Teaching Guides
CNDLS produces guidance on many teaching topics, grouped into hubs below. Explore guides by topic or see all of our Teaching Topics A-Z.
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Assessment and Student Feedback
Plan and design student assessments, utilize technology and strategies for exams, grading and inclusive assessment, mechanisms for giving student feedback as well as feedback on your own teaching.
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Conducting Class
There are many decisions once your class is underway, such as: how to balance discussion and lecture, how to handle difficult conversations, how to encourage active learning and reflection, and more.
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Creating Courses and Curricula
Great courses don't just happen; they're the result of careful planning and design work, from learning goals to syllabus. This hub can help you think through all the steps that lead to a really successful class.
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Designing for Inclusivity
Teaching for inclusion and well-being is a cornerstone of a truly successful class. These resources give faculty strategies for reaching all students and for teaching to the whole student.
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Teaching Across Modalities
Teaching modalities fall along a continuum from in-person to hybrid to fully online. Explore the intricacies of hybrid and online modalities and how to guide a successful class.
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Teaching With Technology
Learn how instructors use technology thoughtfully to improve conditions for learning and provide plentiful opportunities for practice, feedback, interaction, and engagement.
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Understanding Student Learning
What ideas, techniques, and values guide your teaching? Explore a range of approaches to teaching that can transform student learning and encourage students to apply their learning.
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Toolkits
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Inclusive Pedagogy
Equip yourself with tips and research to enhance your inclusive teaching approach. This toolkit provides concrete suggestions for creating inclusive, antiracist learning environments through five interconnected aspects of teaching and learning relevant to all courses.
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Inquiry and Discourse
Prepare to accompany students into the fray of learning in a complex and pluralistic world. These resources offer research and guidance on the importance of academic expression, deep inquiry, and dialogue as well as how to operationalize these values in effective ways.
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Teaching With AI
Explore resources and support for teaching with generative Artificial Intelligence tools. This evolving page captures current tips for integrating generative AI tools into teaching and research, providing resources for assignment design, course policies, and avenues for assistance and guidance.
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Resources
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Teaching Topics
Read comprehensive teaching guides offering strategies and research-informed resources for conducting class, designing courses, promoting inclusivity, assessing techniques, teaching across modalities, utilizing technology effectively, and understanding student learning.
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Instructional Continuity
Teach effectively amid interruptions to face-to-face learning. Find up-to-date information on teaching support during temporary emergencies and campus closures.
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Syllabus Policies
Consider approaches to course-level policies, as well as university policies to include in your syllabus. See guidance on integrating campus policies and customizable course policies into syllabi, including a range of approaches and resources for effective teaching and student support.
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Teaching Tools
Check out the digital teaching tools available to you at Georgetown. Peruse pedagogical strategies and technical resources for effectively integrating educational technology tools into your teaching.
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The CNDLS Podcast: What We're Learning About Learning
Conversations with students, faculty, and staff about teaching and learning in higher education.
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