Programs - Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

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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

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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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!

Events

Welcome Week Preview: Workshops to help ease your start of the fall semester

UM instructors and graduate students are invited to join CETL the week of August 19 for a series of workshops to help you prepare for the start of classes on August 26.

Events

Recap: Supporting Students’ Mental Health

Students are struggling (and instructors are overwhelmed). Here are a few tangible things we can do--without burning out.

Graduate Students

My Journey as Graduate Consultant

Amitesh Singh reflects on his year at CETL

Programs

Words of Gratitude

The team reflects on the ways that students thank their instructors.

Services

UM faculty engage in SoTL projects

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) brings together research and teaching.

STEM Teaching

CETL Program Spotlight: STEM Teaching Lunch Series

by Derek Bruff, visiting associate director Last spring I hosted a faculty learning community for CETL on the subject of active learning instruction in large STEM courses. We had about a dozen faculty from various departments who met every other week, mostly on Zoom, to share and discuss shared challenges