Tag: teaching
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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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From gut feeling to data-driven: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
By Tasha Randall, OSU College of Health As teaching faculty, we are often interested in what might make our teaching more effective or improve the experiences of our students. To achieve these goals, we may focus on refining our course content, designing effective assignments, engaging our students, and assessing their learning. These are all valuable…
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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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Authentic Classroom Dialogue: Preparing for Success
By Dennis Adams, OSU College of Business I often teach an Honors colloquium course on the role of commerce throughout history. Our in-class and online discussions cover some serious topics, such as slavery, colonialism, and the use of violence. At times I have struggled to get students to open up and share their thoughts. At…
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Boost SLE response rates to elevate student voices
The Spring 2025 Student Learning Experience (SLE) surveys remain open through Sunday, June 8. There is still time to take small actions that can raise the survey response rate to provide a more complete picture of student experiences in your courses. For example, you can let students know the importance of their feedback, and how…
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Apply now for new Teaching Mini-Grants
The Center for Teaching and Learning is excited to launch Teaching Mini-Grants for the 2025-2026 academic year. This is a great opportunity to think creatively about your teaching and make bold curricular choices. Why apply? CTL’s Teaching Mini-Grants encourage you to embrace teaching challenges. Whether you’re reworking a course, integrating new teaching technologies, or creating…
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AI Week 2025 preview: Innovation, insights and inspiration
You’re invited to join your colleagues for a series of 45 dynamic and informative events that mark Oregon State University’s commitment to innovative and ethical use of AI in higher education. During AI Week, April 28 to May 2, the OSU community will come together with leading industry partners for a week of exploration, innovation,…
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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…
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Critical reflection on “Classroom Assessment and Pedagogy”
By Tosin Alabi, OSU College of Health The article “Classroom Assessment and Pedagogy” by Black and Wiliam (2018) explores how assessment should be deeply integrated into teaching, rather than treated as a separate task. Black and Wiliam argue that both formative assessment (ongoing feedback to help students learn) and summative assessment (evaluation at the end…
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Using a fishbowl to teach
By Brooke O’Brien, Center for Teaching and Learning What is the Fishbowl Teaching Strategy? In its simplest form, as described in the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Instructional Strategy Cards, the fishbowl teaching strategy gets its name from the way it organizes students. A “closed conversation” includes a smaller “inner circle” made up of “conversationalists,”…