Supporting Teaching, Learning, and Technology in the College of Letters and Science
In a snapshot of the student learning experience, two L&S undergraduate students share thoughts around adjusting to college, connecting with other students and instructors, and the influence of AI.
The Large-Enrollment Community is an opportunity to connect with colleagues, share experiences, and consider new ideas for teaching large courses. We meet monthly for one hour, typically on Zoom. Our meetings feature short presentations from group members on strategies and practices that they have found successful, as well as provide ample time for full group …
In this episode, we speak with 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award winner Brandon Bloch about his approaches to engaging students in their areas of interest and teaching challenging subjects in the age of AI.
In this Article Remix, IDC team members Maria Widmer and Molly Harris chat about their recent L&S Design for Learning article “Supporting First-Year Students.”
First-year students are new to learning in the college environment. Instructors can take steps to help students transition to new ways of learning and form community with their peers. This page offers strategies from research literature and our L&S colleagues for supporting first-year students. Pick one Mini Discussion below and include a 10-15 minute conversation …
L&S Teaching Assistant Daria Tennikova shares her approaches to teaching–from private piano lessons to group music theory courses to YouTube. She provides insights that can apply to any discipline.
In this Article Remix, IDC team members Laura Schmidli and Molly Harris chat about their recent L&S Design for Learning article “Maximizing Impact: Effective Strategies for Large Lectures.”
Active learning is broadly defined as involving students actively, rather than passively, in their own learning. Most often, this is shown in the contrast between students listening to a lecture and students working together to complete a task. Pick one Mini Discussion below and include a 10-15 minute conversation in your next group meeting. These …
Created by Molly Harris and edited by Laura Schmidli. You may have heard a college student refer to their experiences outside the classroom as “real life.” How can we dispel the impression that what happens in the classroom is somehow disconnected from students’ lives? How can we make our courses more “real” to students? And …
We kick off Season 4 with a conversation about music, creativity, and the art of learning. We hear from two music educators, Assistant Professors Amy Lewis and Jesse Rathgeber, as well as L&S students.
Students’ reasons for pursing an area of study are often very personal. Drawing on these personal factors can help students sustain motivation in your course by helping them develop connections to each other, the discipline, and the world around them. This page offers strategies from research literature and our L&S colleagues for recruiting student motivation. …
L&S undergraduate students share stories about what makes an assignment spark curiosity, how interdisciplinary learning brings value to their lives, and why they love a challenging course.