Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Vincent Spezzo, the Center’s assistant director of Teaching and Learning Online, has been awarded the Wagner Distance Education Leadership Award from the Distance Learning Administration (DLA). This award recognizes individuals who have “embraced and significantly impacted distance education and distance learning practices,” two traits that characterize Spezzo’s work at Georgia Tech and beyond. “I am truly honored and humbled to be this year's Wagner Award winner for Distance Education Leadership," said Spezzo. Read more about the award and Spezzo's work advancing distance education.

CTL EVENTS

Join this two-part interactive forum to explore the power of mid-semester feedback to enhance teaching and learning. We’ll share strategies for gathering student input, interpreting responses, and making timely adjustments. Walk away with practical tools and fresh inspiration to make meaningful changes before the semester’s over.

During this roundtable, we'll discuss the new Department of Justice web accessibility rule and how it impacts Canvas course content at Georgia Tech. We’ll explore Universal Design for Learning principles that help us better support learning for all students. Roundtables are casual, faculty-led discussions about relevant campus technologies with pedagogical insights.

The RCE Greater Atlanta Community of Practice on Teaching with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is back! You'll learn how to enhance your teaching using the UN SDGs through innovative examples from instructors at Kennesaw State, Auburn University, and Georgia Tech. Register to receive a calendar invitation and Zoom link.

This workshop explores how students experience failure in the classroom and how instructors can respond in ways that foster growth, resilience, and meaningful learning. We'll introduce practical instructional strategies across three areas - communication, feedback, and assessment - that help shift students’ perceptions of failure from threat to opportunity.

Our teaching workshop series kicks off in September! We'll start by exploring how learners acquire, remember, and apply information. While the difference in knowledge between instructors and students can make teaching and learning difficult, understanding how learning works helps bridge the divide between experts and novice learners. 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Join the next cohort of Leaders in Teaching and Learning! This program develops faculty leaders to foster effective teaching within disciplinary units across campus. You'll participate in professional development sessions and complete projects that support your growth as a teaching and learning leader.

Are you a Georgia Tech academic professional, lecturer, professor of the practice, or tenured faculty with a bold vision for the future of AI in education? The Center for 21st Century Universities invites you to apply for the Bill Kent Family Foundation AI in Higher Education Fellowship. This initiative will focus on three main areas: developing class materials, implementing AI in the classroom, and ensuring students learn to use AI responsibly.

TECH CONNECTS

Join the College of Lifetime Learning's Learning Systems team as they showcase H5P, a user-friendly web tool that empowers instructors to create interactive experiences. With H5P, instructors can easily create and publish more than 50 content types including games, quizzes, and interactive videos directly from a Canvas course. 

Questions?
Contact Bethany Harris, Communications Program Manager.
bethany.harris@gatech.edu | 404.894.4474