The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning is a dedicated hub for enhancing teaching practices and fostering innovative learning experiences across the Brown community.
Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning is a dedicated hub for enhancing teaching practices and fostering innovative learning experiences across the Brown community.
In Solidarity
As the Brown community grieves recent events, Sheridan staff are available until the winter break to respond to instructors' questions. Please email sheridan_center@brown.edu.
Teaching with AI in Mind
In today’s courses, instructors are encountering the rise of Generative AI, a type of artificial intelligence that utilizes models to generate text, images, videos, and other kinds of content. As instructors consider how to respond to this evolving influence on teaching and learning, the Sheridan Center is ready to provide support.
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Programs and Services
Supporting excellence in teaching and student learning, the Sheridan Center provides a wide range of services, resources and programs tailored to the needs of faculty, students and staff.
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Teaching Consultations
The Sheridan Center offers a variety of free, confidential consulting services for members of the Brown teaching community.
Available Teaching Consultations
Looking for constructive feedback on your teaching? Interested in improving student learning? Request a free and confidential Teaching Observation.
A free and confidential Course Consultation gives you the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a Sheridan Center staff member to discuss designing, implementing or revising courses.
The Sheridan Center staff is available to (1) review grant proposals for postsecondary educational grants and/or (2) develop evaluation plans to assess the effectiveness of proposed innovations.
This is a confidential process designed to give instructors actionable, learning-centered feedback from their students before the term ends.
Our technologists are available for consultations on implementing or exploring our supported technology offerings.
Learning Collaborative
Brown University has long held a reputation for innovative undergraduate education. Its Open Curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and engagement with the world through a mixture of rigorous academic study and community service. We believe that in today’s global marketplace, the firm grounding in the liberal arts and sciences that Brown provides is the ideal foundation for long-term success.