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May 16, 2023

May 1, 2023

On April 4th, Turnitin released an artificial intelligence writing detection feature intended to identify text generated by chatbot/text generators such as ChatGPT.

April 12, 2023

This week's Teaching@Berkeley issue centers on academic integrity.

April 5, 2023

Review the latest update from RTL featuring information on course evaluations, the classroom of the future, and more.

March 29, 2023

Check out the latest issue of Teaching@Berkeley centered on student mental health and exam season. If you missed a past issue, visit the biweekly archive on the Center for Teaching and Learning website.

March 13, 2023

Review the latest updates and ongoing resources available to the Berkeley instructional community.

March 7, 2023

For this edition of "Behind the Scenes of a Classroom Refresh", we bring you 120 Latimer, which received a complete renovation over several months last year during Summer Sessions and the Fall 2022 semester.

March 1, 2023

A new biweekly centered on teaching and learning hot topics and resources hit Berkeley teaching community inboxes today.  Review the biweekly if you missed it and subscribe to future issues.

February 9, 2023

Review RTL's latest news and updates on resources for the instructional and research community.

January 9, 2023

Several improvements to the RTL accessibility portfolio are available for the spring 2023 semester.  These include updates to the Accessibility Basics online course site and the new features, Immersive Reader and WYSIWYG Instructor Feedback tool,  provided by Ally in bCourses.  

January 6, 2023

Review RTL's January special event newsletter with workshops and opportunities that begin on January 9. All events are open to UC Berkeley's instructional community.

December 19, 2022

Review RTL's end of semester update with resources that will help prepare you for the spring semester.

December 14, 2022

Research, Teaching, and Learning (RTL) will be operating on modified schedules for campus curtailment during the winter break, Friday, December 23 through Monday, January 2. See details below. Emails and requests received during this time will be answered when the campus reopens on January 3, 2023.

December 13, 2022

We are happy to announce a new batch of features and fixes for the SuiteC collaboration tools:

November 14, 2022

Review recommendations from the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) intended to assist instructors in supporting undergraduate students’ learning in the event of instructional disruptions.

October 14, 2022

Catch up on the latest news and resources for the instructional and research community: October Newsletter

We are very pleased to announce that Ken Lutz has been named the Chief Research Technology Officer (CRTO) for the campus. This is a new role, intended to elevate the strategic importance of computing infrastructure to the campus research enterprise.  As CRTO, Ken will be responsible for working strategically with campus leadership across research, IT, teaching and administration, to advance solutions to ensure a robust campus computational research infrastructure that supports the evolving needs of our campus’ cutting edge research and teaching. 

October 13, 2022

Understanding how and when students are engaged in your class can be challenging in both physical and virtual spaces since students participate differently depending on personality type, cultural background, language fluency, and individual ability. Instructors can use an online discussion platform like Ed Discussion to provide an additional channel for students to express themselves, whether they are teaching in-person or online.

In the second of our continuing series to give you a peek behind the scenes of technology upgrades in UC Berkeley classrooms, we are taking you to 159 Mulford, which was upgraded over Summer 2022. If you missed our first article, please visit Behind the Scenes of a Classroom Refresh - 100 Lewis Hall and learn what it takes to swap a projector 25 feet up from the floor.

September 16, 2022

Review RTL's latest newsletter on resources and opportunities for the instructional and research community.