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Course Design

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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Course Design

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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Inclusive Teaching

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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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

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

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Inclusive Teaching

Thank an Instructor

We love reading the notes of gratitude students send to their instructors through our Thank an Instructor program. Here are our spring highlights!

Dr. Elizabeth Barre visited with the UM community on February 12 to discuss how we can motivate students to embrace the desirable difficulties of reading.

Events

Recap: Page by Page

Motivating students to embrace the desirable difficulties of reading, with Dr. Elizabeth Barre

Events

Recap: Developing a Trauma-Aware Pedagogy

The week before the break, CETL hosted our final workshop of the semester, “Developing a Trauma-Aware Pedagogy.” Unfortunately, the topic is more relevant than ever: according to recent reports, nearly half of students who attend college counseling sessions say they have experienced trauma, and rates of post-traumatic stress disorder more