Faculty Development

The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning will be holding its yearly Winter Workshop on Thursday, January 12, 2023. Please join us to discuss and learn more about topics and tools that will be of interest for your teaching this spring.

Session schedule:

Jan. 12, 10-11:30am - ChatGPT is a new Artificial Intelligence bot that is sparking conversation and controversy due to its ability to create written content from simple prompts. Greg Reihman, Vice Provost of LTS, will lead a discussion of ChatGPT and its implications for teaching and learning at Lehigh. Join us to learn more about ChatGPT and related AI systems–and to share your thoughts about the challenges and opportunities created by this emerging technology.

Jan. 12, 1-1:45pm - CITL is rolling out several new tools this spring, including Poll Everywhere, Gradescope, and new accessibility tools. Join this session to learn about using Poll Everywhere to engage and create interaction with your students in class. We’ll also demo Gradescope, a web-based application to deliver, grade and provide feedback on paper and online assignments and assessments.

Jan. 12, 2-2:45pm - Over the last year, the Instructional Technology team has been researching, evaluating, and benchmarking several Learning Management Systems, including Canvas, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle 4.0. We’ll share our current findings in this session and also provide a preview of Moodle 4.0, highlighting advancements in both the student and instructor user experience.

The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) is hosting a day-long workshop on Thursday, January 9th, 2020.  Coffee, tea, and lunch will be provided.

The workshop will have sessions on a wide variety of pedagogical and instructional technology topics, including: Course Design, Inclusive Teaching, Serious Gaming, Course Site new features and best practice Q&A, implementing multimedia assignments and data projects, AR/VR, essential educational technology tools, and much more.

This is a great opportunity to discuss teaching with colleagues and CITL staff, learn more about key instructional tools and approaches, and  'warm up' your teaching skills for the spring semester. We will also be offering tours of innovative spaces at the end of the day. Please see the schedule of sessions below as well as descriptions of each session and what you can expect to do and learn.

Please register by 9:00 am, Monday, January 6th.

See full schedule of sessions and additional details.

View and download the flyer.

"It was extremely beneficial to hear the student's perspective on my teaching effectiveness. The student observer was well trained and did a good job providing feedback" -Faculty participant in the program 

All Lehigh faculty, adjunct faculty, and graduate student instructors are invited to participate in the following teaching development opportunity, which offers Lehigh instructors the opportunity to receive feedback on their teaching from a trained undergraduate student observer.  Sign up by September 18th, 2019 or learn more about the program at https://citl.lehigh.edu/classroom-visit-program

Start your semester a step ahead! The CITL is offering a few brief refresher sessions and tours of spaces Thursday morning, August 21st. The first two sessions are hyrbid sessions offering both in-person and remote attendance via Zoom.

Hybrid Information Sessions

Course Site: Basics - Introducing Lehigh’s LMS (Course Site)

This session will discuss how to request a Course Site and set up your course, by adding content, assignments, discussion boards, grade book, adding roles, etc.

• When: 8/22/2019 - 9:00am - 10:00am
• Who: Bobby Siegfried
• Where: Hybrid/CITL Classroom 379
• https://lehigh.zoom.us/j/203345831
• +16465588656,,203345831# US (New York)

Semester Kick-Off: Five Essential Tools for Content, Collaboration, and Communication

This session will introduce Lehigh’s LMS (Course Site - discussion board, choice, quizzes), and several tools such as Panopto, Zoom , Google Assignments, or Turnitin, that help faculty to meet their pedagogical goals.

• When: 8/22/2019 - 10:00am- 11:00am
• Who: Holly Zakos
• Where: Hybrid/CITL Classroom 379
• https://lehigh.zoom.us/j/203345831
• +16465588656,,203345831# US (New York)

Tours of Spaces

We are excited to invite the campus community to Lehigh University’s Symposium on Teaching and Learning. The event will be held over two days, April 10-11, and will highlight over 50 different presentations from a variety of disciplines.

Learn more and see the full schedule at https://citl.lehigh.edu/symposium2019.

