The Center for Teaching and Learning at Washington University in St. Louis

"Teaching What You Don’t Know"

Nov 30th at 11a

Teaching What You Don’t Know - Center for Teaching and Learning Oftentimes, in our AI teaching responsibilities or early teaching careers, we may be called upon to teach content outside of our area of expertise. Maybe you are an ecologist assisting a microbiology course for the first time. Or a you are a literature scholar teaching writing for the first time. [....

We're hiring an Assistant Director for Teaching Innovation to focus on Generative Artificial Intelligence

CTL hiring an Assistant Director for Teaching Innovation to focus on Generative Artificial Intelligence - Center for Teaching and Learning Job Description Primary Duties & Responsibilities Develop evidence-based programming focused on the effective and ethical use of generative AI and AI-assisted writing tools. Build and sustain learning communities of faculty who will be implementing GAI-related curricular innovations in their classes...

Thinking about creating custom questions for end-of-the-semester student evals?

We can help!

Course Evaluations - Center for Teaching and Learning Effective Evaluations How can you make the most out of student course evaluations? At WashU, course evaluations are administered by the Office of the Registrar in partnership with individual schools and programs. Details about the logistics of course evaluations can be found at WashU Course Evals. T...

Got to teach a new-to-you course at WashU in the Spring? Feel one of your existing courses needs a redesign?

Fret no more!

Join our January Course Design Institute!

Course Design Institute: January 3rd - January 9th - Center for Teaching and Learning Redesigning a course over break? Tackling a new-to-you course or a brand new course in the spring? New to WashU and/or new to designing your own course? The CTL’s Course Design Institute (CDI) is for you! This week-long intensive course design institute will guide participants in planning and prep...

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iTeach - Center for Teaching and Learning Put our Educational Development team's world-class pedagogical knowledge to use through workshops, events, and one-on-one consultations.

"Teaching What You Don’t Know"

A workshop for WashU grad students and postdocs

Thurs, Nov 30th, 11:00am

Teaching What You Don’t Know - Center for Teaching and Learning Oftentimes, in our AI teaching responsibilities or early teaching careers, we may be called upon to teach content outside of our area of expertise. Maybe you are an ecologist assisting a microbiology course for the first time. Or a you are a literature scholar teaching writing for the first time. [....

Curious about how to add custom questions to your student evals?

"Effective Student Evaluations and Question Personalization"

Nov 28th, 12:-12:30 on Zoom

Effective Student Evaluations and Question Personalization - Center for Teaching and Learning Instructors have the opportunity to add up to three custom questions to their student course evaluations during the question personalization period. In this session, we’ll discuss how to write effective questions, increase student response rates, and generally make the most out of the student cour...

We're accepting application for CTL Grad Fellows

Applications open for Spring 2024 CTL Graduate Fellows - Center for Teaching and Learning Overview The Center for Teaching and Learning advances WashU’s mission of educational excellence by supporting a diverse community of teachers and learners. The center promotes inclusive, evidence-based pedagogy, develops teaching-focused collaborations among campus partners, and strives to create...

👀 Looking ahead👀

Course Design Institute

Jan 3rd - Jan 9th

Registration opens the week after Thanksgiving

Course Design Institute: January 3rd - January 9th - Center for Teaching and Learning Redesigning a course over break? Tackling a new-to-you course or a brand new course in the spring? New to WashU and/or new to designing your own course? The CTL’s Course Design Institute (CDI) is for you! This week-long intensive course design institute will guide participants in planning and prep...

Use Gradescope or Hypothesis at WashU, or interested in getting started?

Check out our upcoming workshops!

Upcoming Gradescope and Hypothesis Workshops - Center for Teaching and Learning Gradescope One-hour workshops focus on how you can use Gradescope to deliver and grade your assignments that are paper-based, fully online, and a combination of the two. In these workshops, you will learn how to: Set up assignments where students can submit freeform work (no printers or templates ne...

Reflections of a CTL Fellow: Jayde Homer, PhD

Reflections of a CTL Fellow: Jayde Homer, PhD - Center for Teaching and Learning Written by Jayde Homer, CTL Fellow and PhD in Psychological & Brain Sciences In this blog post, I’m going to reflect on my experience as a data fellow for the Center for Teaching and Learning at Washington University. My goal was to share my journey and help others who may […]