UB’s Graduate School of Education has partnered with GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center of Buffalo to provide UB students with in-classroom experience teaching students with disabilities. UB students were photographed at the center working with clients in July 2021. GSE professor Claire Cameron is working with the program.

CATT News & Updates

Featuring teaching tips and stories highlighting teaching and assessment innovations happening around UB.

Latest News & Updates

  • AI in Teaching and Learning: Spring 2025 Events
    3/5/25
    Throughout the spring semester, CATT is hosting a series of events to help faculty and staff explore how AI can enhance teaching, discover innovative uses for generative AI tools, and learn more about UB’s ongoing efforts to develop policies, guidance, and best practices for responsible AI integration.
  • Generative AI Survey for UB Instructors
    1/29/25
    As the integration of artificial intelligence in education continues to evolve, we are seeking the input of instructors at UB to better understand how these tools are being utilized.

Latest Podcast Episode

  • Overcoming Burnout and Reigniting Your Passion for Teaching | Ep. 9
    3/28/25
    Burnout is a challenge many educators face, but how do you recognize it and navigate through it? In our latest episode of The Teaching Table podcast, we talk with Dr. Aisha O'Mally, a professor at the School of Management, about her experience with burnout. She shares how the demands of teaching and workload took a toll on her well-being and how she found ways to regain balance and reconnect with her passion for education. Tune in to hear her insights and reflections on maintaining well-being in academia.

Past Updates

  • Student Engagement in a Changing Academic Landscape
    10/22/20
    The good, bad and best practices... Student engagement has been at the forefront of many conversations as of late, but is not a new topic in higher education. With the onset of lockdowns across the board, remote teaching and some uncertainty of what academia will look like in the future, finding the right balance in student engagement is imperative. 
  • Authentic Assessment: It’s All About Transfer
    10/15/20
    As a student, I often felt that the only purpose of studying for my classes was to succeed on a test.  Those types of classes always left me feeling a bit empty in terms of the learning aspect. 
  • Keeping Lines of Communication Open Using UB Supported Tools
    10/8/20
    Education is evolving fast. Every day, we hear about some new technology that will change the world and the way we learn in it. Here at the University at Buffalo we have a very powerful tool available right at our fingertips called UB Learns.
  • Building an Inclusive Classroom by Ignoring the Status Quo
    10/1/20
    This has been by far the most challenging year as a husband, father, and educator. I began my current position as a learning designer during the start of the pandemic. My plan was to retire from my stay at home dad status and return to full-time work. A difficult decision. Well, now I find myself doing both. And what an experience this has been!
  • Welcome to the CEI Blog
    10/1/20
    In an effort to approach difficult and persistent questions and issues in teaching and learning from a different perspective, CEI staff are excited to share tips and tricks they've learned along the way, as well as stories from our faculty.