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
- Location: Canvas
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Upcoming Events
Building Course Materials with AI Support: Owning the Process
AI can produce a convincing lesson or problem set in minutes. Whether it can help you build a whole course you would stand behind is a different question. This three-session...(Go to event for more details.)
- Date: Thu., October 8, 2026 - Thu., October 22, 2026
- Time: 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
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DAAD RISE Internship Program
DAAD RISE provides undergraduates with summer research opportunities in Germany (knowledge of German language is not required).
- Date: Thu., October 15, 2026
- Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Location: LSC 304
Teaching with Art: The Perfect Intersection Workshop Series
Cambrian Creations! Teaching Evolutionary Biology with Art-Making, Juggling, and Balloon Animals. Explore how storytelling, art-making, and creative demonstrations can bring complex scientific concepts to life. TEF Alignment: Instructional Strategies
- Date: Wed., October 21, 2026
- Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
- Location: TILT 104
- Presenter(s): David Pyle, Zach Grochau-Wright
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Event Details
Best Practices in Teaching at CSU: Active Learning
- Location: Canvas
- Register for this Event
Upcoming Events
Building Course Materials with AI Support: Owning the Process
AI can produce a convincing lesson or problem set in minutes. Whether it can help you build a whole course you would stand behind is a different question. This three-session...(Go to event for more details.)
- Date: Thu., October 8, 2026 - Thu., October 22, 2026
- Time: 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
- Register for this event
DAAD RISE Internship Program
DAAD RISE provides undergraduates with summer research opportunities in Germany (knowledge of German language is not required).
- Date: Thu., October 15, 2026
- Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Location: LSC 304
Teaching with Art: The Perfect Intersection Workshop Series
Cambrian Creations! Teaching Evolutionary Biology with Art-Making, Juggling, and Balloon Animals. Explore how storytelling, art-making, and creative demonstrations can bring complex scientific concepts to life. TEF Alignment: Instructional Strategies
- Date: Wed., October 21, 2026
- Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
- Location: TILT 104
- Presenter(s): David Pyle, Zach Grochau-Wright
- Register for this event
