Inspiring Teaching Excellence
Teaching Renewal Week 2026
Thank you for joining us for Teaching Renewal Week 2026. Recordings and materials of this year’s thought-provoking sessions are now available.
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NEW: Now accepting session proposals for Celebration of Teaching 2026. Learn more and submit a proposal on the Celebration of Teaching 2026 page.
Show-Me AI
Invitations are open to faculty, instructors and students interested in helping test the new tool’s capabilities.
Show-Me AI uses premium versions of several large language models to aid pilot users with course development and guidance for coursework completion.
Teaching support and efficiency:
- Streamline course content development and lesson planning.
- Draft emails, posts or other messages for class communication.
- Create custom AI assistants that can locate course documents for students, answer course content questions, offer assignment feedback, provide practice test questions, facilitate role-playing scenarios and more.
Learning assistance and enhancement:
- Gain real-world experience using generative AI.
- Draft emails, posts or other messages.
- Receive personalized course assistance through a custom AI assistant that’s always available.
Upcoming Events
Nov. 21, 2025
Teaching Strategies & Reflections on AI — 2026 Edition
In spring 2025, the University of Missouri’s Teaching Strategies & Reflections on AI eBook brought together faculty, staff, and students to share practical approaches to teaching and learning in an AI-driven world. For the 2026 edition, we invite new contributions from faculty members instructors, and academic partners who are exploring how AI continues to shape teaching, learning, and scholarship at Mizzou and beyond. We welcome reflective, research-based, or practice-oriented work thathelps colleagues think critically and creatively about AI in higher education. Call For Proposals: Whether you’re experimenting with AI tools in the classroom, reflecting on ethical implications,…
Nov. 21, 2025
Teaching with AI: A Podcast on AI Critical Literacy
Discover how generative AI is transforming education in Teaching with AI, a podcast series from the Teaching for Learning Center. Hosted by Missouri School of Journalism professor Jared Schroeder, this series brings together thought-leaders from across the university to explore the opportunities and challenges of AI in teaching and learning. Season One, inspired by Ethan Mollick’s “Co-Intelligence,” dives into the ethical, practical, and pedagogical implications of AI. Season Two, inspired by “The Opposite of Cheating,” takes…
Oct. 17, 2025
Featured in the Columbia Missourian: “GalactiVote: Government in Action!”
In-class gaming furthers learning in American Government courses.