Inclusive Teaching
Celebrating CETL Authors
Two CETL educators are releasing books this semester—and the UM community is invited to their launch parties!
Emily Pitts Donahoe
Graduate Students
Meet CETL’s Graduate Teaching Fellows
At CETL, we love working with graduate students. We’re especially excited this year to be joined by two outstanding Graduate Teaching Fellows, Amitesh Singh and Winshen Liu. Graduate Teaching Fellows collaborate with CETL staff on our offerings for graduate students and benefit from extensive mentorship in teaching and educational
Events
Reclaiming Pedagogical Purpose During Difficult Times
A preview of CETL’s fall programs
Graduate Students
CETL Honors Graduate Student Teachers
Meet the winners of this year’s Graduate Excellence in Teaching Awards
Events
Recap: Teaching Today’s Students
“Pedagogy for a New Era” and “The Undergraduate Perspective”
Programs
Words of Gratitude
The team reflects on the ways that students thank their instructors.
Graduate Students
Graduate Excellence in Teaching Awards
Nominate an outstanding graduate TA or instructor at UM today!
Events
Recap: Yes, And… Igniting Your Pedagogical Imagination
At CETL, many of our workshops are open to the entire university community. That means we’re often presenting information about teaching techniques and strategies to a highly diverse group of instructors. In the audience of one workshop, we might have a tenured faculty member teaching a 200-person Biology lecture,
Events
Recap: Winter AI Institute for Teachers
Last week, CETL partnered with the Department of Writing and Rhetoric to offer a second iteration of the AI Institute for Teachers to an audience of UM instructors from across disciplines. Nearly 60 faculty from 26 different departments and schools attended the three-day event. In a wide variety of interactive
Conferences
CETL Goes to POD: A recap of our time at the 48th annual POD Network Conference
The week before Thanksgiving, four members of the CETL team—Josh, Liz, Derek, and Emily—attended the POD Network conference in Pittsburgh, PA. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the POD Network, it’s an organization dedicated to advancing the research and practice of educational development at
Events
Recap: Getting Started with Alternative Grading Approaches
by Emily Donahoe, associate director for instructional support Last week, Josh Eyler and I facilitated a reprise of our workshop on “Getting Started with Alternative Grading Approaches,” a topic we’re both pretty passionate about. You can review our slides here. What follows are some highlights from this workshop. We’
Inclusive Teaching
CETL Program Spotlight: Inclusive Teaching Learning Community
by Emily Donahoe, associate director of instructional support Some of the work we’re most proud of at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is helping instructors create courses that prioritize equity and inclusion so that every student, regardless of background or identity, is able to learn and