CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Teaching Students to Problem-Solve With (and Without) AI
Using AI for problem-solving can enable students to learn to complete more challenging and rigorous work, if students use the tools appropriately. In this session, Masao Sako of Physics and Corlett Wood of Biology will open this discussion about helping students determine when and how to use AI while students also develop their own intuition.
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Teaching in the Age of AI: Humanities
Generative AI is already part of students' everyday lives. This workshop, which emphasizes student-led teaching skills, helps graduate instructors build AI literacy for themselves to better understand how students can […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Applied AI: Building Canvas Quizzes
In this session, participants will explore ways that generative AI can speed up the Canvas Quiz building process, including question generation, file formatting and conversion, and Canvas imports. You’ll leave with a Canvas Quiz that’s ready to use in your course. Please bring a laptop to participate in this hands-on session.
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Communicating Expectations: Teaching Students How to Succeed in Your Class
Clearly communicating course expectations is essential for student success, as students often struggle to understand whether they are meeting course expectations throughout the semester. This interactive workshop explores how instructors […]
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Teaching When You Don’t Know What To Do
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Philosophy department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI […]
Raisler Lounge 225
Intentional Design for Active Learning in Large Engineering Classes
In large engineering courses, it is tempting to pack every lecture with as much material as possible. But coverage is not the same as learning. In this workshop, we discuss […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Making Small Group Work Effective in Class
In this session, participants will talk about ways to create small group work that effectively uses class time to engage students with the material and each other. Aaron Clark of Chemistry and Karen Lasater of Nursing will kick off the conversation by talking about how they structure small group work to promote student learning.
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How to Conduct a Successful Active Learning Class
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Biology department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Building Community in the Classroom
In some classes, students become a community of people who trust the instructor enough to admit when they're lost. In others, everyone remains a stranger, including the instructor. This interactive […]
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Structuring Class Sessions to Encourage Students to Engage with Your Subject and Each Other
Creating an organized class session allows students to feel confident interacting with each other and ensures those interactions encourage students to understand your subject in more complicated ways. Mary Ellen Kelly of Neuroscience and Ana Ozaki from History of Art will start this conversation by talking about how they plan class sessions to support student learning. […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Crafting Your TA Persona
Stepping into a teaching persona often requires a bit of role-playing. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn to think about their teaching persona in an intentional way. Through discussion, […]
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Trial and Error
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Classical Studies department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the […]
Barchi Library, Room 140
Beyond Memorization: Teaching and Assessing for Understanding
How can we teach students complex material while assessing whether they truly understand it rather than simply memorizing it? In this workshop, Dr. Mikey Nusbaum will share his approach to […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Making Group Work Work
While group work is a regular feature of many courses, people often have mixed feelings about their group work experiences. This interactive session will cover the benefits of group work […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Encouraging and Assessing Student Participation
Participation can be a measure of a student’s engagement, comprehension, and enthusiasm for a subject, but these qualities can also be difficult to define and assess. Through several activities, this […]
Penn IUR Conference Room, G12
Learning with/from Community-Based Organizations
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the City and Regional Planning department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts […]
Class of 78 Pavilion on the 6th Floor
Teaching Students with Varying Experiences and Educations
2026 Evan C Thompson Chair Lecture on Excellence in Teaching University teaching increasingly involves working with students with a range of different backgrounds and who have many different types of […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
The No-Tech or Low-Tech Classroom
Limiting electronic devices in class has become an increasingly popular way to improve student focus and create community. Michele Margolis of Political Science and Dominique Ruggieri from Public Health will begin this conversation by talking about how they have limited device use in class, what the results have been and how they have responded to student pushback […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Teaching in the Age of AI: STEM
Generative AI is transforming the way students learn, solve problems, and approach coursework bringing both exciting possibilities and new challenges to STEM education. As TAs, you are on the front lines of this evolving landscape. This interactive workshop will explore how AI is changing the skills students develop, how it impacts teaching and learning, and […]
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Games in the Classroom
Playing games as a class activity is fun, engaging, and probably easier than you think. In this workshop we’ll cover why you might want to do this and how to […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Incorporating Active Learning into Your Classroom
Active learning can spark curiosity, engagement, and confidence for both the instructor and students when approaching new or difficult concepts. This workshop will offer an overview of practical tips and […]
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Teaching Coding in the Age of AI
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Epidemiology department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Time Management for Graduate Instructors
Balancing teaching, research, and personal life demands can be challenging. In this interactive workshop, participants will tackle the time management challenges in TA roles, think through practical solutions, and share […]
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Evolution of Teaching and Tips for Finding Out What Works Best for You in a Classroom
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Biology department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI […]
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How to Design Field Trips to Expand Student Understanding of Complex Problems
Getting students off of Penn’s campus is a powerful way to help them see a much wider perspective on class materials, but to get students to learn from these outings, instructors have to plan carefully. In this session Emily Steiner of English and Caroline Jones of Anthropology will talk about their experiences leading first-year seminar field trips […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Grading, Feedback, and Time Efficiency as Teaching Methods
Grades are an inherent part of a student’s life. What often gets overlooked, though, is that grading offers instructors the opportunity to evaluate a student’s progress and to adjust their […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Encouraging Students to Reflect on AI Use
To use AI effectively, students must use their own judgment and discernment to evaluate results and develop effective prompting strategies. Ben Sirolly of Law and Jennifer Valerio of GSE will start this conversation by talking about how they help students develop those skills through reflection assignments.
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Applied AI: Build-a-Bot Workshop
Many generative AI platforms now enable users to create custom chatbots without computer programming experience. Custom bots are useful for repeatable tasks or interactions that depend on a specific knowledge base or behavior. Participants will learn how to build, test, and modify a custom bot to assist with a teaching-related task using a Penn-licensed AI tool. Please bring a laptop to participate in this hands-on session.
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Effective Lecturing
While lectures are a mainstay in teaching, graduate students often don’t receive training specific to lecturing. In this session, we will discuss helpful considerations in lecture preparation, style, and delivery. […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Student-to-Student In-Class Collaboration in the Age of AI
In-class collaborations allow students to learn from each other, but students often turn to AI for answers rather than one another. Sudeep Bhatia from Psychology and Bob Johnson of Physics will kick off this conversation about how student interaction can include AI without shutting down the peer-to-peer learning process.