Spring 2026
Quality Teaching (QT) Symposium
Mark your calendar for the Quality Teaching Symposium on April 28, 2026 in person at the Memorial Union with afternoon sessions online.
Hosted by the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Quality Teaching Symposium kicks off OSU's Teaching Excellence Week.
Symposium agenda and registration coming soon!
Winter 2026
Teaching Beyond OSU Community of Practice
Facilitators: Dee Gillen and Karen Elliott, with Kara Clevinger, Brenna Gomez, McKenzie Huber
This community of practice is led by and for instructors teaching Beyond OSU I/II courses in the new Core Ed curriculum. Our aim is to foster connections among Beyond OSU instructors, while discussing effective teaching strategies around career preparation and advancement. We are sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, Core Education, and the Career Development Center. We will have two meetings in Winter term.
Interested and not already a member? Email Dee Gillen or Karen Elliott.
Winter 2026 Teaching and AI Faculty Learning Community (FLC)
Facilitators: Liz Delf and Cub Kahn
This FLC will blend five required Zoom meetings with online learning activities in Canvas. The learning community will provide a collaborative space for participants to explore AI tools and to develop and refine teaching strategies to meet the challenges brought about by ubiquitous generative AI tools. Participants will address AI-related concerns such as issues with academic integrity and bias.
This program is full and registration is closed. Stay tuned for announcements of future programs.
Seeking Solutions Faculty Learning Community
Facilitators: Meg Mobley, Kara Clevinger, Kristin Nagy Catz, Nancy Barbour, Cyndie McCarley
Participants will develop and refine approaches to design activities and assignments that effectively teach to and assess Seeking Solutions LO4: “Demonstrate skills that enable effective collaboration through interdisciplinary teamwork.” This learning community will provide a collaborative space to learn alongside pedagogical specialists, assessment experts, and teaching colleagues from across the university. The learning community will work on rewriting the rubric to assess LO4 for Core Ed program assessment and have a collaborative space to work through the challenges of teaching and assessing teamwork skills.
This program is full and registration is closed. Stay tuned for announcements of future programs.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Community of Practice
Facilitators: Ashley Holmes and Tasha Randall
This community of practice is for any faculty member interested in learning more about using SoTL to enhance their teaching and improve student learning.
This program is full and registration is closed. Stay tuned for announcements of future programs.
Winter 2026 AI Book Club (co-sponsored by CTL and Ecampus)
Facilitator: Katherine McAlvage
Using Perusall, participants will collaboratively annotate and discuss Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A. Rettinger’s 2025 book, The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI. There will also be three meetings for further discussion and brainstorming.
This program is full and registration is closed. Stay tuned for announcements of future programs.