CTL Newsletter - September 2021

As your fall semester begins, please consider signing up for an asynchronous Innovative Teaching Lab at the CTL: Aligning Self with Teaching or Active Learning with Jason Lagapa, professional development lead at the CTL. Each lab will begin September 13th and run through early December. To be added to one or both of the Innovative Teaching Labs, please contact Jason at Jason.Lagapa@colorado.edu. 

CTL micro-credentials offer CU Boulder instructors opportunities to engage in sustained inquiry and skill-building around a teaching topic. Micro-credentials are open to tenured and tenure-track faculty, instructors of all levels, lecturers, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and teaching staff. 

OCoP Mission: This community of practice will amplify exemplary work already happening across campus, from training and workshops to innovative course design and student-centered pedagogy. But its most important goal will be to create a space for dialogue that builds trusted relationships among collaborators by sharing effective strategies and practices, encountering challenges with empathy, and facing change with community. This is not “just another meeting” - this is a network of trusted collaborators invested in doing what we do, better. 

Are you interested in learning how others are using games in their classroom? Have you read about how someone has ‘gamified’ their activities and want to learn more? Or are you just generally curious about gamification pedagogy? Join ASSETT for Gamification Community of Practice - The Ethics and Psychology of the Future of Game Design, September 8th from 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM MT.

ICoP Mission: To connect equity-minded folks on campus for development of inclusive practices and policies in the classroom through sharing and curation of existing and collaboratively innovated knowledge. 

The CTL and campus partners offer a variety of classroom-focused seminars, workshops, and other events. Browse the great line up of amazing activities the CTL has coming soon!

We are delighted to be a founding partner of THE Campus, an initiative from Times Higher Education that was created in direct response to the challenges posed to higher education by the coronavirus pandemic. Our partnership with Times Higher Education (THE) will provide a platform for us to showcase the teaching talent within our university and promote our expertise to a global community of like-minded professionals. As a contributing partner, we have the opportunity to publish content that focuses on best practice in teaching and learning. We encourage you to speak to us if you want to pitch an idea for publication on this platform – we can work with you to format the content and send to THE Campus’ editorial team. This is a great chance to get the fantastic work of CU’s educators read by an engaged audience of academics across the world, so we look forward to hearing your ideas! If you are interested, please contact Kirk Ambrose - kirk.ambrose@colorado.edu.

“The Digital Accessibility Office (DAO) is part of the Office of Integrity, Safety and Compliance. Our team works closely with faculty, staff, and students to improve the accessibility of digital environments (e.g., Canvas) for people with disabilities. We do this by providing presentations, training, and one-on-one consultations to the campus community. We also provide accessibility testing of digital tools used on campus. See our DAO training offerings page to schedule a training, sign up for our Accessibility Minute newsletter, or send general questions to digitalaccessibility@colorado.edu.”