CATL on the MOO-ve: Spring 2023 College Drop-In Hours

CATL will be trying something a bit different this semester by bringing our services directly to instructors. One of our instructional designers, instructional technologists, or our Canvas administrator will be holding office hours for 2 hours per week in each of the four colleges. We’ll post our location in Teach Tuesday each week and also keep this blog page up-to-date. Please stop by and see us – no appointment necessary!

Events on AI, Machine-Generated Content, and ChatGPT (Feb. 10, Feb. 17, Mar. 24 & Apr. 7, 2023)

Have you heard the term “ChatGPT” and wondered what everyone was talking about? Are you thinking about how artificial intelligence and machine-generated content could help you as a teacher or complicate your ability to assess true student learning? Experts from across UW-Green Bay are coming together to help you! Please read on to learn more about the sessions being offered in Spring 2023.

OPID-Sponsored Systemwide Book Club: Relationship-Rich Education (Spring 2023)

The Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID) is sponsoring a systemwide book club for UW instructors this spring! Together we will be reading “Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College” by Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert. Sign up today to claim your spot!

Co-Writing Community (Weekly on Mondays and Fridays, Spring 2023)

Tara DaPra, one of CATL’s Instructional Development Consultants, will lead a “Co-Writing Community” this spring. Gathering as a co-writing community reserves space in your schedule for the projects you wish to work on but might otherwise get pushed aside. The community will meet every Monday and Friday. Drop in anytime!

Revising—and Reframing—Your Teaching Philosophy

Writing your teaching philosophy is not easy, but it is still an important practice both for potential career advancement and for self-reflection as educators. In this post, Tara DaPra, Assistant Teaching Professor and one of CATL’s 2022-23 Instructional Development Consultants, reflects on some ways to make writing a teaching philosophy a creative (and even fun) exercise. How can your teaching philosophy better express and celebrate what you have learned, and are still learning, about being an educator?