Stories

I have a friend who looks forward to getting his student course ratings back every semester. His scores are usually high, and students have always gushed about his teaching. A few years ago, things started to change. His scores decreased, and student comments were increasingly critical. This took my friend...

How can one practice self-care in the midst of a pandemic and in another semester in which familiar modes of teaching have to be adjusted? Feeling bewildered, frustrated, and uncertain are all appropriate responses to the present moment. CTL Professional Development Lead Jason Lagapa shares key response strategies.

The campus is calling on students to answer one question: who are your most inspiring educators at CU Boulder? The Best Should Teach Awards honor University of Colorado Boulder faculty, graduate teachers, and K-12 teachers at the CU Boulder Best Should Teach Ceremony, co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching &...

Getting feedback from your students throughout the semester provides you multiple checks on the student experience and helps you determine how to adjust your course to better meet their needs. A two-way communication channel about what is and is not working can help you connect with your students and create a positive classroom climate. Stephanie Foster, CTL Assessment Lead, shares tried-and-true strategies for gathering student feedback.

During the fall 2020 semester, CU instructors navigated a number of challenges related to in-person and hybrid (in-person/remote) teaching. These strategies, employed by instructors across campus, may be helpful as in-person and hybrid in-person teaching resumes on February 15 in accordance with campus guidelines and operations.

Jason Lagapa , CTL Professional Development Lead, sits down virtually to talk about designing your syllabi with inclusion in mind with Amy Moreno , Director of Inclusive Culture in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and Becca Ciancanelli , CTL Inclusive Pedagogy Lead and Chemistry Instructor for SASC, the...

During a non-remote semester, Magnanini's students engage with materials from CU Libraries' Special Collections and the CU Art Museum. When CU courses abruptly went remote in spring 2020, Italian professor Suzanne Magnanini didn’t skip a beat. As students left campus unsure of how they would complete their course projects without...

Let’s face it: There is plenty of anxiety to go around on a college campus these days. The unusual situations that we are experiencing have ratcheted up the normal pressures of university life, contributing to heightened anxieties for students and faculty alike. Course assessments – exams, essays, research papers, performances,...

Jason Lagapa , CTL Professional Development Lead, sat down virtually with Kelly Sears and Eric Stade to discuss what got them into teaching and what they love about it, tried-and-true classroom strategies they've learned over their careers, and how they've adapted recently to remote teaching in light of the COVID-19...

For Leilani Arthurs, assistant professor of geological sciences, facilitating her students’ ability to conduct field work in an online environment was a real challenge, but one she was determined to meet. Through use of multiple video and photographic devices, as well as free PTGui software, Arthurs was able to take...