Teaching Resources
Have a great idea you want to try out in your class?
The Instructional Grant Program aims at enhancing the learning experience of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in existing courses offered by the College. This opportunity is open to all tenured/tenure-track faculty, collegiate faculty, professors of practice and instructors.
Applications will be due annually, on the first Friday of February.
Learn more about the 2026 grant information document and submission instructions.
Previous Awardees
Jorge Reyes and E. Fanny Jasso Hernandez (Mathematics)
Online Platform for Teaching Interactive Calculus with Software (OPTICS), focused on integrating interactive visualizations and student-centered activities using Desmos to provide students with a hands-on, exploratory approach to interpreting key concepts in Multivariable Calculus
Rachel Arnold
Mathematics, developing a teaching handbook for implementing research-based instruction in introductory proof courses.
Jason LeGrow and
Travis Morrison
Mathematics, Automated Evaluation in Cryptography, to develop question banks for integration into the platform Canvas
Jill Sundie and Alec Smith
Academy of Integrated Science and Economics, developing a set of new, high-impact instructional elements appropriate for both large and small class sizes
Want to talk about teaching?
CAUSE is excited to chat about how your class is going, ideas you would like to explore, and topics for workshops and seminars! Just send us an email at cause@vt.edu
Active Learning
Beginning through advanced or specific techniques.
Canvas
Course design, grading, rubrics, integration
Polling
iClicker, Socrative, Vevox, Kahoot, etc.
Generative AI
Ethical issues, Course policy help, student uses, Instructor uses