Tag: teaching

  • Adaptability as resiliency

    By Alison Lay Cranston, OSU-Cascades In the spring of 2020, I was I was not yet a faculty member, but my work was dramatically impacted nonetheless.  At the time, I was primarily instructing contract-based outdoor educational and wilderness medicine courses, and I was suddenly out of work.  One by one, my contracts were cancelled, and…

  • Timely Teaching Tips: Weeks 9 and 10 – Delving into the World of AI

    By Emma Larkins, OSU Center for Teaching and Learning What do you know about AI and how it connects to your teaching practice?  Have you begun to explore ChatGPT and the growing world of AI tools? Are you wondering about the implications of these tools and how you might incorporate them into your teaching? As…

  • RAP ON: Does using AI aid learning? There is certainly promise.

    By Regan A.R. Gurung, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Professor of Psychological Science, Oregon State University It seems like the world is divided into two main groups of people. There are those who think a lot about artificial intelligence (AI) and grapple with how best to have…

  • Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Modern Teaching Methods

    By Jie Zhang, OSU College of Science Resilient Teaching Voices Series Resilient teaching involves instructors adapting and thriving in the face of challenges, disruptions, and uncertainties. It encourages flexibility, innovation, and the ability to navigate various obstacles in the educational landscape. Resilient teaching involves two aspects to me: being resilient on the instructor side, but…

  • Teaching as Imprinting for Resilient Learning

    By Seth White, OSU College of Agricultural Sciences Resilient Teaching Voices Series This winter, as I prep for teaching in spring term, I’m thinking a lot about imprinting—the process occurring early in life where key events are experienced and integrated, to be recalled and used again later in life. Imprinting is relevant to my research…

  • Apply to Participate! Teaching and AI Faculty Learning Community

    “… education will be able to adapt to AI far more effectively than other industries, and in ways that will improve both learning and the experience of instructors.” –Ethan Mollick, The Future of Education in a World of AI When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education there is a lot to consider. …

  • Timely Teaching Tips: Weeks 5 and 6 – Communication Strategies to Support Students

    By Emma Larkins, Center for Teaching and Learning Believe it or not, we are approaching the midpoint of winter term. Many students are preparing for midterms, building presentations, and working through project plans. Academic pressures in addition to the winter conditions can challenge student wellbeing. This is a great time to check in with your…

  • AI on Campus: Upcoming CTL Podcast Explores Artificial Intelligence and Education

    By Raven Chakerian, Blended Learning Faculty Fellow, Center for Teaching and Learning Part of the intrigue of a podcast is its storytelling nature, and the origin story of an upcoming Center for Teaching and Learning podcast on teaching and Artificial Intelligence (AI) marks no exception. In graduate school, I looked forward to the articles focusing…

  • RAP ON: Helping Students Study

    By Regan A.R. Gurung, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Professor of Psychological Science, Oregon State University Editor’s Note: This is part of our series of Research Advancing Pedagogy (RAP) blogs, designed to share the latest pedagogical research from across the disciplines in a pragmatic format. Teachers hope that…

  • Timely Teaching Tips: Course Prep + Weeks 1 and 2

    By Emma Larkins, Center for Teaching and Learning Get winter term off to a successful start! Preparing for the term and setting the tone in the first few weeks of the course are important to both the instructor and students. Here are tips and strategies from considering a welcoming syllabus, to setting up your Canvas…