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 Senate has updated the Faculty Code to ensure that teaching at UW is: aligned, inclusive and equitable, active and engaged, growth oriented, and relevant. Taken together, these elements of effective teaching can help instructors create more effective learning environments. Learn how to incorporate these elements into your teaching.
Faculty spotlight
Learn about featured faculty members, including Sílvia da Costa Ferreira, whose teaching focuses on honoring linguistic diversity and fostering authentic student writing.
AI+Teaching resources
The proliferation of AI creates challenges for those who teach. Explore strategies for talking with students about AI, developing AI course policies, and centering learning when using AI.
Design your syllabus
Find information on the basic components of an effective syllabus at the UW, as well as strategies for getting students to read your syllabus.
2026 Teaching Awards
Learn how this year’s recipients of UW’s Distinguished Teaching Awards 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