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February 2026
Essentials of Teaching & Learning 3: Active Learning (In-Person)
Practice developing class activities that align with your learning objectives for students and incentivize all students to participate. Join the CTL for this workshop for graduate students focused on giving you strategies to better engage students in their own learning. In this workshop, we will discuss the evidence and efficacy of a variety of active learning strategies, and consider how these approaches can make our classrooms more inclusive. Prior to this session, participants are expected to have completed a 20-minute…
Find out more »LC2: Object-Based Approaches to Inclusivity in the Classroom (Grads)
CTLgrads Learning Community: Embodied Learning: Object-Based Approaches to Inclusivity in the Classroom (Part 2 of 2) How can pedagogical practices respond more fully to differences in access, ability, learning styles, and prior knowledge? This Learning Community invites participants from across disciplines to reflect on such questions by foregrounding the role of objects and the body in learning. We will reflect on how objects can transform pedagogical experiences, and how teaching with objects can cultivate more inclusive classrooms. The first session…
Find out more »A Trio of Books from Taiwan: Ocean, Ecology, and White Terror
Speakers: Kaori Lai, author of Portraits in White Ian Rowen, author of A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader; Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyushu University Brian Skerratt, translator of Ecoliterature chapter and previous Literature from Taiwan (LiFT) story; Classical & Oriental Studies, Hunter College of CUNY Moderator: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Columbia University This event celebrates the publication of three newly translated works of Taiwanese literature, co-published by the National Museum…
Find out more »CTLgrads Office Hours (for Graduate Students)
We invite current Columbia graduate students with questions about maintaining an inclusive teaching environment and all other aspects of pedagogy to drop by office hours on Fridays from 2:00–4:00 pm. We also welcome conversations about CTL fellowships, programs, services, job market preparation, and making progress in the Teaching Development Program (tdp.ctl.columbia.edu). No appointment is necessary; you can join us in-person in 212 Butler Library, or via Zoom. To join office hours via Zoom, email CTLgrads@columbia.edu to obtain the link. Learn more about what you can…
Find out more »Essentials of Teaching 4: Assessment & Feedback (In-Person)
Join the CTL for a workshop for graduate students focused on giving you tools to assess students accurately, efficiently, and encouragingly. In this workshop, you will learn approaches for assessing student learning and providing feedback that encourages students to focus more on their improvement and less on bottom line scores. We will introduce tools to help streamline and standardize assessment and feedback, while helping students better understand what is valuable in the topic and discipline. Breakout groups during this session…
Find out more »Feeling Political: Art as Public Sphere in the Cross-Strait Worlds
For non-Columbia affiliates, registration is required to access the Morningside campus. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street & Broadway or 116th Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 4:00 pm on Feb. 17 for campus access. Names will be submitted…
Find out more »Forgotten Modernist: Lee Qoede, Muralism, and the Geopolitics of Memory
PLEASE NOTE: For non-Columbia guests, registration is required to access the Morningside campus 24 hours prior to the event. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street & Broadway or 116th Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 12:00 PM…
Find out more »Sufficiency for All—Exploring Small-Scale, Low-Tech, Pro-Poor Initiatives
For non-Columbia affiliates, registration is required to access the Morningside campus. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street & Broadway or 116th Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 4:00 pm on Feb. 18 for campus access. Names will be submitted…
Find out more »Introduction to 2026-27 CTL Fellowships for Grad Students
Information Session: Introduction to CTL Fellowships for Graduate Students (LTF, TOF, TAF, TAIF, CIRTL Fellowships) Are you looking for ways to extend your pedagogical development? Would you like to be more involved with the Center for Teaching and Learning? Join the CTL’s Graduate Student Programs and Services team to learn more about paid fellowship opportunities at the CTL that provide Columbia doctoral students (and in some cases, MFA students at SOA) with sustained professional development experience. This information session will focus on the…
Find out more »Overview of Advanced CTL Fellowships for Graduate Students
The CTL’s Graduate Student Programs and Services team invites current and past CTL Fellows, as well as doctoral and MFA students who have engaged extensively with CTL offerings, to join us for an information session we are offering on 2025-26 advanced fellowship opportunities at the CTL. NOTE: CTL's advanced fellowships entail substantial mentoring, oversight, and administrative duties, and they are generally awarded to students who have held CTL fellowships in the past. Students who have not previously participated in a CTL fellowship are invited to instead…
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