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The Innovative Instructor Blog posts cover topics such as active learning, assessment, use of case studies in instruction, classroom management, instructional design, how to engage students, grading and feedback, collaborative learning, leading discussions, hybrid instruction, and teaching methods.
Contributions Beyond Grading: Why Teaching Assistants Matter More than We Often Acknowledge
In many classrooms, there is someone quietly shaping the learning environment in ways most students never notice—and most institutions never measure.
Starting the Semester with Accessibility in Mind
A gentle reminder that faculty are responsible for creating course materials that are accessible to all students.
Lunch and Learn: The Ethics of Using AI as an Instructor
A Lunch and Learn featuring faculty panelists discussing the Ethics of Using AI as an Instructor.
Active Learning Cards and Online Resource
CTEI releases Active Learning Cards and Online Resources.
The Importance of Course Design: Beyond a Blank Canvas
Thoughtful course design plays a critical role in shaping the student learning experience.
Digital Approaches to Early Medicine
Sophisticated digital resources are helping students find and read sources and frame questions as never before.
Office Hours: Insights from Instructors
The CTEI Journal Club discussed an article which presented findings from a study that examined how STEM instructors from one institution perceive and conduct office hours.
Faculty Voices: Teaching in the Age of AI
How can educators help students use AI effectively in their learning?
Quick Tips: Tweaking Your Syllabus
A well-crafted syllabus not only communicates essential policies and schedules, but also conveys the instructor’s teaching philosophy, approachability, and commitment to student success.
Quick Tips: Transparency in Assessments
Have you ever given students an assignment and then had them come back to you a short time later asking, “What are we supposed to do again?”
Faculty Sharing Session: Best Practices in Course Design
At a Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation discussion this spring, each faculty member shared lessons learned as they presented a quick overview of a main topic in the workshop.
AI Prompt Engineering for Instructors
A workshop focused on the impact of generative AI in teaching and learning.
A Student’s Journey: the Power of B.E.R.C. (Build. Encourage. Reflect. Celebrate.)
Helping individual students isn’t just about improving their grades—it’s about showing them that they’re capable of more than they realize
Lunch and Learn: Continuous Improvement – Maintaining Engagement in the Classroom as an Instructor
An open discussion on techniques in maintaining energy and focus in the classroom.
Brian Klaas opened the presentation by highlighting the valuable role storytelling plays in the classroom, while sharing facts is essential, building a narrative around those facts provides the context that gives them meaning.
Quick Tips: Low to No Prep Classroom Activities
Student engagement is a critical component of higher education and a frequent topic of interest among instructors. Actively engaging students in the learning process helps increase motivation, supports collaboration, and deepens understanding of course material.
The Teaching Fellows Project: Community-Based Learning in Baltimore City Schools
The Teaching Fellows – twelve undergraduates chosen by application from across KSAS – lead weekly creative writing groups in under-resourced elementary and middle schools across the city.
Lunch and Learn: Generative AI Uses in the Classroom
On Tuesday, April 23rd, the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTEI) hosted a Lunch and Learn on Generative AI Uses in the Classroom.
Lunch and Learn: Active Learning Techniques
On Tuesday, March 12th, the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTEI) hosted a Lunch and Learn on Active Learning Techniques: Advice and Guidance from Experienced Faculty.
Preparing to Teach: Lessons from a Gamemaster
Once upon a time, just before the age of COVID-19, I was asked to teach a course for an undergraduate minor program through JHU’s Center for Leadership Education...