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The Center for Teaching Excellence provides personalized and collective opportunities for faculty to learn effective teaching practices, explore educational technologies, and to partner with instructional designers to create high-quality, engaging courses.

Consultations

Discuss your teaching and learning needs with a member of our team.

Course Design

Design new courses or revise existing courses with an instructional designer.

Course Review

Formal course review will be implemented later in 2024.

Faculty Development

Learn how to strengthen your teaching skills and to promote learning.

Instructional Support

Find support for instructional technology, assessments, student data, and more.

Instructional Technology

Integrate technology into your courses to encourage active student learning.

Multimedia

Enhance your courses by developing engaging multimedia and custom visuals.

Program Assessment

Collaborate with the Center to ensure a strong program assessment.

Student Surveys

Intepret your students’ feedback and identify strategies for strengthening student engagement.

Syllabus Support

Create a comprehensive resource to guide your students through each semester.

News & Updates //

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Open Office Hours with Student Disability Resources

Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) is pleased to partner with Student Disability Resources (SDR) to offer open office hours for faculty. These open office hours are an opportunity for faculty to ask questions, to obtain support with providing accommodations, and to obtain support with strengthening accessibility in courses, among other related support.

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Writing Accountability Group

Every Tuesday and Friday during the spring semester.
Times vary, see post for details.
Participation in the Writing Accountability Group provides an opportunity for you to schedule time on your calendar to focus on writing and moving projects forward on your agenda.

Faculty Newsletter: Honing Your Craft

In this final newsletter of the academic year, we share a few recommendations for honing your teaching practice and exploring innovative and evidence-based approaches that increase student engagement and foster deeper learning.

Faculty Newsletter: Ending the Semester with Intention

As the semester ends, take time to reflect on the learning experience you have shared with your students. End the semester thoughtfully by expressing gratitude, providing “wise feedback,” and reinforcing the knowledge and skills they have gained.

Faculty Newsletter: Assessing Student Writing

The final weeks of the semester often means investing hours in grading students’ written work. Here we explore strategies to strengthen your ability to provide students with targeted, actionable feedback while streamlining your grading process.

Faculty Newsletter: The Power of Reflection and Discussion

Reflection and discussion activities have long been used to engage students in all modes of teaching. Thoughtfully implementing them in your courses can expose students to differing viewpoints, invite respectful disagreement, and open opportunities for inclusive learning.

Faculty Newsletter: Culturally Competent Pedagogy

Ignoring a diversity of experiences, preferences, and expectations leads educators to advantage the needs and style of the dominant group and perpetuate existing gaps in achievement. In this issue, we examine pedagogical considerations that can reduce or eliminate this type of systemic bias.

Faculty Newsletter: Student Learning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Tools like ChatGPT are forcing many educators to re-examine their approach to learning and communicate the value of learning to students. Many educators are concerned that these tools will enable widespread cheating while others see tremendous opportunity for using the tools to help students improve their writing and understanding of course content.

Faculty Newsletter: Promoting Academic Integrity

The latest Student Voice survey, conducted by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse, gathered students’ thoughts on cheating – how often it occurs, what kinds of behaviors count as cheating, and what makes them more (or less) likely to cheat (Ezarik, 2021a). Importantly, faculty can play a meaningful role in promoting greater integrity through specific communication practices and assessment design.

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Inclusive Teaching Guide

Developed in partnership with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Inclusive Teaching Guide encourages faculty to explore practices to meaningfully engage with students.

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Media Library

The Center produces videos each semester to promote effective pedagogy, highlight inclusive teaching, advertise instructional technology, and more.

Multimedia & Lightboard Studio

Record lecture videos using the Center’s lightboard to make your notes pop and keep students engaged and focused on your video presentation.