Faculty are often searching for practical strategies to make their teaching engaging and impactful. The following information outlines some common teaching goals, along with the active learning ...

The ECTL Certification and Badge Program offers an opportunity for UW instructors to further develop as informed scholars, teachers, and effective educators. This self-directed certification and badge ...

Activities are the experiences that allow students to achieve learning outcomes. These may consist of readings, lectures, group work, labs or projects to name a few. While situations and learning ...

At WMU Teaching and Learning, we strive to empower educators with easy-to-use, off-the-shelf resources designed to enhance your teaching practice. Whether you're looking to design an inclusive course, ...

Last March when classes were swiftly moved to the remote environment, many of us had little time to adapt. In hopes to engage our students in this new environment, we implemented tried and true active ...

Active Learning has been referred to as many things, including “project-based learning” and “flipped classes.” The fundamental premise of active learning is the replacement of passive class time with ...

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) supports our community through developing and delivering engaging and innovative teaching resources for faculty and staff. We collaborate with offices, ...

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, low-pressure ways to check how well students are understanding the material. These methods are efficient, student-centered strategies that provide ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What introductory activities are you planning to do, or have done already, with students to begin this highly unusual new school year (specifically—first day, first ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...