Our News & Announcements page is your one-stop shop for all the recent resources, events, and news from CTL! This page will be updated periodically with contributions from CTL staff, Graduate Teaching Consultants, and Faculty. We invite your feedback and suggestions for topics—please reach out to us at ctl@bu.edu.
Welcome to CTL’s new Assistant Director
We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Ben Keating to our team! Ben joins us from Wake Forest University, where he was Assistant Teaching Professor... More
Student Engagement Part 2: Ensuring deep learning
Contributed by CTL staff (3 minute read) In our Student Engagement Part 1 News & Announcement post, we focused on the emotional aspects of learning, and offered... More
Jump-starting Discussion Using Images
Graduate Teaching Blog Post Contributed by Phillippa Pitts (5 minute read) Q:I've heard that starting class by asking students to discuss an image can help get students... More
Student Engagement Part 1: Focusing on the emotional aspects of learning
Contributed by CTL staff (3 minute read) Are your students engaged, actively present and effortful at their learning? Are your students ‘there,’ with you, in class? Are... More
Keeping Breakout Rooms On Task
Graduate Teaching Blog Post Contributed by Phillippa Pitts (4 minute read) Q: I hear students benefit from small group work and appreciate using Zoom breakout rooms. But... More
Harness the positive power of feedback
Contributed by CTL staff (3 minute read) Mid-term is a great time in the semester to check in with students about how they are going – with... More
Summer Workshop Announcement: Gateways to Student Learning: Engaging students through the Flipped Classroom Approach
What have been the lessons of teaching in the LfA modality? How will you be transferring some of the successful strategies you implemented to increase... More
Getting Ready for Your First Day of Class
Contributed by Jean Otsuki (2 minute read) Unsure how to prepare for your summer term course? Teaching a remote or hybrid course introduces new considerations about what... More
Announcing Our New Graduate Teaching Blog!
This year, CTL has been fortunate to have three wonderful graduate students working with us as Graduate Teaching Consultants (you can find out more about... More
Practice, Practice, Practice
Graduate Teaching Blog Post Contributed by Ben Suitt (2 minute read) Q: My students did poorly on the essay questions of the midterm despite acing my multiple... More