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
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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Early-Career Teaching Fellows
SUPPORTING EARLY-CAREER FACULTY IN TEACHING EXCELLENCE Are you navigating your first years of university teaching? Would you benefit from connecting with colleagues who understand the unique challenges of developing effective...(Go to event for more details.)
- Date: Tue., May 5, 2026
- Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
- Location: TILT 104
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Teaching with Art: The Perfect Intersection Workshop Series
See the "Notes" section below for session-specific details. TEF Alignment: Instructional Strategies
- Date: Wed., May 6, 2026
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Location: Organ Recital Hall, University Center for the Arts
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Event Details
Best Practices in Teaching at CSU: Active Learning
- Location: Canvas
- Register for this Event
Upcoming Events
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
- Register for this event
Early-Career Teaching Fellows
SUPPORTING EARLY-CAREER FACULTY IN TEACHING EXCELLENCE Are you navigating your first years of university teaching? Would you benefit from connecting with colleagues who understand the unique challenges of developing effective...(Go to event for more details.)
- Date: Tue., May 5, 2026
- Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
- Location: TILT 104
- Register for this event
Teaching with Art: The Perfect Intersection Workshop Series
See the "Notes" section below for session-specific details. TEF Alignment: Instructional Strategies
- Date: Wed., May 6, 2026
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Location: Organ Recital Hall, University Center for the Arts
- Register for this event


