CTLI Academy for Teaching

Foundational onboarding for all new educators, focusing on MSU-specific resources and essential classroom management.  

• Focus: Navigating the MSU instructional ecosystem.
• Objective: To orient new educators to institutional policies, student support resources, and the foundational expectations of teaching in a large research university context.

This track is currently available for enrollment for participants who are willing to complete the content and offer user experience feedback.

Build foundational course structures rooted in principles of backward design, alignment of learning objectives, and structural development for effective student outcomes.  

• Focus: Intentional and reflective course design practices.
• Objective: To maximize student success by focusing on measurable learning outcomes and alignment with instructional materials, activities, and assessments. 

Develop strategies for active learning and fostering intellectual curiosity within diverse classroom environments.

• Focus: Optimizing students' interactions between content, instructor, and peers.
• Objective: To implement evidence-based strategies—such as inquiry-based learning and collaborative problem-solving—that increase student cognitive investment. 

Elevate evidence-based frameworks for creating equitable learning spaces and supporting the success of all learners.

• Focus: Equity and belonging.
• Objective: To interrogate your own practices critically to improve your pedagogy, integrate inclusive pedagogical strategies, and remove learning barriers to support all students’ sense of belonging.

This track is currently available for enrollment for participants who are willing to complete the content and offer user experience feedback.

Develop methods for designing meaningful formative and summative evaluations that accurately measure student learning gains.

• Focus: Measuring learning gains and providing feedback.
• Objective: To design, implement, and refine aligned, equitable, and evidence-informed assessment strategies that support meaningful student learning and continuous improvement to your teaching practice. 

Consider appropriate and intentional use of digital tools and emerging AI technologies to tailor practices that enable learning and maintain academic integrity.

• Focus: Digital literacy and pedagogical innovation.
• Objective: To critically evaluate and deploy digital tools and GenAI strategies that enhance learning while addressing the ethical implications of AI in academia.