OSU Center for Teaching and Learning

Author: Cub Kahn

  • Last chance! Join the student engagement community of practice now

    The Center for Teaching and Learning invites teaching faculty to join the new community of practice on facilitating student success through engagement across modalities and class sizes. Individuals who teach large-enrollment courses or teach in multiple modalities are especially welcome. The community of practice will focus on small changes or minor adaptations that can be made in courses to…

  • Intentional AI Spotlight: Nate Kirk on cultivating productive failure in biology

    By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center As part of the ongoing Intentional AI at OSU series, I sat down with Nate Kirk, an associate professor (teaching) in the Department of Integrative Biology. Nate’s background as a molecular ecologist—studying the intricate symbiotic relationships between cnidarians…

  • Centering community in the classroom: Experiential approaches in ethnic studies

    By Jennifer A. Reimer Recio, OSU-Cascades What happens when students encounter course concepts through lived experience, dialogue, and shared space? This question guided my CTL mini-grant project, Embodied Perspectives: Integrating Scholar and Community Voices in Ethnic Studies. With support from the OSU Center for Teaching and Learning, I developed a speaker series across ES 201:…

  • Intentional AI Spotlight: Sanjai Tripathi on moving beyond “lazy” AI in entrepreneurship

    By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center As part of the ongoing Stories of AI at OSU series, I sat down with Sanjai Tripathi, an instructor of entrepreneurship and strategy at Oregon State University, to discuss how he is moving his classroom from AI-resistant to…

  • Save the date: Quality Teaching Symposium, April 28

    On behalf of the Office of Academic Faculty Excellence and the Center for Teaching and Learning, Associate Vice Provost Ashley Holmes invites you to attend the inaugural Quality Teaching Symposium as part of OSU’s Teaching Excellence Week. The Symposium will center on evidence-based teaching practices that support inclusive learning, teaching as a discipline, and mentorship of learners. We…

  • Intentional AI spotlight: Quincy Clark on the ethics of ownership and student resistance

    By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center As part of the ongoing Stories of AI @ OSU series, I sat down with Quincy Clark, an assistant professor who holds a joint appointment in the College of Education and the College of Agricultural Sciences. Dr. Clark…

  • Welcome to Stories of AI @ OSU!

    By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center Whether you are a seasoned professor, a graduate teaching assistant (GTA) just starting your classroom journey, or a member of our broader global teaching community, we are glad you’re here. The “Stories of AI at OSU” series was…

  • Come join the Teaching and AI Faculty Learning Community

    Invitation The goal isn’t to outsmart AI or to pretend it doesn’t exist, but to harness its potential to enhance education while mitigating the downside. The question now is not whether AI will change education, but how we will shape that change to create a more effective, equitable, and engaging learning environment for all. —Ethan Mollick,…

  • Student-run dialogue workshop on balancing the value and costs of higher education

    By James Taplin, OSU College of Business Thursday, February 26, from 6 to 8 p.m., Austin Hall 100 Is college a launchpad for possibility or the world’s most expensive group project? Before you answer, pull up a chair. This student‑run dialogue workshop invites participants—OSU students, faculty, and staff—to question, challenge, and rethink what higher education…

  • The Learning Lab

    By Rachel Satter, OSU College of Education My love of reading dates back to my childhood. I come from a family of voracious readers, and some of my favorite early memories are of going to the library each week to pick out new books. That love followed me into my career as an elementary teacher,…