Pathway 1: Active Learning Summer Institute (ALSI)
The Center for Teaching and Learning hosts the Active Learning Summer Institute. Open to all full-time faculty, this intensive course (re)design institute promotes increased student engagement and success by implementing active learning techniques.
During the three-week institute, participants in daily sessions will discuss active learning pedagogy and other evidence-based teaching practices, workshops will explore pedagogical techniques, and the institute will offer structured work time where faculty will progress on their course design.
By the end of the institute, participating faculty can design interactive instructional, assessment, and learning technology strategies that foster ongoing student engagement, motivation, and reflection.
Once the institute is complete, faculty will work independently and with consultant partners to finalize their courses for implementation throughout the subsequent academic year. Faculty selected to participate will receive $7,500 for successful completion of the institute. Learn more about ALSI.
Pathway 2: Active Learning Workshops + Active Learning Course Redesign
Workshop Series
For instructors looking for flexible, a la carte-style training in active learning pedagogy, the Center for Teaching and Learning offers a workshop series throughout the fall and spring semesters. Instructors can take four introductory workshops on active learning and eight additional courses on special topics closely associated with active learning. Moreover, Although the workshops are numbered to help you track your participation, you can complete these workshops in any order you wish (Note: Not all workshops are offered each semester). Learn more about the workshop series.
Course Redesign Program
Once instructors have completed the multi-session AL workshops, the Active Learning Course Redesign program provides additional support for instructors who wish to apply their active learning knowledge to a course they will teach in the upcoming academic year. The Course Redesign program is open to faculty instructors of record who will redesign a course with the support and guidance of CTL personnel through formal sessions and consultative appointments.
From 2025 through early 2026, the Active Learning Course Redesign Excellence (CRDx) program supported semester-long course redesign processes. Starting in Fall 2026, the Course Redesign program will transition to a one-week December course redesign institute, the Active Learning Course Redesign Blitz. The Course Redesign Blitz (CRB) will select up to 16 faculty per Active Learning Course Redesign cohort. Instructors who complete the AL Course Redesign Blitz will each receive a $2,000 stipend, eligible for use as summer salary or operating expenses.
Instructors who satisfy one of the following are eligible to apply for the Course Redesign Blitz:
(1) completed a minimum of eight Active Learning workshops, including all four Active Learning Fundamentals workshops and a selection of four Special Topics in Active Learning workshops; and/or
(2) previously completed the Active Learning Summer Institute (ALSI) or Course Redesign Program (CRDx) are invited to submit a proposal to redesign another course using active learning pedagogy.