This three-week, mostly asynchronous course TAKES PLACE IN CANVAS. Participants can expect to spend 4-5 hours per week completing assignments, discussions and readings. Discover a range of instructional techniques related to active learning, which research on learning has consistently identified as a key factor in academic success. Explore these approaches that include checks for understanding, designing learning activities, exploring challenging concepts, managing materials and the classroom, and providing students adequate time to reflect on course content and class materials. The content is designed to support you wherever you are – and whether you teach online, in the classroom or in a hybrid environment – as an active learning instructor. Teaching Effectiveness Framework Alignment: (1) Instructional Strategies (2) Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Best Practices in Teaching at CSU: Active Learning
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Event Details
Best Practices in Teaching at CSU: Active Learning
- Location: Canvas
- Register for this Event
Upcoming Events
Building AI Teaching Assistants in NebulaOne/CSU-GPT
Explore how to design and deploy course-specific AI agents that act as tutors, syllabus guides, or off-hours teaching assistants. This session will walk through examples built in NebulaOne/CSU-GPT and offer...(Go to event for more details.)
- Date: Mon., April 20, 2026
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
- Location: TILT 104 and MS Teams
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AI as an Ally: Using AI to Enhance Learning and Assessment
I will share course design strategies that empower students to use AI responsibly to deepen understanding while enabling faculty to build innovative online learning tools. The talk also highlights emerging...(Go to event for more details.)
- Date: Tue., April 21, 2026
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Location: TILT 104 and MS Teams
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AI and Student Writing
The session will focus on evidence of teaching pedagogy and its implications related to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Dr. Tian Guo will share how AI became a key theme in her...(Go to event for more details.)
- Date: Fri., May 1, 2026
- Time: 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
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