Category: Announcements and Events
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Connect and learn in the Winter ’26 AI Book Club
Our focus on learning and integrity does not mean that we are pollyannaish about the challenges and threats to learning and test-taking with integrity in the age of AI. Nor does it mean that we oppose consequences for actions that are dishonest or create an unfair advantage for one student over others. It does mean…
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Join the Winter ’26 Inclusive Pedagogies Book Club
Invitation To the extent that we can root our teaching personas in more authentic-to-us ways of being, we can engage our students more meaningfully and more fully in the transformational learning we aspire to achieve. — Liz Norell, The Present Professor Join the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Difference, Power, and Oppression Program…
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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Community of Practice in Winter ’26
Would you like to learn more about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and how to apply it to your own teaching? Then CTL’s winter term SoTL Community of Practice may be perfect for you! SoTL involves a systematic inquiry into teaching and learning to improve student learning. It starts with a reflective process of identifying…
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CTL and Global Affairs present: Faculty panel on global learning
OSU Faculty will share their techniques for bringing global learning into their teaching. Presentations are 10 minutes each followed by Q&A. Thursday, November 20, 3:30 to 4:45 p.m., in MU 213 – La Raza Room (in-person only) International Education Week: Join us in celebrating Oregon State University’s global achievements, impacts, and community during International Education…
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Explore humanities teaching innovations: Beyond the classroom
Looking for new ideas for the humanities classroom? You’re not alone — traditional essay assignments have become fraught in the age of generative AI. Drop in for a lunchtime conversation on re-invigorating humanities teaching practices. The event will include three short presentations that focus on useful takeaways for faculty, followed by Q&A. Each presenter will…
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Announcing the 2025-26 CTL Mini-Grant recipients
In Spring 2025, the Center for Teaching and Learning held an open call for teaching mini-grant proposals with up to $2,500 in funding for each proposed project. CTL’s Teaching Mini-Grants challenge instructors to think creatively about their teaching and make bold curricular choices that work towards every student graduating with meaningful learning experiences; these mini-grants…
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Fall 2025 teaching support from the Center for Teaching and Learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is offering a variety of Fall 2025 programming to support your teaching excellence and effectiveness. Beyond the events listed below, CTL offers consultations, focus groups with your students, and tailored workshops for unit or college meetings. Email ctl@oregonstate.edu to make a request. Fall Workshops and Sparkshops: Register now Peers & Pedagogy: For graduate…