Teaching and Learning Resources

Supporting development of exceptional teaching practices and learning experiences

On Campus

Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI)

Teaching Resources

Workshops & Webinars

Programs for Faculty & Instructors

Teaching with Technology Workshops

Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom online course

Learning Strategies Center - Resources for Advisors and Faculty

CALS Office of Information Technology - Teaching and Learning

Mann Library B30A/B Computer Lab

Describes the Mann Library B30A/B computer labs, how to use the computers in these rooms, and how to submit software requests.

Virtual Computer Lab Orientation

Describes CALS OIT's Virtual Computer Lab (VCL) offering, and how to request a VCL consultation.

CALS Support of Teaching and Learning Committee (CSTL)

Happening soon:

The Unplugged Classroom: What the New CALS Guidance Says and What Actually Happens

September 14 12:30-1:30. In person. Lunch provided.

404 Plant Science Building

CALS has released new guidance on classroom device use, aimed at supporting attention, intellectual and social engagement, and meaningful learning while still leaving room for technology as an instructional tool. Join us during CU Unplugged week to walk through what the guidance says and what it looks like in practice.

Most of the session will be open discussion. If you've already set device expectations in your courses, come share how it went: what worked, what pushback you got, and what you'd do differently. If you're just starting to think about it, come hear from colleagues who have.

Open to all Cornell instructors. Register here by September 10 to confirm your spot.

CTI: What Works: Belonging, Motivation, and Agency for Meaningful Learning

Join us for our annual fall teaching symposium to consider “what works” and what matters most in a time of cascading trials. How do we foster intrinsic motivation, agency, and belonging in the current context? Come be inspired by teaching & learning stories of challenge and success.

This year's What Works event will give you the opportunity to explore teaching practices and ideas that have had an impact on inclusion and belonging. Hear and share inspiring stories, and leave with resources and new ideas for building community and belonging, removing barriers to learning, and fostering shared agency in the classroom.

Bovay Seminar Series: GenAI for Teaching and Learning Community of Practice

The Bovay Seminar Series: GenAI for Teaching and Learning Community of Practice returns September 24 to kick off the 2026-2027 academic year. The first session will include a summary of updates from across campus regarding GenAI for teaching and learning, followed by small-group reflections and a discussion.

As a reminder, these monthly lunches provide an opportunity to learn more about GenAI as it applies to multiple disciplines, to hear what other instructors have tried, and to ask questions and share ideas. This series is co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Innovation and the Sue G. and Harry E. Bovay Program in the History and Ethics of Professional Engineering. Lunch will be provided.

Selected books available online through the Cornell Library

Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning. José Antonio Bowen, C. Edward Watson. 2025.

Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education. David Clark, Robert Talbert. 2023.

Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning. James M. Lang. 2016.

Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation. Saundra McGuire. 2015.

Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning. Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel. 2014.

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. bell hooks. 1994.

Organizations and Platforms

National Institute on Scientific Teaching (NIST): Teaching Supports

free access to a collection of resources, teaching strategies and tools, and more

QUBES: Resources

platform that hosts hundreds of STEM teaching materials, reference materials, and cloud-based software free to use and adapts using open Creative Commons licenses - search by resource type, audience level, activity length, software used and more

American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)

publications, webinars, podcasts on current topics (Cornell has an institutional membership)

CAST Universal Design for Learning

guidelines for the implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn

OneHE

free resources, activities and online short courses on evidence-based teaching approaches

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (NCCSTS) Case Collection

peer-reviewed case studies on a variety of topics in all areas of science (subscription required for access to teaching notes and answer keys)

Is there a resource that you would like to see on this list? Contact cals-cdis [at] cornell.edu