Spring Teaching and Learning Conference 2026

Thanks to all who helped make our Spring Teaching and Learning Conference 2026 a success! Recordings and slides for most sessions are now available to 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 community members on request. Please email CTL@Colorado.edu.
The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) invites all CU educators and community members to join us for our annual Spring Conference and Best Should Teach Celebration 2026.
Held on March 5, this conference will take place at the Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE), room E390. This event will bring together educators and leaders from across campus to discuss strategies for promoting the success of all students. This year鈥檚 theme is听Teaching Forward: Student-centered Practices in a Changing Educational Landscape.听
Morning refreshments and a catered lunch will be provided and will include vegan and Halal options. Please by Friday, February 27, if you鈥檇 like to join us for lunch. Participants are welcome to attend the full conference or drop in for specific sessions based on their interests and availability.
See our exciting lineup of discussions, presentations, and panels below! We hope you鈥檒l join us for this opportunity to learn, connect, and innovate together!
Lastly, if not having access to campus parking is a potential barrier to you attending, please contact the CTL at听CTL@colorado.edu. We will do our best to assist you with this.
Following the Spring Conference, the CTL will be hosting our annual Best Should Teach Award Ceremony from 6:00-9:00 PM MT at the CASE Chancellor's Hall. Read more about this open-invite ceremony and celebration here.
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Thursday, March 5, 2026 from 9:00 AM MT - 4:30 PM MT
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InPerson: Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE) E390
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Schedule, Sessions, and Presenters:
Thursday March 5, 2026
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| 9:00-9:15 AM MT | Welcoming Remarks from the CTL Presenter: Preston Cumming, CTL Professional Development Lead |
| 9:20-9:50 AM MT | Title: Promoting Student Learning Through Balanced Well-Being Global events of the past few years have profoundly impacted the mental health and emotional wellness of young adults. June Gruber has been studying this impact on college students and other young adults, considering ways instructors, students, and others can address this mental health challenge. Gruber鈥檚 work on the science of well-being and emotional diversity offers an evidence-based path toward more balanced emotional health to support student learning. Presenter: June Gruber, Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience,听The Science of Emotional Health and Learning |
| 10:00-10:50 AM MT | Title:听Compassionate Collaboration in the Classroom Cultivating compassion within the context of teaching and learning can be a powerful resource for sustaining care for ourselves and our students鈥攅specially in times of challenge and change. In this interactive session, participants will pause to reflect, engage in compassion practices, and learn practical strategies for fostering student collaboration. Together, we鈥檒l consider how compassionate collaboration can nurture belonging, curiosity, and joy in K鈥20 classrooms. Presenters:
Hosted by: Kelly Gildersleeve, Assistant Director of the CTL |
| 11:00-11:50 AM MT | Title:CTL Excellence in Teaching with Technology Recipient Panel: Our Past and Current Innovations in Teaching Each year, the CTL awards the Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award to a faculty member who was nominated by their peers and students for their commitment to teaching with technology. In 2023,听Bethany Wilcox was recognized for her use of technology to help students engage with course materials in meaningful ways that further their abilities to visualize the complexities of physics while simultaneously building their confidence as learners and leaders in the classroom. In 2022,听Nicole Jobin was recognized for her use of technology as not only a tool, but also as a great equalizer in her classroom, placing students as co-creators, rather than passive learners, of their knowledge. In 2021,听David Paradis鈥 colleagues and students recognized his commitment to lifelong learning, his passion for teaching, and his desire to constantly improve his use of technology in the classroom. We welcome these amazing faculty members to come discuss their past, current, and future endeavors into technology in the classroom! Panelists: 听
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| 12:00-12:50 PM MT | Title: CTL Lead Graduate Teaching Fellow Panel: From Where Have We Seen Teaching Come, and Where are We Going? Come join several CTL Lead Graduate Teaching Fellows as they discuss the current and future states of graduate teaching across campus. These Fellows provide peer support of teaching through their roles within the CTL. This places them in an insightful position for this unique discussion.听 Panelists:
Hosted by: Preston Cumming, CTL Professional Development Lead |
| 12:50-1:15PM | Break to grab lunch before next session (catered lunch available in CASE E390) |
| 1:15-2:15 PM MT | Title:听Faculty and Student Panel on Implementing the Canvas Template to Promote Student Success Developed by the Center for Teaching & Learning, Office of Information Technology, Digital Accessibility Office and Continuing Education with a group of faculty partners, the new CU Canvas Template for Student Success was designed to help CU educators build more consistent, effective Canvas courses to support student learning and success. After initially launching for campus-wide use for the Spring 2025 semester, the Template has been downloaded into over 1,100 courses, receiving positive feedback from both educators and students. Attend this session to learn more about faculty experiences adopting the Template, student experiences in Canvas, and how to get started using the template in your own courses. Panelists:听
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| 2:30-4:30 PM MT | Title:听Teaching, Learning and AI: CU Community Perspectives Join us for a participatory session exploring diverse faculty and student perspectives on AI, teaching, and learning. The session will feature lightning talks by faculty spanning a range of approaches to supporting student learning in the context of AI鈥揻rom redesigning their courses to limit AI use to working with AI tools to enhance student learning. The session will also feature a student panel to address student perspectives. Rounds of lightning talks will be interspersed with periods for facilitated discussion designed to foster cross鈥慶ampus dialogue. All viewpoints and experiences with AI are welcome as we explore this rapidly changing landscape together. You鈥檙e welcome to stay for the full session or drop in for any portion that fits your schedule.听 Agenda with presenters & lightning talk titles:听
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NOTICE: Following the Spring Conference, the CTL will be hosting our annual Best Should Teach Award Ceremony from 6:00-9:00 PM MT at the CASE Chancellor's Hall. Read more about this open-invite ceremony and celebration here.
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