Fall 2026 Teaching & Learning reading group to discuss Designing Impactful College Courses
The Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE) invites instructors to join Purdue’s teaching and learning reading groups this semester. These reading groups bring together faculty from Indianapolis and West Lafayette in small groups to discuss how recent books about teaching, learning, and the classroom may inform what they do.
Our book selection for the Fall 2026 semester is Designing Impactful College Courses: Applying Self-Determination Theory to Unleash the Potential of Autonomy-Supportive Learning by CIE’s Emily M. Bonem, Daniel Guberman, and Chantal Levesque-Bristol. The book is available through Purdue Libraries.
Participants will read and discuss the book over four sessions throughout the semester. Sessions will be held both in West Lafayette and virtually through Teams on the second week of each month. Participants can choose their date and location according to their schedules for each week:
- Thursdays, 3-4 p.m. Sept. 10, Oct. 8, Nov. 12, and Dec. 10, on the West Lafayette campus
- Fridays, 1-2 p.m. Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, and Dec. 11, virtually through Teams
Those who would like to participate during Fall 2026 should fill out an online questionnaire by Friday, Aug.28, providing information about interest and availability.
Those who cannot make it this semester but are interested in faculty reading and learning communities, or who have suggestions for future books/topics, should contact Annika Kraft at arkraft@purdue.edu.
CIE is a member of Innovative Learning, a hub approach to connect Purdue instructors in Indianapolis and West Lafayette, to the resources they need to engage students, develop courses in any instructional modality, and enhance learning across the University. Other members include Libraries and the School of Information Studies and Purdue University Online. To learn more, visit www.purdue.edu/innovativelearning or email InnovativeLearningTeam@purdue.edu.