Workshops

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offers regular onsite and virtual workshops open to all Rochester Institute of Technology faculty and instructional staff.

General Workshops

Our workshops feature interactive discussions of current, evidence-based best practices in teaching and learning. Participation in CTL-led workshops provides the opportunity for faculty at all levels to engage in discussions on effective pedagogy with colleagues from across the disciplines.

View our current workshop schedule

Custom Workshops

In addition to scheduled workshops, the CTL will gladly provide workshop sessions to meet the needs of individual academic departments at RIT. Department leaders may choose from the list of workshop topics below, or contact us to customize a session which meets your faculty’s teaching needs.

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Custom Workshop Topics:

  • AI and Assignment Design: See how RIT faculty are reimagining coursework by incorporating AI into assignment structure, active learning, and student engagement. Walk away with cross-disciplinary examples and adaptable ideas you can apply directly to your own courses.
  • AI Course Syllabus Guidance: RIT encourages faculty to use an AI policy in every syllabi for AY 2026-27. Learn how RIT faculty are developing AI policy statements that clearly explain where AI fits into their courses, sets appropriate expectations, and supports student choice and learning without relying on blanket bans. 
  • RIT Supported GenAI Tools: Learn how to purposefully integrate university-supported AI tools into your daily teaching. Discover how leveraging enterprise-level data protection, streamlined workflows, and campus-wide access creates an equitable foundation for effective AI implementation in any course.

  • From Didactic to Dynamic: Refreshing Lecture-Based Courses: Learn techniques to add energy, interaction, and engagement to traditional lectures. We will explore small adjustments that can transform passive listening into active learning experiences.
  • Active Learning Strategies for Large and Small Classrooms: Practical, adaptable strategies for engaging students across different class sizes—whether you teach in an active learning space or a traditional room. Includes tips for quick implementation.
  • Project-Based Learning with a Modern Twist: Design projects that connect course content to authentic problems and encourage creativity. We’ll discuss planning, assessment, and how to integrate AI as a support tool.
  • Teaching Observation as Professional Learning: Most faculty teach in relative isolation, rarely seeing how colleagues teach. This high-impact model enables departments to organize into small peer groups for reciprocal observation and reflection. Chairs sponsor the initiative, faculty direct the process.

  • Maintaining Connection in the Classroom: Techniques for fostering meaningful student–instructor relationships and keeping students engaged in learning, even in large or hybrid environments.
  • Teaching for Resilience: Practical strategies to help students adapt, recover, and persist when faced with academic challenges, setbacks, or changes.
  • Effective Feedback Strategies for Student Success: How to provide timely, specific, and motivating feedback that encourages improvement. Includes examples of integrating AI-assisted feedback.
  • Scaffolding Learning to Support Student Development: Step-by-step approaches to building skills and knowledge over time so students can confidently tackle more complex tasks and ideas.

  • Getting Started with myCourses: Designed for new faculty, this foundational training introduces myCourses and helps you get your course ready for teaching with confidence.
  • Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in Course Design: Incorporate UDL principles to make your course more accessible and effective for all learners—without a complete redesign.
  • Formative Assessment Techniques: Low-stakes assessment strategies to gauge understanding, guide instruction, and encourage deeper learning throughout the term.
  • Technology in Your Teaching: Department Spotlight: A customized session on how your department can make the most of teaching technologies—both in the classroom and online. This might include strategies for organizing and streamlining myCourses sites, using polling or collaboration tools, leveraging Panopto for content delivery, or integrating tech into active learning classrooms. We will work with you to focus on tools and approaches most relevant to your courses and students.