Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Current Programming
Each term, the CTLE works with faculty to facilitate peer-to-peer PD focused on topics that you can use in your classroom right away. Please expand the accordions below for this term's schedule. These sessions are aligned with the Teaching Excellence Framework, which was developed by a diverse group of stakeholders - led by the Faculty Development Committee (FDC). If you'd like to host a faculty forum, please complete the survey on the right.
Tech:30
The Tech:30 series is an opportunity to get plugged-in to helpful tech in your classroom. Tapping into a number of programs that faculty use regularly, these sessions will cover under-utilized features of programs to help you become more tech-savvy faculty!
Sessions will be held on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 11:00 - 11:30am, prior to the Library's Academic Honesty Office Hours. During the first 10 minutes we will discuss options for integrating AI tools into the classroom. The remainder of the session will be an open discussion about implications of AI integration.
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AI in Teaching Series
This session will help you prepare students to evaluate, question, and use AI-generated content responsibly and thoughtfully.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the limitations, biases, and potential inaccuracies of generative AI tools.
- Design learning activities that prompt students to critique and verify AI-generated responses.
- Guide students in using AI as a tool for inquiry, not authority.
Engaging Activities:
- Reverse Engineering Activity—Develop fact-checking strategies by feeding an assignment prompt to a chatbot and analyzing the response.
- Design a Critical Thinking Prompt—Faculty create or revise a prompt for students that requires them to engage critically with AI.
The session will be offered multiple times throughout the term. Register once using the link below and choose which session you will attend.
Session from September 17, 2025
Student-Centered Teaching Series
In this session, we'll learn how to make our curriculum more inclusive.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify ways to make course content more inclusive and representative.
- Recognize gaps in course materials and address them with diverse perspectives.
- Develop an action plan for updating a course syllabus.
Engaging Activities:
- Guided syllabus and course materials review
- Discussion and Brainstorming session
The session will be offered multiple times throughout the term. Register once using the link below and choose which session you will attend.
JumpStart Orientation
We realize that a single orientation session is not enough to support new faculty members. So, we've created a series of orientation sessions, collectively called the JumpStart Orientation, scheduled throughout the term. These sessions will help you get acquainted with your fellow faculty members and NLU’s systems, while also serving as touch-points for you to get your questions answered. See each drop-down below for an outline of each session and a link to register. Please keep in mind that these sessions may change based on the evolving needs of faculty. We’re happy you’re here and we look forward to seeing you during the JumpStart Orientation!
Excellence in Online & Remote Teaching
Excellence in Online and Remote Teaching (EORT), a development opportunity for all faculty at National Louis University, features asynchronous, interactive modules and resources accessed on the CTLE website that address the nuts and bolts of online and remote teaching. This information is designed as hands-on, just-in-time learning experiences that result in tangible, usable strategies that can be immediately implemented into your teaching practice.
Even though the course has a sequential aspect to it, it is also designed for you to consume and interact with information that is most meaningful to you, so feel free to skip around and don’t worry if you do not participate in each module.
Use the EORT link below to explore the web resources to help you teach asynchronously.
Professional Development Info
PD Reflection
Often, you'll want to share progress on your pedagogical experimentation during your Faculty Performance Evaluation, or in other venues - but it can be difficult to remember everything you did throughout the year. Download the form below to reflect on your implementation of practices learned through PD engagement.
PD Budget
If you're seeking growth opportunities outside of what the CTLE or your college is offering, each full-time faculty/staff member has a $1,000/year professional development budget.
Invite the CTLE to Your Meeting!
We're happy to bring the training to you. Please use the form below to invite us to your meeting. We're available to offer guidance on this or any other topic.
Podcast Spotlight
Teaching in Higher Ed: How Artificial Intelligence is Impacting Higher Education
Bonni Stachowiak hosts the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast and speaks about the many uses of ChatGPT with guest Cynthia Alby, Professor of Teacher Education at Georgia College and Lead Developer for the Governor's Teaching Fellows Program in Georgia. The conversation includes a discussion about the ways that instructors are using AI to improve their practice, including writing sample lesson plans and writing copy for upcoming events/initiatives. They note the importance of refining anything that comes from the Chatbot, but highlight its utility as a jumping-off point. Listen to the whole podcast below.
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Enlighten in 11 (E:11)
For information regarding the CTLE Enlighten in 11 series please visit the E:11 page.
