CETLI Events Calendar

The syllabus is a familiar document and often neglected by students. In this session, participants will explore essential syllabus components— particularly thinking about how to organize the course around key questions and ideas that will engage students, as well as the policies, assignments and grade breakdown students are searching for —and will further consider how […]

Participants will discuss how to motivate students to read for class on their own by setting clear expectations for how students should be reading as well as accountability (by using quizzes or online tools like Perusall) so that students value the process of reading as part of learning. 

Participants will consider how to design in-class activities that use generative AI in productive ways. The group will explore ideas for AI-based activities that expose students to new material, promote critical thinking, and provide timely feedback on their learning.

Finding ways to allow students to be honest about what they think, their experiences, and thoughts, as well as the challenges they face, is part of welcoming students to class as whole people.  In this conversation, Brian Kim of REES and Rand Quinn of GSE, will talk about how they support students in their first-year […]

Professors LoriAnn Winner of Nursing and Swapneel Sheth of Computer and Information Science will kick off the conversation by discussing their approaches to preparing students throughout the semester, review sessions that foster deeper understanding, and how they alleviate student stress and anxiety around exams.   

In this conversation, participants will explore strategies for collecting feedback from students that can be translated into better teaching and improved student learning. Professors Tobias Baumgart of Chemistry and Travis McGaha of Computer and Information Science will start the conversation by sharing their approaches to gathering feedback to refine their teaching. 

Writing allows students to clarify their own thinking and deepen their understanding of course material. To start the conversation, Professors Elly Truitt of History and Sociology of Science and Henry Towsner of Math will explain how and why they integrate writing into their classes to foster students’ intellectual growth.  

In courses where graphs, equations, and data displays are common teaching tools, accessibility can be particularly challenging. Join us to learn to convert LaTeX equations and become familiar with tools in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint that make these items more accessible to students wherever they are used in your course.

Fostering productive disagreement among students encourages engagement with complex ideas and rigorous academic inquiry. Professors Kevin Platt of Russian and Eastern European Studies and Paul Schmidt of Biology will start the conversation by sharing how they normalize disagreement as a valuable part of classroom discourse.

First-year seminars are intended to introduce students to the research process, which starts with asking questions. In this session, Pete Harnish of Physics and Jo Park of English will kick off the conversation by discussing how they support student learning by making asking questions a normal, comfortable part of class. This workshop is a collaboration […]

AI can be a powerful tool to support students in problem-solving, but in some cases, students who use AI to complete problem sets and homework may overestimate their understanding of the material. In this session, Professors Anthony Cirri and Nat Trask will initiate the conversation by describing how they talk with students about using AI […]

International students bring unique perspectives and strengths to American classrooms. Yet, they may also feel marginalized or unwelcome. To start this conversation, Professors Tom Daniels of City and Regional Planning and Anne Pomerantz of the Graduate School of Education will share how they create welcoming environments and messages that include and encourage international students.   

Faculty play a critical role in guiding students to engage with AI tools in ways that encourage students to use these tools effectively. In this session, Professors Karen Detlefsen of Philosophy and Chris Callison-Burch of Computer and Information Science will share how they ensure their students understand AI, and the assignments they use to show […]

Faculty have long been looking for ways to shift students’ attention away from grades and towards learning.  To begin a larger conversation on grading options, Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher of the Graduate School of Education and Meredith Tamminga of Linguistics will highlight their distinct approaches to reimagining assessment and grading policies.

In response to the growing use of generative AI tools by students, faculty have begun adding oral assessments to other graded exercises as a measurement of authentic student learning.  Ruth Elliott of Biology and Emily Hammer of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures will share how they have included oral components in their classes to begin […]

Join Ani Hsieh and Mark Yim for a conversation on teaching master’s students in SEAS. We’ll explore strategies to support students from diverse academic, professional, and cultural backgrounds as they navigate these fast-moving programs.

First-year seminars intend to introduce students to a deep dive into a field as a way both to understand the way academics create knowledge and to see the limits of what we know. Amy Hillier of Urban Studies and Hashim bin Rashid will talk about how they help students feel more comfortable asking questions and […]

Whether you are designing a new course, looking to revise an existing one, or are generally curious about how to maximize student learning and engagement, CETLI invites you to register for the annual three-day Course Design Institute to focus on evidence-based teaching practices in course design. The 2026 Institute will take place May 19 – […]