The posts below are from the CfLT newsletter which includes curated, research-based digital resources to support ongoing faculty development and pedagogical engagement. As of August 2025, CfLT Director Karen Spierling oversees the content. Posts from July 2020-May 2025 were compiled by previous Director Lew Ludwig.
It was good to see so many attendees at the recent CfLT webinar on ChatGPT by Dr. Tim Lauitano. If you couldn’t attend, you can find a recording here. Please note this is the Denison CfLT YouTube channel, so be sure you are logged into myDenison to access it.
This NYT article – Don’t Ban ChatGPT in Schools.
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Tidbit – The Junk Drawer CVI just finished my senior review. After the fact, I realized I forgot to mention a significant activity that slipped off my radar. Had I used a junk drawer CV, I might have caught my error. In Support of the Junk, Drawer CV describes how to create a document that is an easily accessible file tucked in your storage drive to record high points and low points in your career endeavors. |
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Teaching – wrapping up this semester, looking to the nextAs we wrap up this semester, please take a minute to reflect. Did classes go the way I planned? Are there things I would tweak for next semester? With all the projects, papers, and final exams, it may be time to reconsider late work policies. The Chronicle article, How Instructors Are Rethinking Late Work, may give you some ideas to make next semester’s classes go more smoothly. |
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Tidbit – The Worst Career Advice I Have ReceivedOften we’re given a list of suggestions that are supposed to help us improve, for example, career advice. In this Chronicle article, Aaron Basko goes in the opposite direction – he shares bad advice he received over the years. Just like a non-example can illuminate an idea – raining cats and dog is not a simile – Basko’s bad advice may help us avoid similar pitfalls. |
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Teaching II – They don’t read my feedback!As we near the end of the semester and all the grading that lies ahead, nothing can be more frustrating than students not reading your comments. You provide valuable insights and suggest improvements, only to have them ignored. |
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Teaching I – Rethinking the Optional Attendance Policy“We must reconsider optional attendance policies not least for the sake of students’ physical and mental health,” Eric Skipper writes in this Inside Higher Ed piece. Faculty members report continued attendance issues even though we are back to in-person classes. Some feel the optional attendance policies we created during the pandemic’s peak have created a “free pass” mentality toward attending class. |
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Tidbit – How to Make the Most of an Academic ConferenceIt is exciting to see colleagues return to their academic meetings. While we are not at pre-pandemic levels, the number of “sorry, away at a conference” email responses I get has increased significantly. Have an upcoming conference? This easy-to-skim Chronicle article, How to Make the Most of an Academic Conference, gives some great advice on how to make your meetings productive. |
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