Teaching Spotlight: Dr. Christine Altinis – Creating Confident Learners in the Lab and Beyond
May 15, 2025
Institute for Teaching, Innovation, and Inclusive Pedagogy
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The Students Who Help Their Peers
How undergraduate learning assistants make large-enrollment courses feel more human.
By Beckie Supiano, March 21, 2025
Thanks to Laurie Langdon from CU Boulder for meeting with CHE writer Beckie Supiano, and for setting the landscape for the article. Thanks to Julie Donnelly from Univ. of Central Florida as she welcomed Beckie into her class and helped set up connections to other UCF faculty so that Beckie could get observations and conversations to inform her article. Thanks to the LAA community for work across the Alliance that helps to make the LA Model a success.
CU Boulder science education professor Valerie Otero won the 2023 Svend Pedersen Award and Lecture from Stockholm University.
In Spring 2022, the CU Denver Learning Assistant (LA) Program celebrated its 10th year of supporting STEM student success.