Faculty Teaching Fellows
The Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty (PDoF) and the Center for Learning, Teaching & Research (CLTR) are pleased to announce an opportunity for faculty members to serve as Faculty Teaching Fellows in the CLTR. The new program offers a one-year role providing the opportunity to explore, develop, and disseminate ideas that further support a culture of teaching and learning at ºÚÁÏÍø.
Please review the document linked below to learn more about the Faculty Teaching Fellows program and apply to be a participant.
Constance Harsh, Professor of English and Rebecca S. Chopp Chair in the Humanities, will serve as the inaugural CLTR Teaching Fellow. In this role, Connie is leading a collaborative project focused on exploring strategies to strengthen students’ capacities for deep reading and comprehensive reflection. The hope is that faculty can think about how to support students as they seek to extend their attention span in a world full of distractions. In the Spring 2025 semester, we’ll host several conversations to pursue this project.
The first conversation will take place on January 31 at 12:15 in 101A McGregory Hall. This will provide an opportunity for faculty to learn more about the project, and consider a plan for the semester that will have two chief aims: understanding the obstacles to reading deeply and paying sustained attention; developing methods for chipping away at those obstacles.
You can signal your interest in this project, whether or not you can attend on the 31st, by . (It will be easiest if you reply by January 29.) The form will also give you the opportunity to request a copy of Gloria Mark's , which has much relevant material.
Each conversation this term will likely be of general interest and will be individually announced to the community. But we are also hoping that a few faculty might collaborate as they develop their Fall 2025 classes to implement some of the strategies we identify. Think about whether you would like to be part of this cohort.
Reading Groups
This Spring 2025 semester, the CLTR will be facilitating a reading group for the book, . This will be a great opportunity to connect with colleagues, share ideas and potentially implement some small changes in your teaching.
Dates and times are listed below, and all sessions will be held in McGregory 101A
- Friday, February 7, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
- Friday, February 14, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
- Friday, February 21, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch will be provided and we kindly ask you to you’d like to attend to assist us in ordering an appropriate amount of food.
Teaching Tables
Teaching Tables represent more structured and moderated conversations around specific topics that are brought to the CLTR from faculty, students and staff. If you have a teaching need, wish to explore a new technique, want to hear from a faculty panel on a specific topic, etc. just let us know. You propose the topic and perhaps suggested presenters and we do all the work to set things up. To suggest an idea please email cltr@colgate.edu.
Reading and Attention (CLTR Faculty Teaching Fellow Session)
Date: Friday, 31 January 2025, 12:15 –1:15 p.m.
Location: McGregory 101A (lunch provided)
Facilitator: Connie Harsh
Constance Harsh, Professor of English and Rebecca S. Chopp Chair in the Humanities, will serve as the inaugural CLTR Teaching Fellow. In this role, Connie is leading a collaborative project focused on exploring strategies to strengthen students’ capacities for deep reading and comprehensive reflection. The hope is that faculty can think about how to support students as they seek to extend their attention span in a world full of distractions. In the Spring 2025 semester, we’ll host several conversations to pursue this project.
The first conversation will provide an opportunity for faculty to learn more about the project, and consider a plan for the semester that will have two chief aims: understanding the obstacles to reading deeply and paying sustained attention; developing methods for chipping away at those obstacles.
You can signal your interest in this project, whether or not you can attend on the 31st, by . (It will be easiest if you reply by January 29.) The form will also give you the opportunity to request a copy of Gloria Mark's , which has much relevant material.
Each conversation this term will likely be of general interest and will be individually announced to the community. But we are also hoping that a few faculty might collaborate as they develop their Fall 2025 classes to implement some of the strategies we identify. Think about whether you would like to be part of this cohort.
A Conversation about Grading and Learning
Date: Monday, 3 February 2025, 12:15 –1:15 p.m.
Location: Lathrop 107 (lunch provided)
Facilitators: Teo Ballvé and Aaron Gember-Jacobson
Are you interested in integrating statistics in your courses? Looking to provide students with easy to use tools and resources? The Data Science Collaboratory at ºÚÁÏÍø has worked to develop software that addresses barriers to teaching and learning quality statistical practice and accompanying materials for guiding the learning of foundational concepts in statistics. Colleagues in the Collaboratory have created a series of advanced case studies that instructors can use to guide quantitative analyses in courses that use statistics. In this teaching table we will discuss the interactive R Shiny web apps we developed to conduct technically sound statistical analyses that empower instructors and students. These free resources provide exposure to current quantitative research and equip users with the skills to select, apply, and interpret appropriate techniques in real-world contexts, regardless of their prior mathematical or coding experience.
To help us plan for an appropriate amount of food, we kindly ask you to .
Group Work that Works!
Date: Monday, 26 February 2025, 12:15 –1:15 p.m.
Location: McGregory 101A (lunch provided)
Facilitators: Cat Cardelus and Regina Conti
How can we design group work that fosters meaningful collaboration and equitable participation? What strategies effectively manage group dynamics and address challenges like uneven workload distribution? Join us for this teaching table, facilitated by two ºÚÁÏÍø faculty members with thoughtful insights on creating and managing group learning experiences that truly work – for both students and instructors. After brief presentations to spark ideas, we’ll open the floor for conversation, inviting colleagues to share experiences, challenges, and strategies. Together, we’ll explore practical approaches to structuring group projects, fostering accountability, and assessing collaborative efforts. Whether you’re new to group work or looking to enhance your approach, this session promises fresh perspectives and supportive dialogue. To help us plan for an appropriate amount of food, we kindly ask you to .
Faculty Learning Communities
Faculty learning communities (FLCs) are collaborative, cross-disciplinary groups of faculty members who come together to engage in ongoing, reflective discussions and activities focused on enhancing teaching and learning. FLCs provide a supportive environment for faculty to engage in shared inquiry, explore specific issues together, and develop new pedagogical approaches. During the 2024 - 2025 academic year the CLTR will be facilitating an FLC focused on Exploring genAI for Teaching and Learning.
Please review the document linked below to learn more about the work of this faculty learning community and apply to be a participant.
Pedagogical Partnership Program
The CLTR will be continuing its Pedagogical Partnership program during the 2024–2025 academic year. This program is informed by similar programs originally developed at BrynMawr College by Allison Cook-Sather, that included student consultants as partners in the classroom. This original work in the (Students as Learners and Teachers) program, focused on connecting students, faculty and staff in various forms of co-creation and co-learning. Building on this work, the CLTR seeks to create spaces where faculty, students and academic staff can partner to co-create equitable teaching and learning.
During the fall 2024 semester, a new cohort of student partners will be participating in an orientation course to assist in preparing them for partnership roles with faculty members in the spring 2025 semester. We will also be engaged in outreach to share information about partnership work, and invite interested faculty to contact the CLTR cltr@colgate.edu with questions or to express interest in participating in this program. Below are links to documents providing more information about the program.
Morning Grind with the CLTR
Please come join CLTR staff and ºÚÁÏÍø colleagues for some coffee and conversation about teaching and learning. The Grind sessions are a bit "open mic" in spirit, and don't tend to have topics identified in advance...but the conversation is always interesting. You can come anytime and stay for as long as you'd like.
Please stay tuned for Spring '25 Morning Grind sessions.
Teaching and Learning Workshops
CLTR staff partner with faculty and facilitate workshops on a range of teaching and learning topics. We also collaborate with colleagues in the Learning and Applied Innovation (LAI) group in ITS to conduct workshops addressing the meaningful use of technology to support instruction. A full list of sessions can be found on the . Please reach out to the CLTR with any ideas you have for a workshop you'd like to see us offer.