CETLI Events Calendar

This session will encourage faculty to talk together about how to make the process of grading clearer so students can focus on learning and faculty can make the grading process more efficient.   

Explore ways to use digital tools to boost attendance and participation. We will experiment with polling software and low-stakes assignments graded with Gradescope, and consider how to integrate these tools within courses.  

Working in groups has benefits for students but also presents challenges. In this session instructors will discuss ways to structure group work and communicate expectations to set students up for success.  

Faculty are increasingly interested in finding ways students can use AI to support their learning (rather than to take shortcuts). In this conversation, Bodong Chen of Teaching, Learning and Literacies and Dan Singer from Philosophy will discuss how they have helped students learn to use AI to improve their thinking and their work. 

Should we? And, if we should, how can we talk to our students about the events, rulings, and executive orders that are chilling democratic norms and expectations in the United States? Doug Jerolmack from Earth and Environmental Science and Karen Lindell from the Law School will begin this conversation by sharing when they decided to […]

Participating in class can help students hone their ideas, learn course content, and get answers to their questions. But sometimes, getting students to speak at all is a challenge. Nancy Bonini of Biology and Emily Wilson of Classics will start this conversation by sharing the strategies they have used to get students talking.

Feeling a little behind on understanding AI? In this beginner-friendly workshop, we’ll discuss the basics of how AI works, explore Penn's AI tools and policies, and examine the ways AI impacts teaching beyond just academic integrity. You will leave this workshop with more AI literacy to help you make informed decisions about its role in […]

By creating classes that get students into neighborhoods in Philly, instructors can help students learn in a more connected and real-world way. In this conversation, Kent Bream of Family Medicine and Community Health and Domenic Vitiello of City and Regional Planning will begin by considering how to create classes that use local places to help […]

Instructors in Engineering are invited to join Daniel Hammer of Bioengineering and Aleksandra Vojvodic of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in discussing approaches to mentoring students in research. We’ll consider ideas for building teams that are positive, supportive, and productive.

Finding ways to get students to be more active and engaged in lectures can improve students’ understanding and retention as well as improve their ability to apply material. Marylyse Baptista of Linguistics and David Christianson of Chemistry will start this conversation by sharing concrete strategies they use to help students work with content as they […]

Concerns about students not doing their reading is growing. Reyhan Durmaz of Religious Studies and Patti Griffith of Biobehavioral Health Sciences will start the conversation by talking about their strategies for getting students to see the value of the assigned reading and motivating students to complete it. 

Students in clinics often need didactic information, but in the rush of a busy clinic, instructors may struggle to present the material effectively.  In this session, clinical professors Flint Wang (PSOM) and Leslie Stone Hirsh (Dental) will talk about how they present information in ways that support student learning and patient care.  This conversation will […]

Careful organization and mentoring can help TAs and LAs to support our instruction effectively. Phil Gressman of Math and Silvia Porello of Chemistry will start this conversation by considering how they guide their instructional teams for large enrollment classes.

Creating courses that introduce graduate students to ways of thinking and professional practice in the discipline can be challenging. Karen Redrobe of Cinema and Media Studies and Abby Reisman of Teaching, Learning, and Literacies will begin this conversation by describing how they create courses to introduce students to their disciplines. 

Gradescope is a Canvas tool that enables you to more efficiently grade and provide feedback on exams, including multiple-choice tests, short-answer questions, and worked problems. In this session, we will explore how to set up and use Gradescope, and ways to structure exams to help you make the most of the tool’s features.

This conversation is part of CETLI’s ongoing series of sessions for instructors who teach ethics in the professional schools.  In this session, Julie Wollman of GSE and Brit Shields of SEAS will talk about their sense of the role of a facilitator in ethics discussions and how their roles, in turn, have shaped how their […]