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Building Deeper Learning Through Oral Exams: Conversations That Count
Faculty from across the university share how oral exams are helping them assess students' learning and engage with students' thinking.
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Behind the Build: Designing for Learners, Not Lectures
Bill Braham (Design) shares his experience converting an online, for-credit course into a MOOC in order to reach a broader audience of learners.
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Doubt & Dialogue: What Happens When Faculty Explore AI Together
Cam Grey (Classics) and Joshua Mosley (Design), who were skeptical of AI's role in learning, discuss what they learned in CETLI's year-long seminar, Using AI Effectively in Your Teaching.
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How Do You Create a Thriving Online Program? Start by Building Community
The One Health team of Penn Vet shares how they used community-building practices to launch and expand an online research master’s program.
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The Course Design Institute Creates Community for Instructors across Penn
The first cohort of the Course Design Institute (CDI) shares how the community they found at CDI impacted their teaching.
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Rebecca Stein: Leading Excellence and Innovation in Teaching at Penn
After more than 27 years working with countless students, faculty, and staff at Penn, Rebecca Stein, the co-executive director of CETLI, has decided to retire.
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Grants Pave the Way for Experimentation & Innovation at Penn
Spark Innovation Grant recipients Karl Stark (LDI), Zachary Herrmann (GSE), and Gillian Daar (GSE) share how the grant encouraged and supported experimentation in their online programs.
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Teaching with Wikipedia: How Heather Sharkey Uses Wikipedia Assignments to Transform Student Learning
Heather Sharkey discusses the impact teaching with Wikipedia has had on her and shares her LibGuide to help faculty integrate Wikipedia into their teaching.
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Connecting the Dots as a SAIL Teaching Team
Joseph Kable and Chris Benitez and Karen Lasater and Jennifer Gil discuss how they became effective teaching teams for SAIL courses at Penn.
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CETLI Pilot Supports Building Community for Online Students
In 2023-2024, CETLI co-led the Slack for Online Learning at Penn technology pilot to find innovative ways to build community for online students at Penn.
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