Events
Recap: Page by Page
Motivating students to embrace the desirable difficulties of reading, with Dr. Elizabeth Barre
Teaching Resources
Events
ICYMI: Welcome Week Workshop Highlights
CETL hosted three workshops for instructors in the week before classes started. Here are some highlights.
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Recap: Alternatives to Traditional Essays
Instructors have been experimenting with a wide range of alternatives to the take-home essay, a process that the advent of generative AI has only accelerated. What can these alternatives look like?
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: Student Belonging in STEM
by Derek Bruff, visiting associate director Last Friday, CETL hosted the third event in our STEM teaching lunch series. This conversation was focused on student belonging with a presentation by Rebecca Symula, instructional associate professor of biology; Susan Pedigo, professor of chemistry and biochemistry; and Jessica Osborne, principal evaluation associate
Events
Recap: Beyond ChatGPT - New Tools to Augment Your Research
by Derek Bruff, visiting associate director Earlier this week, I had the chance to host another event in the series on generative AI organized by CETL and AIG. Wednesday's event was titled "Beyond ChatGPT: New Tools to Augment Your Research," and it featured speakers Marc Watkins,
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’
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Recap: A Pedagogy of Kindness with Dr. Cate Denial
by Emily Pitts Donahoe, associate director of instructional support This past Wednesday, CETL was thrilled to host guest speaker Dr. Cate Denial, the Bright Distinguished Professor of American History and Director of the Bright Institute at Knox College. Cate is the principal investigator on a Mellon Foundation grant exploring “Pedagogies,
Events
Recap: Teaching in the Age of AI (What's Working, What's Not)
by Derek Bruff, visiting associate director Earlier this week, CETL and AIG hosted a discussion among UM faculty and other instructors about teaching and AI this fall semester. We wanted to know what was working when it came to policies and assignments that responded to generative AI technologies like ChatGPT,
Events
Recap: What Instructors Need to Know When Working with Neurodivergent Students
by Liz Norell, associate director of instructional support In our August 8 blog, we shared a preview of our September 8 workshop on supporting neurodivergent students, including the following definitions of key terms: * Neurodivergent: a person with a brain that processes information in a way different from most individuals. * Neurotypical:
Teaching Resources
Policies and Practices for Generative AI in Fall Courses
by Derek Bruff, visiting associate director Last Friday, CETL co-sponsored an online workshop titled "Generative AI on the Syllabus" with our parent organization, the Academic Innovations Group (AIG). Bob Cummings, executive director of AIG, and I spent an hour with 170 faculty, staff, and graduate students exploring options
Teaching Resources
A reading list on active learning in STEM courses
by Derek Bruff, visiting associate director This spring CETL hosted a faculty learning community on the topic of active learning in large STEM courses. Over a dozen faculty from biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and other departments met every other week, mostly on Zoom, to share and discuss shared challenges teaching