For All Instructors
Resources for all instructors, regardless of where you are in your career
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Support students' learning in the age of AI
Support students' learning in the age of AI
- How can I learn the basics of generative AI?
- How can we design and write policies about AI that focus on student learning?
- How does thoughtful course and assessment design help students avoid the temptation to misuse AI?
- How can you design assignments so that students use AI responsibly--or don't use it at all?
- How can I help students use AI to support their learning?
- What are ethical and productive ways for instructors to use AI?
- Should my students be using AI?
- How can I help students be critical of the output AI gives them?
- Making the most of prompt writing for learning and teaching
- How can I discourage students from using AI and other web resources in academically dishonest ways?
- Should I use AI detection tools in my courses?
- What can I do if I suspect a student has cheated with AI?
Support your diverse students
Support your diverse students
- Research-based practices to support diverse learners
- Use peer learning to create a welcoming, high-impact learning community
- Use a welcome letter to foster belonging and success for diverse students before the semester begins
- The inviting syllabus: motivating, welcoming, and guiding diverse students toward success
- Help diverse students use your syllabus to build a relationship to your course and take ownership of their learning
- Use transparent assignment descriptions to ensure success for diverse students
- Help students use your assignments and feedback to persist and remain hopeful
Understand your students
Motivate your students
Engage your students
Engage your students
- What should I do on the first day of class?
- How do I plan an effective and engaging class meeting?
- How can I design discussions that will help my students learn?
- How can I help my students engage in discussions of controversial topics?
- What can I do to engage students and facilitate learning in a large class?
- How can I improve student learning without making big changes to my teaching?
- How can I use student feedback to ensure care, trust, and persistence?
Help students take ownership of their learning
Help students take ownership of their learning
Write your syllabus
Assess your students' learning
Assess your students' learning
- What do I need to consider when I assess student learning?
- How can I design effective writing assignments?
- How can I give students useful feedback on their writing (without spending all my time grading!)?
- How can I design, implement, and grade group projects that ensure student learning?
- What are the principles of effective grading?
- How can I teach in ways that minimize cheating and plagiarism?
Additional resources from the CATLOE Library
Additional resources from the CATLOE Library
CATLOE maintains a physical library of resources to support faculty and graduate students as teachers and as academic professionals. Please browse our list of titles, and reach out to us if you see a book of interest to you!
For Graduate Students Who Teach
Resources that draw from current research on teaching and learning to address some of the most common concerns new teachers have
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Develop your teacher persona
Plan to teach effectively
Create and maintain an effective learning environment
Create and maintain an effective learning environment
Plan assessment and feedback
For Online Instructors
Resources to support instructors teaching fully online courses
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Prepare your online students for success
Prepare your online students for success
- Designing an asynchronous online course for student success
- Helping students make sense of fully online courses
- Welcoming students to your asynchronous online course
- Welcoming students to your synchronous online course
- Writing a syllabus that motivates students in an online course
- Motivating students in an online course
Engage your online students
Engage your online students