Events - Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

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Generative AI

Recap: The Ethics of Using AI as Instructors

University of Mississippi faculty, staff, and graduate students gathered to discuss case studies illuminating ethical challenges around generative AI in college classrooms.

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Events

Recap: What Better Teaching Can Do

Dr. David Gooblar (University of Iowa) visited in September to share his research on supporting students through good teaching.

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Course Design

Recap: The K-12 Landscape and College Student Preparation

On Wednesday, September 16, CETL hosted a panel on “The K-12 Landscape and College Student Preparation,” moderated by our Senior Director Dr. Josh Eyler. Panelists Dr. Joel Amidon, Dr. Nicole Roberson, and Dr. Candies Winfun-Cook were asked what a college student in 2026 might be like, how this

Events

Recap: Welcome Week takeaways

CETL offered multiple opportunities for instructors to plan for an engaging fall semester ahead. Here are a few of our key takeaways.

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Events

CETL Fall 2026 Programming Preview

We at CETL are excited for another year of connecting with UM instructors to facilitate honest and useful conversations about teaching.

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Events

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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Events

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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Assignments

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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Inclusive Teaching

Recap: Welcome week workshops

Earlier this week, the CETL team offered a variety of workshops to help instructors prepare for the semester ahead. Below, we offer a few key takeaways from these workshops. As always, we invite you to review our schedule of upcoming workshops, peruse our blog for recaps on previous events, and

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Events

Announcing CETL’s Fall 2025 Lineup

Teaching large courses, navigating generative AI, real talk about teaching, and more

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Events

Welcome week preview

As we gear up for the start of the fall 2025 semester, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning team will offer a variety of programs to help instructors start strong in the weeks ahead.

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Events

Recap: Understanding and Supporting Executive Function

Executive functioning skills are critical to memory, attention, organizing, and planning—among many other tasks important to learning and teaching. In a recent workshop, CETL explored how instructors