Please join the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTEI) for one or all of the remaining sessions offered for the fall semester.
What Are You Thinking? Using Oral Exams to Reveal Student Understanding with Patricia Mellodge
Monday, Nov. 9 at 12:45 p.m.–2 p.m. | Register here
Oral exams can be seen as daunting for both students and instructors, yet they can be one of the most effective ways to assess genuine understanding. Drawing on years of experience in engineering courses, I'll discuss a structured oral final exam process that gives students immediate feedback, minimizes grading workload, and turns assessment into a learning experience. Lunch provided.
Beyond Think-Pair-Share: Incorporating Active Learning, and Empowering Students to Invest in Their Educational Experience with Donna Menhart
Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 12:45 p.m.–2 p.m.
How can higher education adapt “learning through play?” What are the benefits to sharing the decisions on how to deliver course information? When will our students find their voice? This workshop will explore strategies to create a safe space where students collaborate with each other and the instructor, to engage in and take personal responsibility for their own learning process, to remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create. Lunch provided.
Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Part 2: Practical Strategies for Learning and Well-Being with Carlene Davidson & Paola Sacchetti
Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 12:45 p.m.–2 p.m.
Building on our previous session, this interactive workshop focuses on practical, classroom-ready strategies that support student well-being, engagement, and learning through a trauma-informed lens. Participants will explore concrete approaches for fostering regulation, creating psychologically safe learning environments, and strengthening connection and belonging in both undergraduate and graduate classrooms. Lunch provided.