Ramp up to instruction consultations

Ohio University instructors teaching during the summer semester are invited to request consultations from Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (opens in a new window) staff and collaborators, including the Office of Instructional Innovation (opens in a new window), Office of Instructional Technology (opens in a new window), University Libraries (opens in a new window), Experiential Learning (opens in a new window) and the Center for Campus and Community Engagement (opens in a new window).

Consultations assist instructors in preparing to teach courses or address teaching challenges along the way. They also offer a time to simply collaborate around ideas for improving student learning. Consultation topics include, among others:

• Syllabus construction
• ChatGPT and AI course policies
• Experiential Learning and BRICKS Learning & Doing Course Development
• Effective use of a Learning Management System (LMS)
• Classroom management
• Strategies for teaching efficiently
• Assignment/activity design
• Assessing student learning 
• Inclusive pedagogy/building a sense of belonging 
• Active learning strategies (i.e., flipped classrooms, case studies, problem-based learning)
• Teaching large-enrollment courses
• Selecting instructional technologies
• Identifying themes in student feedback to improve instruction
• Community-engaged teaching and learning and C-course development

Instructors or teams of instructors are invited to request remote or in-person consultations by emailing ctla@ohio.edu or visiting websites of partner units.