Teaching Spotlight

Innovative and inspiring teaching happens every day at Cornell, in courses of all sizes, formats, and learning environments. Our Teaching Spotlight looks to highlight some of the amazing teaching Cornell faculty are already doing, and offer ideas and strategies for how this teaching can be adapted and shared across disciplines. Here, you can explore teaching tools and emerging technologies, discover new teaching approaches and methods, and find inspiration and ideas for facilitating vibrant, challenging, and reflective learning experiences in your course.

Two instructors in the classroom with students working in group

Teaching Spotlight Videos

From Innovative Teaching & Learning Grants projects to creativity in the classroom, Faculty Voices on Teaching to teaching with technology, discover teaching strategies and how-to videos.  

Students from Naomi Larson’s class attend their VR session at the CTL.

Teaching Innovation Case Study Library

Find inspiration and ideas for different courses and learning environments in this curated collection of adaptable case studies from Cornell faculty.

Cornell students participate in the Canvas Course Spotlight tabling.

Canvas Course Spotlight

Through this survey program, Cornell students highlight and recognize design elements of Canvas courses that help them learn. Find survey results and teaching tips, along with Cornell courses that have been recently spotlighted. 

A group of instructor participate in the FWGIA workshop

Provost's Working Group on Innovation in Assessment

Sponsored by the offices of the Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, the working group supports research, experimentation, and adoption of alternative student assessment practices at Cornell.