Center for Teaching and Learning

02/18/2020

Columbia community: Join us today at Low Library from 2-6 for the Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium to get inspired, learn about teaching with technology, and join the conversation on teaching and learning at Columbia. Follow us on Twitter at for updates throughout the day.

The Office of the Provost and the Center for Teaching and Learning welcome the Columbia community to Low Library for the Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium on Tuesday, February 18, 2020…

09/06/2019

Welcome to the Fall 2019 semester! Come visit the CTL this semester and learn how we can support your teaching needs. We partner with the Columbia teaching community to shape the future of pedagogy on campus and beyond.

07/02/2019

The changing landscape of higher education represents a call to action for instructors to embrace inclusive teaching. Read about the ways taking an inclusive approach can support all students and consider taking our open online course!

If we can’t recruit additional students, we need to make every effort to keep more of the ones we have.

06/26/2019

As we celebrate pride month, we’re thrilled to announce today’s launch of the first ever MOOC dedicated entirely to inclusive teaching in higher ed. Join us to learn how to support all students in the classroom: bit.ly/InclusiveTeachingMOOC

06/19/2019

What is inclusive teaching and why does it matter? How can you integrate it into your classroom? Register today for the CTL’s online course, Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom, launching June 26, to learn more: bit.ly/InclusiveTeachingMOOC

05/23/2019

Teaching this Fall? Learn more and apply for the CTL's August offerings and come visit us this summer: New Faculty Orientation to Teaching, Course Design Refresh, Introduction to CourseWorks (Canvas) workshops and more!

New Faculty Orientation to Teaching, Course Design Refresh, Introduction to CourseWorks (Canvas) workshops and more! Come visit the CTL this summer and join our August workshops to prepare for the …

04/05/2019

The Columbia University Center for Veteran Transition and Integration (CVTI), Center for Teaching and Learning, and Columbia University School of General Studies have released Attaining Higher Education (AHE), a free online course to assist veterans in transitioning to higher education, open to all.

Columbia University’s new Center for Veteran Transition and Integration has designed a unique MOOC (massive open online course) version of its University Studies course specifically to help veteran…

04/02/2019

THIS MONTH AT THE CTL: See what we're offering for graduate students and faculty including an Innovative Teaching Summer Institute for grad students (applications due April 19!) and programs and support for Provost Teaching and Learning Grant Applicants (proposals due April 22). Also view resources from our annual Symposium!

03/25/2019

In this week's update for faculty: Register for "The Teaching Hour" for women faculty. The Teaching Hour series aims to foster a teaching community among Columbia’s underrepresented and diverse faculty population. Also, join us on 3/26 for the Teachers' Lounge to discuss how we can use metacognition to maximize equity in the classroom!

This is the last of four sessions in a yearlong conversation on Metacognition: Cultivating Expert Learners to Maximize Equity in the Classroom. We encourage you to attend any or all sessions! In this session, we will explore ways to make habits of thinking in our disciplines transparent to students...

03/12/2019

Join us today at Low Memorial Library between 1-6 pm for the 2019 Celebration of Teaching and Learning featuring keynote speaker Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, an interactive showcase of teaching innovations, words from Provost John H. Coatsworth, and a reception. Open to the Columbia community. Hope to see you there!
For more info: https://ctl.columbia.edu/2019-celebration-of-teaching-and-learning-symposium/

11/26/2018

In this week’s CTL update for faculty: Our featured workshop at CUIMC explores the impact of implicit bias and microaggressions and discuss practical strategies to address them. Also, the Teaching Hour will take place 11/28 for LGBTQ+ Faculty. Join us!

This workshop will familiarize instructors with the concepts of implicit bias and microaggressions, how they occur in the classroom, and the impact they have on students and instructors. Participants will discuss and apply practical strategies to address microaggressions and bias when they occur in....

11/26/2018

Last chance, 12/3! The CTL offers introductory in-person workshops, as well as self-paced online training courses, on the LMS CourseWorks (Canvas).

Columbia’s learning management system, CourseWorks, is at the center of many instructional technology activities. CourseWorks is supplemented and enhanced by tools that support a range of instructional objectives, such as tools for online collaboration, presentations, lecture capture, audience re...