Collections
Expertly curated content on a wide range of pedagogically focused topics
Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) seeks to eliminate barriers to learning based on research on how people learn. It's an inclusive approach that recognizes student strengths and provides flexibility in how students access and engage with material and show what they know.
Annotation in Teaching and Learning
Whether you're writing notes in the margin of a paperback book or collaboratively adding comments to a digital document, annotation can be a powerful tool for learning—and thus also for teaching.
Supporting Neurodivergent Learners
Meeting the needs of neurodivergent students—those with ADHD or autism or other ways of processing information that aren't typical—requires thoughtful attention from instructors. The resources in this collection will help you design classes where your students can learn and succeed.
Getting Started with Discipline-Based Education Research
Discipline-based education research (DBER) is the scientific study of teaching and learning via a combination of disciplinary expertise and social sciences methodology. Use this guide for help getting started with DBER. Some resources also cite the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).
Navigating the AI-Driven Writing Classroom
Generative AI (GenAI) is already changing the landscape of writing courses in multiple ways. The following resources collectively advocate for a thoughtful integration of GenAI, ensuring your students are well-equipped to harness its benefits ethically and effectively.
High Structure Course Design
High structure course design improves student outcomes via scaffolding students through the learning process with pre-class content acquisition and formative assessment, in-class active learning and problem solving, after-class review and formative assessment, and frequent summative assessment.
Nature Connection, Mental Health, and Learning
Research shows that a positive emotional connection to the natural world is directly linked to better mental, physical, cognitive, and spiritual well-being. Get inspired to improve your own and your students' mental health, creativity and cognitive functioning by going outside.
Embodied Teaching and Learning
At a time when AI pulls us deeper into the vortex of virtuality, there's a parallel interest in better understanding and leveraging the uniqueness of embodied thinking. Explore how sensory experiences, movement, and interactions with natural and built environments can deepen students’ learning.
The First Day of Class
There's a lot riding on the first day of a college or university class. The resources in this collection will help you plan a first day that welcomes your students into learning in your course.
Supporting Students in Navigating Online Classes
This collection of resources will give you ideas and strategies to use within your instructional practice as you welcome students to their online classes. Many of the resources can be applied to in-person courses that use a learning management system.
Alternative Grading Practices
Alternative grading methods are as diverse as the instructors who implement them. This guide reviews the underlying principles of alternative grading and describes the similarities and differences between the various approaches.
A Primer on Class Participation
What is “class participation,” really? Why do we want our students to do it, and how will we know when they succeed? This collection will help you answer these questions for yourself, offer some practical frameworks for encouraging participation, and introduce a variety of options for assessing it.
Alternatives to Traditional Essays
There is much value in the traditional essay, but it’s not always the only, or even the best way to accomplish our teaching goals. Recently, instructors have been experimenting with a wide range of alternatives to the take-home essay, a process that the advent of generative AI has only accelerated.
UVA SEAS Resources: Teaching GenAI for Engineering Design and Analysis
This collection compiles course materials developed by UVA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences faculty to teach students how to use generative AI for engineering design and analysis. Any examples of student work are shared with students' permission.
ChatGPT in Technical Courses
ChatGPT can write code and provide instant, detailed explanations of complex topics, enhancing students' understanding and learning experience. Here, we offer resources pertaining to the integration of GenAI in teaching technical courses such as statistics, computer programming, and data science.
Leveraging AI in Assignments
Assessment possibilities abound within the current generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) landscape. Here, we share resources highlighting how you might lean into GenAI and leverage it in your assignments.
Explore the World of AI Media and Non-Textual Tools
Discover the capabilities of generative AI in shaping visual and auditory content and how to integrate generative media production into your classroom with essential tools and resources. Then explore the ethical and societal implications specific to AI media and addressing these topics in class.
Ethically Integrating AI Into Your Courses
This collection of resources offers insights on fostering responsible AI integration into your course, while emphasizing the importance of communication and upholding academic integrity in the evolving landscape of AI in education.
Generative AI in Business
Here you'll find a collection of the resources we've been sharing at UVA Darden School of Business to learn more about generative AI (GenAI) and its impact on our MBA curriculum and instruction.
What Are Ethical Considerations for AI?
What should you, your colleagues, and your students be mindful of as you engage with generative AI like ChatGPT? This collection provides an overview of a variety of ethical considerations for AI.