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Understanding Today's College Students

Who are college-going students today, and what helps them persist and succeed? In this interactive, research-informed session, we will myth-bust common assumptions about "today's students,"..

Why Writing Matters: What We Learned as Writing-Enriched Curriculum (WEC) Fellows

Teaching Effectiveness Framework Alignment: Student Motivation

You get to do research! You get to do research! Everybody gets to do research! and Keep RoLLing! Enhancing Metacognition through Paired, Student-Generated Study Aids

Research Presentation 1: You get to do research! You get to do research! Everybody gets to do research! Three vignettes of equitable course undergraduate research..

AI-Assisted Rubrics for Equitable, Efficient Feedback

This interactive workshop will guide participants through a human-in-the-loop process for creating and refining analytic rubrics with generative AI as a drafting assistant, while maintaining..

Common Data Types in Education Research

New education researchers are often curious about how much data they need or whether their small classes are big enough to collect enough data. This..

Preparing Students for Adaptive, Purposeful Futures Through Career Curricular Integration

Students increasingly expect their academic coursework to connect clearly to their future careers, yet those connections are often implied rather than made explicit. Research and..

Online Conference Closing: Debrief and Wrap Up

Debrief and planning session for virtual attendees. Teaching Effectiveness Framework Alignment: TBD

TILT Summer Conference Celebration of Teaching Lunch Day 2

Teaching Effectiveness Initiative Celebration and presentation of N. Preston Davis Award and Community-engaged Learning Awards. If you plan to attend lunch, please be sure to..

Teaching Recognition in a Changing Academic Landscape: A Leadership Roundtable

Building on themes raised by our keynote speaker, Dr. Kevin Gannon, we are envisioning a dialogue that explores how we demonstrate—structurally and culturally—that teaching matters..

Lightning Talks

7-Minute Presentations: 1. The Research Discovery Series: Linking Graduate Research to Undergraduate Education | Sareen Fiaz 2. Proactively Engaging Students Using Canvas Analytics | Brittney..

Leveraging AI to Bridge the Gap Between Theory and Reality

How can instructors leverage AI to design and deliver a high-impact practicum that mimics the speed of global industry? This session explores a "real-time" pedagogical..

TILT Book Club: Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About it

Join some colleagues in reading and exploring a TILT book kit. Each kit includes: 4 copies of the book, guiding questions, optional activities, a recommended..

TILT Book Club: Instructional Moves for Powerful Teaching in Higher Education

Join some colleagues in reading and exploring a TILT book kit. Each kit includes: 4 copies of the book, guiding questions, optional activities, a recommended..

TILT Book Club: Teach Students How to Learn

Join some colleagues in reading and exploring a TILT book kit. Each kit includes: 4 copies of the book, guiding questions, optional activities, a recommended..

Building Meaningful Courses Using Backwards Design and Active Learning

Positive psychology defines meaning as the "sense of purpose, fulfillment, and significance derived from living in alignment with one's values and using one's strengths in..

Developing a Teaching Persona

The Latin word "persona" most directly translates to "mask." Should we wear a mask while teaching? What kind of mask should we wear? This workshop..

Best Practices in Teaching at CSU: Accessible and Inclusive Electronic Content

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. Engage in..

Best Practices in Teaching at CSU: Inclusive Pedagogy 2

This 3 week, mostly asynchronous course TAKES PLACE IN CANVAS. Participants can expect to spend 4-5 hours per week completing assignments, discussions and readings. This..

Writing a Teaching Philosophy Presentation

As instructors in higher education, it is increasingly important to have an individual teaching philosophy when applying for college or university faculty positions or when..

AI Teaching Summit

More details to come

  • Date: Wed., August 12, 2026
  • Time: All Day
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