Category: Center for Teaching and Learning
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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 for…
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Teaching on the edge
By Rachael Cate, OSU College of Engineering Resilient Teaching Voices Series Becoming more resilient as a teacher didn’t just sound appealing—it felt essential. I’m Type A, with two young children (ages 6 and 3), and I struggle to recognize when “good enough” is truly enough. The constant flood of information, tools, opinions, and choices leaves…
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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…
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Building resiliency in a new arena
By Michelle Murphy, OSU College of Education Resilient Teaching Voices Series As a new instructor at the College of Education in the Department of Practice and Research, I have learned a new skill set to maintain resilience during great change. In August, I made a significant decision to transition from the K-12 world to higher…
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How do you define resiliency?
By Matt Kennedy, OSU College of Agricultural Sciences Resilient Teaching Voices Series What is resiliency to you? As defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary: It is the ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. I’ve been teaching at Oregon State University since the fall of 2008 and as I look at the…
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Big connections, big solutions: Global learning across the curriculum
By Emily Davis Malewitz, OSU College of Liberal Arts As a language instructor, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about ways to incorporate global learning into my teaching and help my students develop strong intercultural skills. Language classrooms are, of course, a natural fit for international education, and we often think of the best-known…
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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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Community at the heart of resiliency
By Kryn Freehling-Burton, OSU School of Language, Culture, and Society Reflecting on my own teaching and learning consistently leads me to community. Compassion, nourishment, learning, and creativity run through my own resiliency and the ways I see students respond in the classroom, particularly since the pandemic lockdown. All of these are sharpened in community. “When we decide to…
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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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Resilient teaching in an Abnormal Psychology course
By Deborah Becht-Buss, OSU-Cascades Resilient teaching often means letting go of control—trusting students to find their own pathways to understanding. In my Abnormal Psychology course, this meant saying yes when a student asked, “Can I use Piglet to explain anxiety?” The result has transformed not only how my students learn, but how I teach. The…