Learning Communities Cromwell Learning Communities 28 Jul 20235 Sep 2023 Many faculty have shared that scheduling conflicts interfere with their ability to participate in some CTL events. They also expressed diverse interests with respect to the topics they’re most interested…
Inclusive Pedagogy Equitable Assignment Design 16 Jun 2023 Becky Supiano in the Chronicle of Higher Education provides a useful summary of a new research article offering 3 approaches to equitable assignment design and supported by research data. This…
Innovation… AI Will Be Returning for its Sophomore Year 9 Jun 20239 Jun 2023 Post by Sean Meehan, Co-Director, Cromwell CTL and Director of Writing Amidst the predictions that emerged with the explosion of generative AI tools into education this year, many have assumed…
Events… Teaching Highlights 2023 2 Jun 2023 The program from the May 12, 2023 gathering with the Board of Visitors and Governors, honoring Barbara Cromwell, celebrating 10 years of the Barbara and George Cromwell Center for Teaching…
Events… Inclusive Pedagogy and Classroom Practices 7 May 20237 May 2023 May 17, 2023. Washington College Co-sponsored with the Associate Provost of Diversity and Inclusion and the Miller Director of Civic Engagement at the Starr Center.
Events… 2022-2023 in Review 29 Apr 202330 Apr 2023 The Cromwell Center for Teaching and Learning will be reporting at the May 12 meeting of the Board of Visitors and Governors. Afterwards, the CTL will host a 4:30 pm…
Awards… Cromwell Fellowships 2023-2025 24 Apr 202316 May 2023 We gladly announce and congratulate the new class of Cromwell Fellows, who will research and develop projects in teaching and learning during academic years 2023-2025 in the following areas. Civic…
Cromwell Fellowships Cromwell Fellows 16 Apr 202316 May 2023 Current and previous recipients of the Cromwell Fellowship at Washington College 2023-2025 Erin Anderson. Civic Engagement and Ethics: “Social Welfare Field Experience.” Bridget Bunten, Sara Clarke-De Reza, Nick Garcia, Michelle…
Events… Practical Guide to Artificial Intelligence 17 Mar 2023 Join Professor Kyle Wilson and students from his Machine Learning course as we continue to explore AI this semester. The final conversation of CTL's "Learning about Machine Learning" will be…
Awards… Dylan Poulsen: 2023 Cromwell Award for Innovation in Teaching 27 Feb 20236 Mar 2023 Dylan Poulsen, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Chair of Mathematics and Computer Science, is the 2023 recipient of the Cromwell Award for Innovation in Teaching. The award honors an instructor…
News Op-Ed: AI and Authorship 31 Jan 202316 Aug 2023 Just in time for our "Learning about Machine Learning" series of conversations in Spring 2023, Professor Sean Meehan has published an Op Ed in Inside Higher Ed (January 31, 2023).…
Resources… Resources: Learning about Machine Learning 20 Jan 202330 Aug 2023 A collection of resources and further reading related to our Spring 2023 Innovation/Education series: Learning about Machine Learning. Articles "Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach" (NYTimes,…
Inclusive Pedagogy… Workshop: Inclusive Excellence and Intellectual Diversity 20 Jan 2023 In collaboration with our colleague Dr. Alisha Knight, Professor of English Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, we have organized the following two-part workshop. Inclusive Excellence, Intellectual Diversity, and Free…
Resources Resources: Adjusting to College Learning in 2023 16 Jan 202325 May 2023 Faculty and staff at colleges and universities across the U.S. have noticed recent changes in students' relationship to campus life and learning. The causes are complex, partly attributable to COVID-19-related…
Events… Innovation/Education Series 16 Jan 20235 Apr 2023 Learning about Machine Learning Amidst the current frenzy and some fear for ChatGPT and other new text- and image-generating AI bots promising to disrupt higher education, we pause to deepen…
