Teaching Your Course

CETL recognizes that teaching a course poses countless challenges, both expected and unexpected.

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Assessment

Strategies, resources, and support for measuring student learning across the curriculum

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Consultations

Professional consultants and course design experts provide individual, group, or departmental consultations.

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Online Teaching

Online teaching strategies ranging from hybrid courses to fully online experiences and distance learning.

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ChatGPT AI Impact on Teaching and Learning

Addressing AI ChatGPT
Many faculty have reached out seeking guidance surrounding possible academic integrity issues triggered by the recent release of ChatGPT3 from OpenAI. Learn More

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Creating Communities of Care at UConn

UConn Health Student Health and Wellness
Wednesday, March 22nd - 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Great Hall, Alumni Center

Join us for a day of fun and collaborative learning: Participants will learn and practice skills of Motivational Interviewing as a way to engage students in collaborative conversations about their success and growth at UConn. Learn More

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Early Career Program Information and Registration

Were you hired at UConn as a faculty member on or after August 2020? Please visit the Early Career Program to learn about a professional development opportunity available this fall from CETL.  Learn More

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2026 University Teaching Award Call for Nominations

Nomination period runs October 31 - November 21. Nominees will be contacted by CETL in early December with application instructions. Learn More

2025 University Teaching Award Winners

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 University Teaching Awards. Please join us in congratulating the winners. Learn More

Center for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL)

UConn Becomes Part of the CIRTL Network

We prepare graduate students and postdocs to excel as teachers, researchers, and as mentors. Future Faculty and Academic Careers programs are housed in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and offer both local and online professional development opportunities. Through the North American Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Network, graduate students and postdocs in all fields can build skills for academic careers in a wide range of settings. MORE INFORMATION

Announcing the Winners of the 2025University Teaching Awards

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 University Teaching Awards.  Please click here for the names of our winners.

University-wide access to online teaching and work-life resources

Looking for additional resources on teaching development, work-life balance, and career development? CETL has an institutional account with the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). CETL invites faculty and graduate students to sign-up for free subaccounts using your UConn email address. For more information about NCFDD: CLICK HERE

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Authentication

UConn is required to verify the identity of students who participate in online courses and to establish that students who register in an online course are the same students who participate in and complete the course activities and assessments and receive academic credit. Your syllabus should include information for students on the methods you will use in your course for authentication. Please see this resource guide for more detail. READ MORE

Assessment Report Due Date and Updated Cycle

For undergrad academic programs involved in assessment activities, the University Student Learning Assessment Committee has set May 22nd as the due date. The committee has also changed to a triennial cycle. Assessment fellows will be reaching out to each program to discuss the new cycle. Learn More

The Teaching Professor and Magna Digital Library

As a member of our campus community this online resource from Magna Publications is available at no cost to you. The Teaching Professor and Magna Digital Library keeps readers informed of pedagogically sound techniques, new ideas, strategies that work, and pragmatic approaches to enhancing student learning and improving instructional effectiveness, regardless of teaching modality or academic discipline. READ MORE

Clear Face Masks and Microphone Covers Available to Instructors

Given the important role of facial expressions when communicating, CETL is providing, by request, clear face masks to instructors. To learn more about clear face masks and to request masks, check out our webpage. CETL is also providing, by request, microphone covers to instructors for use in the classroom. Clear masks and mic covers will be available starting January 18th.

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Deadline Extended for 2022 CT OER Grant

The deadline for the Call for Applications to the Connecticut Open Educational Resources Grant Program has been extended. The new deadline for applications for this opportunity is now February 18th, 2022. The CT OER Grant program is for faculty and departments within Connecticut’s higher education institutions to explore, adopt, create, revise, and supplement Open Educational Resources (OER). This grant program focuses on OER opportunities in “high-impact” areas – courses with high enrollment, and high textbook costs. Adopting OER has the potential to increase equity in our classrooms and enhance student success at UConn. Please see the linked application above for further details about the grant program and application process.
 
If you have any additional questions, please contact Zach Claybaugh (Student Success Librarian/UConn Library) at zachariah.claybaugh@uconn.edu.

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The Gardner Institute Teaching and Learning Academy

Signature Course for 2022-2023 - The Humanity of Inclusive Practices: Liberatory and Contemplative Pedagogy
Synchronous sessions: July 11, July 13, July 15, July 18, July 20, and July 22
Time: 1:00-3:30 pm ET

Faculty, staff, administrators, or teaching assistants on all levels are invited to take advantage of UConn’s Institutional membership  to resources from the Teaching and Learning Academy (TLA) hosted by the Gardener Institute. Learn More

Inclusive STEM Teaching Program

Call for UConn Equity Improvement Community Program

Supported by Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
October through Spring of 2022

Building upon the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, we are launching the UConn Equity Improvement Community program to advance equitable teaching and learning practices in STEM courses. Learn More

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We’ll Be AI-Right: Working Through and With the Generative AI Moment

Friday, December 1 from 12:30-2:00 (virtual)
Join Lance Eaton for a conversation of what we learned from this past year, where we are now, and where we are going. Learn More

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