Teaching Tables
Teaching Tables represent more structured and moderated conversations around specific topics that are brought to the CLTR from faculty, ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íøs and staff. If you have a teaching need, wish to explore a new technique, want to hear from a faculty panel on a specific topic, etc. just let us know. You propose the topic and perhaps suggested presenters and we do all the work to set things up. To suggest an idea please email cltr@colgate.edu.
Updates are expected during the latter half of August.
Faculty Learning Communities
Faculty learning communities (FLCs) are collaborative, cross-disciplinary groups of faculty members who come together to engage in ongoing, reflective discussions and activities focused on enhancing teaching and learning. FLCs provide a supportive environment for faculty to engage in shared inquiry, explore specific issues together, and develop new pedagogical approaches. The linked sections below provide additional information about FLCs at Colgate.
This faculty learning community (FLC) will take place during the fall 2026 semester. We invite you to review the description linked below to learn more about the program and the application process. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the FLC further, please feel free to contact the CLTR at cltr@colgate.edu.
This faculty learning community (FLC) took place during the fall 2025 and spring 2026 semesters. The documents linked below provide a description of the FLC, and a summary of the work of the community. Please feel free to reach out to the CLTR (cltr@colgate.edu) with any questions you might have.
This faculty learning community (FLC) took place during the fall 2025 and spring 2026 semesters. The documents linked below provide a description of the FLC, a summary of the work of the community, and a podcast episode interviewing members of the FLC. Please feel free to reach out to the CLTR (cltr@colgate.edu) with any questions you might have.
The document linked below provides additional information about the work of this faculty learning community (FLC), which will be meeting regularly throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. A brief summary is also available that outlines some of the ideas and lessons learned from the fall 2024 semester.
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Faculty Teaching Fellows
The Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty (PDoF) and the Center for Learning, Teaching, and Research (CLTR) are pleased to announce an opportunity for faculty members to serve as Faculty Teaching Fellows in the CLTR. The new program offers a one-year role providing the opportunity to explore, develop, and disseminate ideas that further support a culture of teaching and learning at Colgate.
Please review the document linked below to learn more about the Faculty Teaching Fellows program and apply to be a participant.
Megan Brankley Abbas, Associate Professor of Religion, will serve as the CLTR Faculty Teaching Fellow for 2025 - 2026. In this role, Megan's work will focus broadly on human-centered pedagogy and the ways in which digital technologies are reshaping teaching and learning. As these projects take shape, additional information will be added to this page.
Constance Harsh, Professor of English and Rebecca S. Chopp Chair in the Humanities, will serve as the inaugural CLTR Teaching Fellow. In this role, Connie is leading a collaborative project focused on exploring strategies to strengthen ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íøs’ capacities for deep reading and comprehensive reflection. The hope is that faculty can think about how to support ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íøs as they seek to extend their attention span in a world full of distractions. In the spring 2025 semester, we’ll host several conversations to pursue this project.
The first conversation will take place on January 31 at 12:15 in 101A McGregory Hall. This will provide an opportunity for faculty to learn more about the project, and consider a plan for the semester that will have two chief aims: understanding the obstacles to reading deeply and paying sustained attention; developing methods for chipping away at those obstacles.
Each conversation this term will be individually announced to the community. To be added to the mailing list, contact Connie or the Center for Learning, Teaching, and Research (cltr@colgate.edu). A few faculty teaching FSEMs in fall 2025 will collaborate on implementing some of the strategies we identify. Reach out if you would like to join this cohort.
Pedagogical Partnership Program
The CLTR will be continuing its Pedagogical Partnership program during the 2026–2027 academic year. This program is informed by similar programs originally developed at Bryn Mawr College by Allison Cook-Sather, that included ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íø consultants as partners in the classroom. This original work in the (Students as Learners and Teachers) program, focused on connecting ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íøs, faculty and staff in various forms of co-creation and co-learning. Building on this work, the CLTR seeks to create spaces where faculty, ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íøs and academic staff can partner to co-create equitable teaching and learning.
During the fall 2026 semester, a new cohort of ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íø partners will be participating in an orientation course to assist in preparing them for partnership roles with faculty members in the spring 2027 semester. We will also be engaged in outreach to share information about partnership work, and invite interested faculty to contact the CLTR (cltr@colgate.edu) with questions or to express interest in participating in this program. Below are links to documents providing more information about the program.
Reading Groups
CLTR Reading Groups will resume in fall 2026.
Teaching and Learning Workshops
CLTR staff partner with faculty and facilitate workshops on various teaching and learning topics. We also collaborate with colleagues in the Learning and Applied Innovation (LAI) group in ITS to conduct workshops addressing the meaningful use of technology to support instruction, and on using a wide range of digital tools. A full list of sessions can be found on the (organized by month). If you have ideas for a workshop you'd like to see us offer, please reach out to the CLTR (cltr@colgate.edu).