Teaching and Learning Resources
Supporting development of exceptional teaching practices and learning experiences
On Campus
Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI)
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:
Teaching about Climate Change: Art, Action, and Reflection
- When: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, from 1:00-3:30 p.m., in person. Register for Teaching about Climate Change: Art, Action, and Reflection.
Description: How might you engage the humanities, climate change, and community in your teaching? Join colleagues experienced and new to explore the challenges and opportunities of teaching about climate change across disciplines. In the second half of the session, we will explore a selection of works of art related to landscape, environment, and sustainability in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum collections and brainstorm possibilities for teaching with the collection. Guest panelists include: Anna Margaret Davidson (Lecturer and Senior Research Associate, Natural Resources and the Environment), Caroline Levine (David and Kathleen Ryan Professor of Humanities, Literatures in English), and Kelly Presutti (Assistant Professor, History of Art and Visual Studies).
FeedbackFruits: Getting Started with Online Peer Reviews
- When: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., virtual
- Description: The workshop will begin by introducing examples of how student peer review and group member evaluation activities can be implemented in teaching. Then, we’ll pass it over to our FeedbackFruits representatives to demonstrate how to set up these activities using the FeedbackFruits tools. We will then discuss the best practices and available resources to help make these peer learning activities effective for student learning. Participants will be able to ask questions and discuss use cases with CTI facilitators and the vendor.
The Art of Teaching Series: The Art of the Lab
- When: Wednesday, February 11, 2025, from 2:00-3:30 p.m., in person.
- Description: Part of CTI’s “The Art of Teaching” series, “The Art of the Lab” will highlight effective approaches Cornell faculty are taking to create dynamic learning experiences for students in lab courses at Cornell. Hear about experiences in teaching laboratory courses from faculty panelists Shivaun Archer, Senior Lecturer in charge of the Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Instructional Laboratories, Biomedical Engineering; Sunny Jung, Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering; and Cristina Schlesier, Lecturer, Physics. Open to Cornell faculty, staff, postdocs and graduate students.
Selected books available online through the Cornell Library
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
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
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