OSU Center for Teaching and Learning

Category: Center for Teaching and Learning

  • Explore spring teaching and learning events

    The Center for Teaching and Learning is pleased to share our spring programming to support excellence and innovation in teaching. We look forward to supporting you through the talks, workshops, and faculty development offerings. Find out more and register for CTL Sparkshops and Quality Teaching Talks. CTL Spring Sparkshop Series: Championing a Culture of Inclusive Learning…

  • Every course is a hybrid course

    By Ehren Helmut Pflugfelder, OSU School of Writing, Literature, and Film If you teach, you’re teaching a hybrid course. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re teaching a course with a “hybrid” course designation in the current OSU catalog, and it might not mean that you’ve taken a hybrid course workshop with Cub Kahn, digital learning…

  • Enhancing class engagement with OSU’s new student response system

    Starting summer 2025, Poll Everywhere will replace Top Hat to become Oregon State University’s centrally supported Student Response System (SRS). OSU employees with valid ONID accounts will be able to register as presenters, and students will be able to register as participants using ONID.  There is no cost to OSU individuals who use Poll Everywhere.…

  • Join CTL’s Spring ’25 Global Learning Book Club

    Are you curious to explore how to promote and support Oregon State University’s internationalization goals outlined in the Prosperity Widely Shared strategic plan? We are excited to invite you to participate in CTL’s Spring ’25 Global Learning Book Club. We will discuss engaging topics in the Mind the Gap: Global Learning at Home and Abroad edited volume,…

  • Reading for teaching excellence

    Finding time for professional development focused on teaching and learning is challenging for many OSU instructional faculty. Sometimes teaching-related programs may even be scheduled at the exact same times that you’re teaching. What to do? For professional development on your own schedule, the staff of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) recommends some great…

  • Call for Participation – Spring ’25 Teaching & 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,…

  • Teaching strategies for “every student graduates” + join for ESG engagement sessions

    By Ashley J. Holmes, Assoc. Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, Oregon State University What does it mean for “every student to graduate”—one of the stated goals of Prosperity Widely Shared (PWS): The Oregon State Plan? More a mindset than a metric, PWS reminds us that “we have the privilege and responsibility to keep open…

  • Meet the 2024-25 Center for Teaching and Learning College Fellows

    The OSU Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Fellows Program plays a pivotal role in fostering innovative teaching practices, supporting faculty development, and enhancing student success. In Fall 2024, five CTL Fellows were selected, representing the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences; the College of Engineering; the College of Health; and OSU-Cascades. Below, get…

  • Building transparent assignments to advance student learning success: Strategies and tips

    By Funmi Amobi, Oregon State University Center for Teaching and Learning Successful completion of course assignments is an important step toward the attainment of learning success. Yet, assignments that seem relevant, straightforward, and clear to an instructor may generate frustrating complaints from students such as: “Why are we doing this?” “This is just busy work.”…