CTL welcomes instructors to explore resources and workshops to help integrate different pedagogical practices into their teaching. We look forward to working with you in our Inclusive Pedagogy Initiative, One-on-One Consultations, graduate student learning communities and more!
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The 2023 Universal Design for Learning program kicks off with a keynote by Luis Perez, a consultant for CAST, on January 24, 2023, 3:30-5 pm.
The Introduction to UDL is co-sponsored by Center for Teaching & Learning and Digital Learning & Innovation.
Questions about Blackboard and other tech tools for your classes? The Educational Technology (EdTech) team helps all BU faculty and academic staff to learn technological tools for more effective teaching. Email askedtech@bu.edu for assistance. For information about future tech trainings, view the training calendar.
CTL and Digital Learning & Innovation (DL&I) invite faculty to join a year-long Learning Community on Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Learning Community participants will meet for six 90-minute discussion and practice-based sessions in the spring and fall semesters of 2023. The meetings will be led by Luis Perez, a consultant for CAST. Find our more about the […]
Christina Michaud and Marisa Milanese, Master Lecturers from the CAS Writing Program, will co-facilitate two workshops in early spring. Workshop 1: Putting Grammar Back In: Linguistically-Responsive Writing Instruction For faculty who teach writing, rhetoric, or writing-intensive courses, “what to do” about grammar has long been a concern. Join us for an interactive workshop as we […]
Fostering students’ motivation to learn is complicated in intro classes with a highly heterogeneous demographic. Learn ways to foster your student's intrinsic motivation.
(Contributed by Federica Bocchi.)
Explores how to implement self-explanation to enable students to apply theories they have learned in lecture to the living biological world.
(Contributed by Maria Valadez Ingersoll.)
An example of a self-explanation exercise used in a philosophy course shows how self-explanation is a useful pedagogical technique.
(Contributed by Federica Bocchi.)
Learn how educators can encourage contextualized learning over memorization of steps with the process of self-explanation.
(Contributed by Maria Valadez Ingersoll.)
Christina Michaud and Melanie Smith explained how simple metacognitive exercises can benefit both students and instructors without generating more grading.
Professor Ibram Kendi offered words of welcome to the first cohort of DAC Fellows who will gather each month to learn about antiracist teaching approaches and develop courses.