Transform Your Classroom, Transform Your Impact

Our Research, Teaching, & Learning (RTL) organization at UC Berkeley partners with the campus to inspire, enrich, and innovate the collective practice and pursuit of inclusive teaching and research excellence.

RTL Highlights

Learning Paths

Review our new Learning Paths—a fresh, dynamic approach to faculty development designed for our instructional community.

AI in Teaching & Learning

Opportunities and challenges of Gen AI on teaching plus resources available to the campus community.

Teaching Guides + Resources

Resources from our Center for Teaching & Learning that reflect evidence-based strategies.

How We Can Help ...

Teaching Strategies

RTL Projects + Initiatives

Academic Technology

Quick Support Options

Classroom Technology

Academic Innovation Studio

News

Events

RTL workshops are designed to provide essential teaching tools and best practices to excel in your teaching efforts. Review all of our events.

April 2025

Enhancing Classroom Expereinces with Generative AI: A Workshop for Personalized Learning with Open Source Tools  | Apr 1
Join this session as we explore case studies on using Gen AI in STEM classrooms through the Open Adaptive Tutor (OATutor). Learn about automated curriculum alignment, adapting open educational resources, and using collaborative authoring tools to refine educational materials with AI.
The AI-Engaged Classroom - Teaching & Learning Journal Club  | Apr 9
Join this session for an informal journal club exploring Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (Bowen & Watson, 2024). We’ll discuss strategies for designing assignments that account for GenAI while emphasizing human effort and process-based learning.
Educating in the AI Age: Faculty Insights  | Apr 10
Join this faculty panel to hear real experiences with incorporating generative AI into instruction. You’ll gain insights on its role and impact in higher education to guide your approach or satisfy your curiosity about this evolving topic!
Linguistic Bias in ChatGPT: Language Models Reinforce Dialect Discrimination  | Apr 16
Join this session to explore research on linguistic bias in Gen AI and how ChatGPT responds to different English varieties. Learn about its impact on inequality, power dynamics, and responsible AI use in education and beyond.

May 2025

RTL & Faculty: In Conversation  | May 7
Join us for a moderated conversation with faculty as they share their experiences, strategies, and reflections on incorporating RTL-supported tools, spaces, and programs into their teaching. Whether you’re curious about what’s possible or looking for inspiration, this is a great opportunity to hear directly from your colleagues.
Teaching & Learning Conference  | May 9
The campus community is invited to the 3rd Annual Teaching & Learning Conference(link is external). This event aims to foster a community of colleagues engaged in effective teaching and learning on our campus and present model cases of educators experimenting with a diverse range of teaching and learning strategies in UC Berkeley classrooms.
This detail atop Sather Gate displays the University of California motto, "Fiat Lux" (Let There Be Light).

Distinguished Teaching Award and Ceremony

April 23, 2025, 5:30 p.m. 

The Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA) recognizes individual faculty for sustained excellence in teaching. Beyond an individual exemplary class, such sustained excellence in teaching incites intellectual curiosity in students, inspires colleagues, and makes students aware of significant relationships between the academy and the world at large. Recipients will be announced in March, and then honored at a public ceremony and reception.

"Teaching & Learning Conference, May 9, 2025, Student Voice, Liberation, and the Places We Teach."

Teaching & Learning Conference

May 9, 2025, 9:10 a.m - 4:00 p.m

The campus community is invited to the 3rd Annual Teaching & Learning Conference. This event aims to foster a community of colleagues engaged in effective teaching and learning on our campus and present model cases of educators experimenting with a diverse range of teaching and learning strategies in UC Berkeley classrooms.