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Teaching Tips

Establishing class communities for learning

This new year has started off with both global and national aggression, building on the uncertainty that underlines our times. What our students need from us is consistency and care in our class communities. Now is the moment to invest a little time in building your class community so that you and your students have the rapport to grapple with complex questions. Here are some ideas to guide your plans:

  • Now that classes have started, here are CRLT’s Guidelines for Classroom Interaction
  • How to Make Your Teaching More Engaging: This Chronicle Advice Guide lays out the how and why of getting students to engage and includes concrete suggestions for in-person, online, and hybrid modalities
  • Norm-Setting at the Beginning of the Semester: Get inspired by this 3 minute video from Harvard; the “aim is not to construct norms that ‘make people happy’ but rather to create a classroom culture where students challenge each other so they can authentically grapple with the course content.”
  • Establishing Classroom Norms and Agreements: This Cornell resource explains how co-creating expectations with students builds ownership and supports a culture of inquiry and mutual respect.
  • Building an Inclusive Classroom Community: These tips from Stanford Teaching Commons offer strategies for sustaining an inclusive environment throughout the entire semester.
  • Building the Online Learning Community: Explore research-based strategies from Wake Forest for enhancing instructor presence, peer interaction, and student connection in digital spaces.
  • Care for students without self-sacrifice: In this Teaching in Higher Ed podcast episode, Roberta Hawkins and Leslie Kern discuss Higher Expectations: How to Survive Academia, Make it Better for Others, and Transform the University “You can’t solve institutional problems with individual sacrifices.” 

No Prep Session
Talking with Students About GenAI

Talking with students about how GenAI fits into your class (or doesn't) can be a tricky subject. In this no prep, come as you are, session we will look at (and give you time to implement) assignment ideas, potential readings and practice those in-the-moment conversations.

This is a virtual session (on Zoom) with Autumm Caines.

Wednesday Jan 14th from 10:30 - 11:30 am
Registration

What’s Next in GenAI

After the success of the Hub's GenAI 7-week Leadership Program we are updating the program to ask "What's Next for GenAI and Teaching and Learning?"

This is a 4-week program for faculty that are engaged with GenAI either as adopters, researchers, or skeptics to examine cultural impacts, or issues relevant to teaching and learning. Past participants are welcome to join. Active participation during the sessions is expected. 

The program consists of four synchronous meetings with a conversational (seminar) format on these dates: Feb 18, Feb 25, Mar 11, & Mar 18 - Wednesdays 11am-noon.

The last session will be a virtual panel discussion open to the campus (on Zoom).

Faculty selected for the seminar will receive a $300 stipend.

Learn more: Program Description

Application due: Jan 26th, 2026.

Application Google Form

Questions or comments? Contact Carla Vecchiola at cvecchio@umich.edu

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