{"id":9707,"date":"2022-08-23T22:02:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T03:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cila\/?page_id=9707"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:46:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:46:56","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cila\/","title":{"rendered":"CILA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Writing Table\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cila\/files\/2014\/08\/photo.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-69d6fb69e9ef8 {\n\t\t\t\theight: 500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69d6fb69e9ef8\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-top\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title bold\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA place for conversations about learning and teaching in the liberal arts\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-64b26803 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><\/summary>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__hero panel panel-hero site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"hero\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper imageoverlay site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<figure  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-panel__hero-bg-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Writing Table\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cila\/files\/2014\/08\/photo.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-content site-panel__hero-content--grey-dark\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-panel__hero-title\" id=\"welcome\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Welcome!<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Center for Innovation in the Liberal Arts at St. Olaf welcomes you to teach and be taught. It is only in relationship with each other that St. Olaf becomes a living place of culture, learning, and change both outward and inward. Join us in community as new faculty bring fresh perspective and all faculty learn how to stay refreshed.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cila\/program\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"btn\"\n\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEvents\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-64b26803 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cila\/cila-2025-26-programming\/\">Read about our 2025-26 plans here!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4947eef50c4845c80db7b8c1812c444f\">Recent decades have brought dramatic changes in the ways we structure knowledge, in what we have come to understand about effective teaching and learning, and in the possibilities for integrating technology in improving teaching and learning. The Center for Innovation in the Liberal Arts (CILA) was founded in 2000 to provide support for St. Olaf College faculty and staff working to meet the challenges posed by these changes. On the premise that the liberal arts colleges are ideal laboratories for pedagogical innovation and reform, CILA provides time and space for conversations and collaboration among faculty about learning and teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Questions about Artificial Intelligence and teaching? <br \/>Consult <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1aYrUAGGASzoqxytTHnqivtJ5x1lGwbEFGoOh2_pkzb0\/edit?usp=sharing\">this resource containing syllabus statements for different levels of AI use<\/a> prepared by the Provost&#8217;s Summer 2025 AI Working Group.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__faculty_staff panel panel-faculty_staff site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"faculty-staff\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal site-section__bg--gray faculty-staff\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title site-section__title--center h3\" id=\"cila-contacts\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">CILA Contacts<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article class=\"c-faculty c-faculty--full\">\n\t<div class=\"c-faculty__img\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/stofaces\/face.cfm?username=couter5&#038;v=C8BF16F&#038;fullsize\" alt=\"Cheri Coutermash\" \/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"site-grid__col c-faculty__info\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"c-faculty__name h3\">\n\t\t\tCheri Coutermash\n\t\t\t<template data-size=\"24px\" data-email=\"couter5@stolaf.edu\" data-sto-pronunciation><\/template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-faculty__pronouns\">(she, her, hers)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__wrapper c-faculty__detail\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"c-faculty__title site-grid__col\">Academic Administrative Assistant &#8211; 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