Category: Announcements and Events
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Curious about ChatGPT in Teaching and Learning?
Do yourself a favor. Explore. Immerse yourself in it. We’ve landed on a new planet. Yes, we face dangers, some of which are unknown. Still. A new planet. And we’re on it. –Michael Feldstein, https://eliterate.us/chatgpt-post-asugsv-reflections-on-generative-ai/ Are you already using generative AI in your teaching? Or just curious about these new tools, but haven’t had time…
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Exciting and Engaging Undergraduate Students in a Post-COVID Classroom
Join us: Keynote Speaker Dwaine Plaza and Professor of Sociology will present “What is good teaching in the Post-Covid 19 classroom.” This is still a key question that faculty are currently wrestling with in higher education because the culture and students’ expectations have dramatically changed since March 2020. During this presentation, he will use his…
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ChatGPT = Giant Pedagogical Transformer? Join the Conversation about AI Tools
Wow! The late 2022 buzz about ChatGPT and other generative AI tools has quickly become a crescendo that is ubiquitous in conversations about teaching and learning in higher ed this spring. Questions abound: How do AI tools work? In what aspects is their output biased? Should their use be discouraged or celebrated in the college…
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New Tool for Faculty Peer Review of Canvas Discussions
Faculty peer reviews of teaching benefit faculty and students in a variety of ways. Peer review is endorsed and recognized within and outside of OSU as an evidence-based practice that supports quality teaching, and is also a component of promotion and tenure dossiers for many OSU faculty. In a campus-based course, a peer reviewer may…
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Celebrating our Teaching Award Winners!
Every year, close to 2,000 OSU teaching faculty work hard to provide our students with an exceptional college experience. Being an effective educator takes work. Course design, assessment and course delivery all involve energy. Over the last few years, our teaching faculty kept teaching even through a pandemic. We, the staff of the Center for…
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JOIN CTL’s “Read, Reflect, Reform” Spring Book Club
Join the Center for Teaching and Learning’s “Are You IN(clusive)? READ, REFLECT, REFORM” Spring Book Club. The Read, Reflect, Reform book clubs use a blended format with 2 synchronous meetings (times set by the group, in person or remote) and asynchronous activities. Activities commence Spring Term 2023. You will receive free – Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom…
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RSVP NOW for the CTL’s Celebration of Quality Teaching!!
Thursday, May 4, 2023, 4:30pm – Reception to follow | MU Horizon Room 49 Hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages will be served after a short program recognizing Teaching Awardees, and a presentation by Dwaine Plaza, recipient of the 2022 Richard M. Bressler Senior Faculty Teaching Award. RSVP at https://beav.es/SiC
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Spring into Resilient Teaching
Searching for a supportive community of faculty focused on resilience and improvement of teaching? Looking for an enjoyable way to energize your Corvallis or Cascades campus teaching this spring? Join the Spring ’23 Resilient Teaching Faculty Learning Community sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and Academic Technologies. A small cohort of faculty…
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Course Design Bootcamp
Have you heard of the Course Design Institute? How about the Course Design Bootcamp? Join the CTL in a streamlined sequence of workshops and activities to learn backwards course design approaches to (re)develop your course. Two consecutive Friday afternoons. March 17 & March 24 | 2PM to 5PM | LINC 307 | Space is limited.…
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Center for Teaching and Learning Opportunities
We are nearing the end of Fall term. As we descend into the hectic last week of the term, here are some great opportunities for December and beyond (space limited so sign up soon). Also help us shape your future faculty development options by taking this 3 min survey. Course Design Institute: Join CTL and…