We offer an array of teaching-focused sessions for instructors, graduate teaching assistants, and instructional staff looking to enrich their teaching practice.
Autumn Quarter
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
In this session, panelists will explore foundational ideas to consider when developing course- and assignment-level AI policies.
Nov 17 | Metacognition as an antidote to AI offloading
Join Ian Schnee, teaching professor in Philosophy (UW Seattle), to explore how to integrate metacognitive skills into course content to foster motivation and reduce students’ temptation to “offload” learning to AI.
Dec 2 | Using AI to make complex digital images more accessible
Join Jack Vincent, teaching professor in Biomedical Sciences (UW Bothell) to explore using AI to generate alt text and improve the accessibility of course materials.
Winter Quarter
Jan 27 | Panel discussion: Community-engaged teaching and learning
In this session, panelists will share strategies for integrating community engagement into courses, and spotlight UW’s new curricular designation for community-engaged courses.
Feb 1 – 28 | 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.
Feb 9 | Integrating global learning into any class
In this session, Wei Zuo, global learning specialist with UW Global, will share four basic strategies and key resources instructors can use to support global learning in their classes.
Feb 23 | Teaching practices that promote civic health
Join Jennifer J. Otten, professor in Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (UW Seattle) to explore how to structure class discussion to promote civic learning and democratic participation.
Spring Quarter
Mar 4 | Empowering students with metacognitive skills
Using examples from a large introductory course series, Alec Kroll, assistant teaching professor in Chemistry (UW Seattle) will share ways instructors can incorporate metacognitive strategies in their courses.
Apr 12 – Jun 6 | Teaching Online 101
This 8-week, fully online, asynchronous course is designed to enhance your digital course design and digital pedagogy skill set.
Apr 16 | Pursuing civic health through teaching
What are the big and small things we can do in the classroom to promote civic health? In this tri-campus event, faculty members will brainstorm strategies to promote and prepare students for civic engagement.
Apr 27 | Teaching strategies that support students’ executive function skills
This session focuses on teaching strategies that support students’ executive function skills, such as the skills associated with organizing materials and managing time.