“I had no plan on what I was doing after university, the only thing I’d ruled out was teaching,” said David I. Smith. That was Smith’s mindset in the 1980s during his undergraduate years. Today, if ...

At the inaugural Columbia SPS Faculty Summit on AI Teaching and Learning, faculty and industry experts explored AI’s emerging ...

Teaching-as-learning: as every instructor knows (and research into human learning confirms), one of the most effective pathways to mastering content is teaching it to others. Giving students the ...

The goal of this page is to provide reasonably thorough, but also accessible and brief, guidance to support the AI approaches and practices of instructors, as well as how they communicate their ...

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, ...

Teaching techniques refer to the diverse array of strategies and methodologies employed by educators to engage students and facilitate effective learning experiences. What are some examples of ...

Teaching is many things. It’s a profession and a passion, tedious and rewarding, infuriating and full of joy. For some, ...

With 2025 barely in its infancy, educators are looking to new technologies and strategies to meet the needs of students. AI, digital learning tools, and personalized supports have become central to ...

Artificial intelligence presents both exciting opportunities and complex challenges for the world, profoundly affecting the ways we live, work, learn and relate to one another. At the University of ...

What is peer review of teaching (PRT)? Peer review is recognized in academia as a measure for ensuring quality work that meets standards and expectations among experts. Similarly, peer review of ...

Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are a popular measure of teaching effectiveness, which center students’ perspectives. However, research shows that SET scores have limitations, including ...

When I was a new teacher, I wanted my students to see math not just as numbers and equations but as a tool to understand the world around them. My goal wasn’t for them to simply memorize formulas to ...