 
Podcast Series (available online)

Return to In-Person Teaching

Learn synchronously:

Workshops

Teaching In-Person: Transitions and Reflections
60-minute workshop.
January 21, 10:00-11:00am

Teaching in the Morningside eClassroom
90-minute workshop.
January 12, 2:00-3:30pm

Learn asynchronously:

From Online to Face-to-Face–Keeping What Works
Online Resource. 

Reflecting On Your Experiences with Remote Teaching: Making Meaning of Pandemic Teaching
Online Resource.

Return to the Morningside Classroom with Students’ Well-Being in Mind: A Forum for Faculty and TAs. 60-minute panel and Q&A from September 21, 2021.
Video recording. 

Transition to In-Person Teaching
Online Resource.

Teaching in Flexible Learning Spaces
Online Resource. 

Teaching in Times of Stress and Challenge
Online Resource. 

Services by Request

Consultations
Unable to join or not seeing any offerings that meet your immediate teaching and learning needs? Request a consultation. 

Meet one-on-one, speak over the phone, or via video-conference with a Faculty Programs and Services (FPS) team to receive support on a range of teaching and learning topics. Email the CTL FPS team at CTLfaculty@columbia.edu to request a consultation. 

For consultations on digital pedagogies and the purposeful use of technologies, contact the CTL Learning Designer assigned to your department or school, or email the CTL at ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu.  

Teaching Observations
Request a teaching observation to receive confidential feedback on your teaching.
Learn more and request a teaching observation. 

Workshops To Go
Department chairs and program directors can request a 60- or 90-minute workshop for their faculty. Learn more and request a Workshop To Go.

Teaching in Science and Engineering

Learn synchronously:

Intro to Gradescope: Grading and Feedback for Science & Engineering
60-minute workshop.
January 13, 1:00-2:00pm

Learn asynchronously:

Developing Poll Questions to Engage and Assess Student Thinking in Science and Engineering Courses
Online resource. 

Promoting Student Inquiry in Science and Engineering Lab Courses (Columbia Faculty Panel). 
Video recording. 

Teaching with Media

Teaching with Panopto
Online Resource

Teaching With Do-It-Yourself Video
Online Resource

Mediathread
Platform created and supported by the CTL