Fall 2026 for Faculty
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) team has a variety of offerings for faculty. Register for an upcoming event or explore our evergreen resources below.
Unable to join one of these events? Not seeing any resources that meet your teaching and learning needs? Get in touch with the CTL team.
Browse the CTL’s upcoming Fall 2026 events for Columbia faculty.
Active Learning – AI for Teaching – Assessment – Clinical Teaching Series – Communities of Practice
Constructive Dialogue – Faculty Community – Inclusive Teaching – Mentoring – Orientation
Active Learning
Reading the Room: How to Set Up Poll Everywhere
Thursday, September 3rd
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Helping Students Collaborate and Learn from One Another
Thursday, September 3rd
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Engaging Students in Discussion
Wednesday, September 9th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Small Changes, Big Impact: Easy Ways to Boost Student Engagement
Wednesday, September 16th
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Planning Your Lectures Based on the Science of Learning
Friday, September 18th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Built for Learning: Educational Tools Created By Your Own CTL
Wednesday, September 30th
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Promoting Deep Learning through Metacognitive Activities
Tuesday, October 20th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Using In-Class Polls to Inspire Student Learning and Engagement
Thursday, November 12th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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AI for Teaching
Using AI to Support Your Teaching
Wednesday, August 26th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Experimentation with AI to Support Your Teaching
Thursday, September 3rd
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Setting AI Expectations and Crafting Your AI Syllabus Statement
Friday, September 4th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Responsible AI Use: Ethical Awareness and Bias Mitigation
Tuesday, September 8th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Lunch & Learn: Designing for Integrity and Learning in the Age of AI
Friday, September 11
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Beyond the Blue Book: Rethinking Assessment in the Age of AI
Monday, September 14th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Introduction to Teaching and Learning with AI
Tuesday, September 15th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Is AI Resurrecting Dead Ideas in Higher Ed? (1 of 2)
Friday, September 18th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Engaging Students with AI Purposefully
Wednesday, September 23rd
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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How to Build a Custom AI Chatbot for Teaching with Google Gemini
Thursday, October 1st
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Is AI Resurrecting Dead Ideas in Higher Ed? (2 of 2)
Thursday, October 22nd
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Best Practices in Designing AI Agents
Tuesday, October 27th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Student Reasoning in the Age of AI
Monday, December 14th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Introduction to Teaching and Learning with AI
Tuesday, December 15th
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Setting AI Expectations and Crafting Your AI Syllabus Statement
Tuesday, December 15th
11:10 AM – 12:10 PM
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Experimentation with AI to Support Your Teaching
Tuesday, December 15th
12:20 PM – 1:50 PM
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Assessment
Clinical Teaching Series
Communities of Practice
Constructive Dialogue
Building Community and Belonging in the Classroom
Thursday, September 10th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Establishing Discussion Norms for Classroom Engagement
Tuesday, September 22nd
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
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Humanizing Classroom Conversations Through Active Listening
Tuesday, October 6th
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Collaborating and Learning from Diverse Viewpoints
Thursday, October 15th
10:00 AM – 10:30 PM
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Faculty Community
Lunch & Learn: Designing for Integrity and Learning in the Age of AI
Friday, September 11
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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By Faculty, For Faculty: A Space to Breathe & Connect
Wednesday, October 14th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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By Faculty, For Faculty: A Space to Breathe & Connect
Tuesday, November 10th
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Inclusive Teaching
Designing an Inclusive Syllabus
Thursday, August 27th
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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Making Your Courseworks Site More Accessible
Wednesday, September 2nd
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
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Building Community and Belonging in the Classroom
Thursday, September 10th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Inclusive Teaching in Practice
Monday, October 26th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Mentoring
The CTL has developed a digital catalogue of resources for Columbia faculty.
Active Learning – AI for Teaching – Assessment – Constructive Dialogues – Course Design – CourseWorks – EdTech for Engagement – Faculty Community – Inclusive Teaching – Mentoring – Pedagogical Wellness – Teaching at CUIMC – Teaching in All Modalities – Teaching in Science & Engineering – Teaching with Media
Active Learning
- Active Learning for Your Online Classroom
- Collaborative Learning
- Community Building in the Classroom
- Developing Poll Questions to Engage and Assess STEM Students
- Enhancing your Course Discussion Boards for Learning
- Five Tips for Engaged Lecturing
- Getting Started with Active Learning
- Getting Started with Project-Based Learning
- Learning Through Discussion
- Leveraging Annotation Activities & Tools to Promote Collaboration
- Teaching Large Courses Effectively and Efficiently
- Teaching Talks Video Playlist
- Polling
- Start-Stop-Continue
- Think-Pair-Share
AI for Teaching
- Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI website
- Clear and Transparent AI Guidance
- Developing AI Syllabus Statements and Communicating with Students about AI
- Faculty Voices on AI in the Classroom Video Playlist
- Learner Perspectives on AI Tools: Digital Literacy, Academic Integrity, and Student Engagement
- Learning Through Writing in the Age of AI
- Updating Writing Assignments in the Age of AI
- Learning Through Reading: Strategies to Support Students’ Reading Practices
- Teaching and ChatGPT Forum Video Recording
- Using AI Writing Tools in Your Scientific Writing Process Video Recording
Assessment of Student Learning
- Alternative Grading Approaches: Grading for Learning
- Assessing Equitably with All Learners in Mind
- Assessing Student Learning Video
- Assessment and Grading in CourseWorks (Canvas)
- Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs): Low-Stakes Strategies to Assess Active Learning
- Designing Assignments for Learning
- Feedback for Learning
- Grading in Online Courses at Columbia: Tips and Strategies
- Incorporating Rubrics into Your Feedback and Grading Practices
- QuizCon: Multiple Choice Quizzing for Learning
- Peer Review: Intentional Design for Any Course Context
- Resources for Assessing Student Learning
- Strategies of Manageable and Meaningful Grading
Constructive Dialogues
Course Design
CourseWorks (Canvas)
EdTech for Engagement
Faculty Community
Inclusive Teaching
- Accessibility in Teaching and Learning
- Applying Inclusive Teaching Principles to Clinical Education
- Creating a High Trust, Low Stress Class Environment
- Designing an Inclusive Syllabus
- Fostering Belonging in the Classroom: Strategies for Instructors
- Guide for Inclusive Teaching at Columbia
- Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom Online Course (MOOC)
- Teaching Talks (video playlist)
- Community Agreements (video)
- Start-Stop-Continue (video)
Mentoring
- Advancing Mentorship Practices: Supporting Mentors of Graduate Students and Postdocs at Columbia
- Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring: Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment (video)
- Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring: Inclusive Mentoring Skills (video)
- Building Effective Mentoring Relationships with Graduate Students and Postdocs (online mini-course)
- Fostering Belonging in the Research Lab: Strategies for Mentors
- Voices on Mentoring (video playlist)
Pedagogical Wellness
Teaching at CUIMC
Teaching in All Modalities
Teaching in Science & Engineering
- Creating Assignments and Grading Online with Gradescope
- Developing Poll Questions to Engage and Assess Student Thinking in Science and Engineering Courses
- Designing for Inquiry-Based Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Lab Courses
- Promoting Student Inquiry in Science and Engineering Lab Courses (video)