News and events
Advances in Higher Education Research Seminar
This seminar series highlights original research in college-level learning and instruction. Each seminar is multidisciplinary in scope and addresses the broad themes of our work as instructors.
Upcoming seminars:
May 28: “Beyond Bars: Higher Education and Carceral Space”
Gillian Harkins, Department of English, University of Washington
All seminars are free and open to the public. Visit the Advances in Higher Education Research Seminar page for details and RSVP information.
Apply for the July 8-12 Technology Teaching Fellows Institute
This week-long Institute is for UW Seattle faculty members who want to design a new course as a hybrid or fully online course — or those who plan to redesign a traditional course as a hybrid or fully online course. Participants have the opportunity to work with colleagues, instructional designers and consultants both in-person and online. Application deadline is May 28 (5:00 p.m.) Visit our Technology Teaching Fellows page for details and a link to apply.
Acting Up: Teaching Theater for Change
Watch the 2019 EduTalks: A Place Called School. Tikka Sears, Elba Moise, Debi Talukdar and Sooz Stahl of UW Theater for Change share their work using interactive theater to identify and interrupt moments of oppression, advance community dialogue and imagine possibilities for positive change in schools.
Get inspired: Innovative teaching and learning at UW
UW instructors get out of their comfort zone and adopt classroom technologies to enhance the student learning experience
Read the latest UW-IT Partnerships story to learn how UW faculty are turning screen time into meaningful learning time.
EDU Talks: UW College of Education video series
UW College of Education faculty members and researchers who partner with schools, communities and organizations address some of the most pressing issues in education. Watch the video series to learn more about their leading edge research.
Teaching Teamwork: Helping students collaborate effectively
University students are often asked to work in groups, yet few are taught how to work well in teams and often struggle. In this 5-minute video, UW faculty Randy Beam (Communication) and Erin Hill (Physics) describe how they integrate instruction on teamwork into their regular courses to help students succeed in short-term and long-term class projects.
Innovators Among Us: Using Technology to Teach Beyond the Classroom
Stories of instructors who “think outside the building”, connecting with peers and across disciplines, collaborating with community members and creating nontraditional learning opportunities for students. Read more about using technology to teach.
Innovators Among Us: Tips and tools
Download top tips and best practices recommended by faculty and instructors featured in the Innovators Among Us series.
CTL Blog: At the Center
Are you interested in contributing to CTL’s blog? We invite members of the UW teaching and learning community (faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduates) to submit potential blog posts. Visit our post guidelines page for details and a submission form.
Modeling effective faculty-librarian collaboration
June 10, 2017
By Reed Garber-Pearson and Polly Myers The online learning environment can feel all too calculated, given it’s growing dependency on learning management software like Canvas. Module learning predetermines a rigid workflow, leaving little room for learning in exploration and choice. In an effort to heed scholars Heidi Skurat Harris and Michael Greer’s call for giving online…
Reducing the distance in distance learning
July 11, 2016
By Colleen Dillon and Miriam Hirschstein At first blush, teaching a distance learning course in infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) seems like a paradox. Training in this relationship-based field is intensely inter- and intra-personal. What would it require to translate and enact both the content and the methods of the IECMH field online,…
Thinking slow in online learning
May 10, 2016
By Polly Myers For students and teachers alike, online courses can be overwhelming because of altered patterns of time. Learning Management Systems like Canvas and social media sites like Facebook provide a means for online programs to run 24/7. Students and instructors can spend either too much time online or not enough. As Brigid Schulte…
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