Category Archives: Center for Teaching and Learning

Nominations Open for Blended Learning Faculty Fellow

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Cub Kahn

Are you excited about blended/hybrid learning? Do you intentionally integrate your classroom learning activities with asynchronous learning activities on Canvas or elsewhere? Do you like to share your teaching strategies and experiences with teaching colleagues? If so, you may be … Continue reading →

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Curious about ChatGPT in Teaching and Learning?

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Cub Kahn

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 … Continue reading →

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Exciting and Engaging Undergraduate Students in a Post-COVID Classroom

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Jeanna Towns

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 … Continue reading →

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Syllabus Insights from First-Generation Students

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Jeanna Towns

Many instructors want their syllabi to help create inclusive learning environments, but in practice it is hard to anticipate how our students will interpret our language, especially because what they consider to be incomprehensible academic jargon is largely dictated by … Continue reading →

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Join the OSU Digital Accessibility Community

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Jeanna Towns

About the OSU Digital Accessibility Community The Ally accessibility tool in Canvas is about to turn one year old! Now that many faculty are using Ally to check course content, they have questions about how to improve accessibility of their … Continue reading →

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ChatGPT = Giant Pedagogical Transformer? Join the Conversation about AI Tools

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Cub Kahn

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 … Continue reading →

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New Tool for Faculty Peer Review of Canvas Discussions

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Jeanna Towns

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 … Continue reading →

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Celebrating our Teaching Award Winners!

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jeanna Towns

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 … Continue reading →

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JOIN CTL’s “Read, Reflect, Reform” Spring Book Club

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Jeanna Towns

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. … Continue reading →

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Radical Empathy: 5 Ways to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Jeanna Towns

By Katie Hubler, Ph.D., CTL Special Projects Fellow. Katie’s area of expertise is radical empathy in teaching; well-balanced teaching; course and assignment redesign; and education in the Anthropocene. What is radical empathy? “Radical Empathy” (RE) is a model of holistic, … Continue reading →

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