We offer an array of workshops and learning opportunities for instructors, graduate teaching assistants, and instructional staff looking to enrich their teaching practice.
Autumn Quarter
Oct 13 – Nov 7 | AI+Teaching: Using AI to advance learning
This 4-week, fully online, asynchronous course is designed to explore evidence-based strategies that use generative AI to advance student learning and support effective, efficient course design.
Oct 14 | Making slide decks accessible
This information session will demonstrate how to build slide decks that comply with the updated Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accessibility standards for digital course materials.
Oct 22 | Aligning your course
This conversation is designed to introduce the core element of alignment (see Faculty Code Section 24-32) and showcase instructors who have aligned their teaching.
Nov 3 | Inclusive and equitable teaching
This conversation is designed to introduce the core element of inclusive and equitable teaching (see Faculty Code Section 24-32) and showcase instructors who use inclusive teaching practices.
Nov 20 | Fostering intellectual humility in students
This session examines the role of intellectual humility in learning, its effects on well-being, and tactics for fostering it in the classroom.
Dec 2 | Making your syllabus accessible
This information session will demonstrate how to build a basic syllabus that complies with the updated Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accessibility standards for digital course materials.
Winter Quarter
Jan 22 | Harnessing accessibility checker tools
This information session will demonstrate how to use Canvas and Microsoft accessibility checkers to comply with the updated Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accessibility standards.
Feb 5 | Enhancing collegiality in the classroom
This session will share tools, practices, and strategies to enhance and deepen collegiality with and among students.
Feb 19 | Active and engaged teaching
This conversation is designed to introduce the core element of active and engaged teaching (see Faculty Code Section 24-32) and showcase instructors who have created active and engaged classes.
Mar 4 | Giving growth-oriented feedback
This workshop will focus on “wise feedback”– an approach instructors in any discipline can use to communicate feedback to students that is actionable and fosters a growth mindset.
Spring Quarter
Apr 13 – Jun 7 | Teaching Online 101
This 8-week, fully online, asynchronous course is designed to enhance your digital course design and digital pedagogy skill set.
Apr 15 | Growth-oriented teaching
This conversation is designed to introduce the core element of growth-oriented teaching (see Faculty Code Section 24-32) and showcase instructors who have integrated growth-oriented practices into their teaching.
Apr 23 | Strategies for facilitating dialogue
A tri-campus panel of faculty members from across the UW will share strategies for empowering students to engage in skilled and productive dialogue across differences.
May 7 | Building social connection in large classes
This session introduces UW’s Five for Flourishing Initiative, a project designed to foster social connection and belonging among students in large enrollment courses.
May 21 | Relevant teaching
This conversation is designed to introduce the core element of relevance (see Faculty Code Section 24-32) and showcase instructors who have helped students understand the relevance of what they are learning to future learning at and beyond the UW.