In addition to a wide variety of talks by Lehigh faculty, this year's Symposium will feature:

• A screening of the documentary film, Can We Talk? Difficult Conversations with Underrepresented People of Color: Sense of Belonging and Obstacles to STEM Fields, and a conversation with the filmmaker Dr. Kendall Moore, award-winning documentary filmmaker and professor in the departments of Journalism and Film Media, University of Rhode Island
• A talk and discussion on Global Learning by Dr. Jill E. Blondin, Interim Executive Director of the Global Education Office at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
• Presentations by CITL Faculty Fellows, Creative Inquiry Faculty Fellows, recipients of the CBE Instructional Innovation Grants, and Center for Community Engagement faculty, student, and community partners
• An Open House for Faculty and Staff at the Lehigh University Art Galleries, featuring a reception, drop-in workshops, and a preview of the 2019-20 exhibitions

We hope you will join us for one, some, or all of the sessions.

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The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) is hosting a day-long workshop on Thursday, January 10th, 2019.  Coffee, tea, and lunch will be provided.

The workshop will have sessions on a wide variety of pedagogical and instructional technology topics, including: Course Design, The Art of Lecturing, Active Learning Approaches, Designing Effective Writing and Research Assignments, Online Learning, Course Site assignment boot camp, drones and AR/VR, and much more.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about key Course Site features, discuss teaching with colleagues and CITL staff, and to warm up your teaching skills for the spring semester. We will also be offering tours of innovative spaces throughout the day.

Please register by 9:00 am, Monday, January 7th.

See full schedule of sessions and additional details.

CITL has released the schedule of Fall 2018 workshops to be held throughout the semester. Topics ranging from inclusive teaching and teacher development to digital scholarship and instructional technology to innovative teaching strategies and activities. View and download the flyer for more information and plan to join us for one or many!

The CITL is hosting new faculty orientation in the CITL Commons in the EWFM library on Monday and Tuesday, August 20-21, 2018. Download the Schedule

Wednesday will also feature a CITL open house including opportunities to visit our new/updated learning spaces, get a crash course/refresher on Course Site, tour the Vizualization Lab and One-button Studio, and a peak at LUapps - a new solution for running apps virtually on-demand from anywhere.

If you would like to work with Lehigh's Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) on a class you are teaching in summer 2018 or Academic Year 2018-19 please submit a brief proposal by Friday, April 27, 2018. Someone from the Center will be in touch with you in early May.

• Consultation about General Teaching and Learning Topics
• Academic Uses of Visualization, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality
• Consultation on Writing, Research, and Inquiry Projects
• Inclusive Teaching, Active Learning, or Project-based Courses
• Teaching in a CITL Classroom and other Flexible/Active Learning Spaces
• Academic Uses of Visualization, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality
• Course-related Digital Scholarship, Video, Film, or Multimedia Projects
• Enhancing Teaching using Digital Tools, Instructional Videos or Modules
• Developing a Fully Online Course
• Research Computing Facilities for Teaching
• Digital Texts or Open Access Material
• Teaching in Large Lecture Halls

We are excited to invite the campus community to this year’s Lehigh University Symposium on Teaching and Learning. This year the event will be held over two days and will highlight over 40 different presentations from a variety of disciplines.

Learn more and see the full schedule at https://citl.lehigh.edu/symposium2018

The first day of the symposium, April 11th, will be focused on community-engaged teaching, learning, and research, exploring and exemplifying the public purpose of higher education. This year, our Featured speakers will include Dr. Judith Lasker, N.E.H. Distinguished Professor of Sociology, reflecting on her work in Global Health Volunteering.  We will also have individual breakout sessions and the Community Fellows poster presentation, as well as the awarding of the Percy Hughes Award for Scholarship, Humanity, and Social Change and the Library Research Prize during a lunch catered by South Side restaurants.

The second day, April 12th will be focused on Innovative Approaches to Teaching, Entrepreneurship-Mindset, Engaging and Guiding Students and Learning through Visualization & Digital Media.

Register online now (opens new window)!