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- Announcing the CETLI Advisory Group
- April Events at CETLI: Exploring AI in Teaching and Learning at Penn
- CETLI Executive Director presents at Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the University
- CETLI Receives Inaugural Draw Down the Lightning Grant for AI Learning Opportunities
- CETLI Welcomes Faculty Co-Director Julia Lynch
- Denise Fitzpatrick Elected to UPCEA’s Board of Directors: Engagement & Opportunity (E&O) Committee
- Director of Faculty Programming and Pedagogy Cathy Turner on Creativity and Course Design in Penn Today
- Executive Director Bruce Lenthall Discusses the Benefits of SAIL at Penn
- Faculty-to-Faculty Conversations: Highlights from Fall 2025
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- Professor Marc Meredith Shares Insights from CETLI Faculty Discussions
- Teaching in the Age of AI: Faculty Share Their Strategies
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- The Associated Press Features Oral Exam Teaching Innovations at Penn
- The College App Classroom team earns a 2025 Project for Progress Grant
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- Asking the Right Questions: Using Generative AI to Advance Skills in STEM
- Behind the Build: Designing for Learners, Not Lectures
- Building Deeper Learning Through Oral Exams: Conversations That Count
- CETLI Pilot Supports Building Community for Online Students
- Connecting the Dots as a SAIL Teaching Team
- Doubt & Dialogue: What Happens When Faculty Explore AI Together
- From Conversation to Classroom Practice: How Penn Faculty Create Classrooms Where All Students Can Thrive
- From Educause Review: CETLI Working Group Builds Instructional Design Community at Penn
- Grants Pave the Way for Experimentation & Innovation at Penn
- How Do You Create a Thriving Online Program? Start by Building Community
- Penn’s Online Course Supports High School Students Navigating the College Application Process
- Preparing to Teach: Building Confidence, Clarity, and Community through CETLI’s TA Training
- Rebecca Stein: Leading Excellence and Innovation in Teaching at Penn
- Student as Sorcerer: Using LLMs in the Humanities & Nursing Classroom
- Teaching with Wikipedia: How Heather Sharkey Uses Wikipedia Assignments to Transform Student Learning
- The Course Design Institute Creates Community for Instructors across Penn
- Why Boon Thau Loo Says Teaching Online is the Opportunity of a Lifetime
- You Don’t Have to Do It Alone: How Penn’s Online Programs Are Redefining Student Orientation
- You Have Arrived: Community and Achievement for the CETLI Graduate Fellows for Teaching Excellence
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