Teaching and learning are central to the mission of Middlebury College.
Middlebury College is a residential learning community that educates students within the tradition of the liberal arts. We emphasize reflection, discussion, and intensive interactions between students and faculty members. We believe that teaching is a craft, a set of skills and approaches that can continually be refreshed and enhanced. CTLR is here to work with all faculty to advance their teaching and scholarship through a wide variety of programs, services, and opportunities.
Faculty Updates
2021 Learning Institute: Educational Inequities and the Pandemic
Featuring Susan Blum of Notre Dame, the Learning Institute will be June 3-4, 2021. go.middlebury.edu/learninginstitute
Strategies for Reducing Workload or Introducing Flexibility
Faculty Council and the Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) shared a list of strategies to address both student and faculty stress as we reach mid-semester. read more
COVID Studies: Importance of Good Mask Fit and Transmission in K-12 In-Person Classrooms
Middlebury’s Dr. Mark Peluso shared two studies related to teaching in the classroom during COVID. One on the importance of good mask fit and the second on transmission in K-12 classrooms through November. He shared a summary of each.
Faculty Using Alternative Grading Featured in The Campus
Non-traditional grading methods are rare in Middlebury classrooms, but some professors are “ungrading” and experimenting with “labor-based” and self-evaluative assessments as alternatives to letter grades. “It just happens to work well because it’s a natural way to learn,” Biology professor Greg Pask said in reference to his “labor-based” grading system. “Regardless of what happens, this is what I was going to be doing anyway.” read more
Handouts and Videos from the 2021 CTLA
The 2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts winter pedagogy series held sessions on the post-pandemic college, PBL, Universal Design, full participation through HIPs, publicly engaged scholarship and engaging the public with our scholarship. See the session recordings, slide shows and handouts at go/ctla.
