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Teaching@UW

The tri-campus hub for learner-centered, reflective teaching practices

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TEACHING SUPPORT

Whether you have a teaching challenge or want feedback on a new idea, we are here to support you.

We provide one-on-one consultations to instructors and are also happy to work with departments to explore how we can support your teaching mission.

Upcoming sessions and courses

Oct 14 | Designing discussions to foster engagement and connection

Feeling stuck when it comes to class discussion? This session reexamines classroom and online discussions, identifying strategies to promote engagement and attendance.

Oct 21 | Preserving learning in an era of automation

Join Marc Watkins, coauthor of the new Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, to explore strategies for balancing analog learning and technologies like AI to protect students’ core skills development.

Nov 5 | Panel discussion: Developing AI-related course policies

Join a panel of UW faculty in exploring foundational ideas to consider when developing course- and assignment-level AI policies.

View all 2026-27 sessions and courses

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Core elements of effective teaching

The UW Faculty Code identifies five “core elements” as the basic building blocks of an effective teaching practice. Grounded in a significant body of research, the core elements help instructors create learning environments that are: aligned, inclusive and equitable, active and engaged, growth-oriented, and relevant.

Teaching@UW resources can help you integrate each element into your teaching practice.

UW core elements

Faculty spotlight

Sílvia da Costa Ferreira

Learn how Sílvia da Costa Ferreira honors linguistic diversity and fosters authentic student writing through her teaching.

Faculty spotlight

AI+Teaching resources

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Explore strategies for talking with students, developing AI course policies, and centering learning when using AI.

AI+Teaching

Teaching Awards

Nara Almeida and Bára Šafářová, 2026 Distinguished Teaching Awardees

Congratulations to this year’s University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Awards recipients!

2026 Awardees

What people are saying:

“I loved that the AI+Teaching course is grounded in learning theory and had assignments I can (and will!) readily apply to the class I’m teaching.”

–  Katie Davis, Professor, iSchool, Seattle