Upcoming workshops and courses
Oct 14 | Designing discussions to foster engagement and connection
Feeling stuck when it comes to class discussion? This session reexamines classroom and online discussions, identifying strategies to promote engagement and attendance.
Oct 21 | Preserving learning in an era of automation
Join Marc Watkins, coauthor of the new Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, to explore strategies for balancing analog learning and technologies like AI to protect students’ core skills development.
Nov 5 | Panel discussion: Developing AI-related course policies
Join a panel of UW faculty in exploring foundational ideas to consider when developing course- and assignment-level AI policies.
Core elements of effective teaching
The UW Faculty Code identifies five “core elements” as the basic building blocks of an effective teaching practice. Grounded in a significant body of research, the core elements help instructors create learning environments that are: aligned, inclusive and equitable, active and engaged, growth-oriented, and relevant.
Teaching@UW offers a host of resources designed to help you learn about and integrate each element into your teaching practice.
Faculty spotlight
Wonderful instructors abound at UW! Learn about how Sílvia da Costa Ferreira honors linguistic diversity and fosters authentic student writing in her teaching.
AI+Teaching resources
Struggling with how to think about teaching and AI? Explore strategies for talking with students, developing AI course policies, and centering learning when using AI.
Design your syllabus
Want to increase the chances that students will read your syllabus? Explore strategies for making your syllabus more effective, welcoming, and relevant.
2026 Teaching Awards
Congratulations to this year’s UW Distinguished Teaching Awards recipients! Learn how they practice reflective, learner-centered teaching.
What people are saying:
“I loved that the AI+Teaching course is grounded in learning theory and had assignments I can (and will!) readily apply to the class I’m teaching.”
– Katie Davis, Professor, iSchool, Seattle