About Us
Founded in 2017, the Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI) supports Cornell University teaching community members, from teaching assistants and postdoctoral fellows, to lecturers, to professors, with a full complement of individualized services, programs, institutes, and campus-wide initiatives. We do this through confidential developmental consultations across the academic career span, roles, and disciplines. In addition to instructors, we team with departments, schools and colleges, and related units to create and sustain multicultural, rigorous, and vibrant learning environments. To catalyze academic innovation, our team brings a deep knowledge of educational research on teaching, learning, and technologies along with a spirit of curiosity and collaboration. The CTI reports to the vice provost for academic innovation.
A Message from the Executive Director
This year, like every year, brings new opportunities for creativity in the classroom, and new challenges for teaching and learning. At the forefront of our minds is the impact that generative AI is having on all of the above, and how we can best support Cornell faculty as they respond in their classes.
In Spring 2025, we surveyed Cornell faculty and students about their experiences using generative AI and their thoughts about its impact on learning. We received a wide range of thoughtful feedback, and have spent much of the summer using the survey results to inform new workshops and resources to help faculty respond to generative AI in their courses. We expect that adjusting to the presence of this new technology, while keeping our eyes focused on helping students learn, will keep us busy in the year ahead.
Creativity, collaboration and experimentation are also central to our work, and so we look forward to facilitating faculty conversations on new forms of assessment, finding ways to celebrate and share great teaching ideas, pushing the boundaries of creative technologies, and gathering together to learn from each other. We hope you will join us and look forward to working with you in the coming months.
Rob Vanderlan, Executive Director
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