Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

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Recap: Analog Approaches in the Age of AI

Designing learning environments that encourage student thinking and learning requires intentionality. Three professors share how they’re approaching teaching in the age of AI.

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Recap: Harness the Science of Emotion in the Age of AI with Flower Darby

Drawing on affective neuroscience, Flower Darby provides several ideas for engaging students and deepening learning.

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Recap: When and Why Students Participate in Class

Understanding common barriers to classroom engagement can help instructors create many ways for students to participate in class--and boost student learning.

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Recap: Teaching in Light of Delays

Read key takeaways from a Q&A about revamping our course calendars after two weeks of campus closure.

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Graduate Excellence in Teaching Awards

Nominate an outstanding graduate TA or instructor at UM today!

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CETL goes to POD 2025

Reports from the 50th annual POD Network conference in San Diego

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Recap: Real Talk about Teaching, with guest speaker Dr. Jessamyn Neuhaus

On Wednesday, October 22, CETL was thrilled to welcome our colleague Dr. Jessamyn Neuhaus to campus. Dr. Neuhaus is Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) and Professor in the School of Education at Syracuse University. We at CETL know her best for her refreshingly honest books

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Recap: Understanding Mental Health from a Learning Perspective

By Brian Wesley Harrington, Graduate Teaching Fellow On October 15, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning hosted a powerful and timely workshop led by Dr. Liz Norell titled “Understanding Mental Health from a Learning Perspective.” The session explored how mental health challenges shape the learning environment and offered

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Recap: When and Why Do Students Read for Class?

One possible hurdle preventing students from completing course reading assignments is the gap between the reading skills of students and those of their instructors.

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Call for guest blog contributors

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Meet the 2025-2026 Graduate Teaching Fellows

We're excited to introduce our three graduate teaching fellows for the 2025-2026 academic year: Amitesh Singh, Brian Wesley Harrington, and Sarah Ligon.

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What we read this summer

The CETL Team includes avid readers. In this post, we share what we read this summer.

CETL's mission is to promote exemplary teaching and effective learning at the University of Mississippi.

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