UCITE

It has been said that college-age students are at one of the most vulnerable points in their lives: away from home, pressured by academic requirements and social responsibilities, and feeling their way through new relationships and opportunities. In addition to these "normal" stressors of college li...

The next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) session will be geared toward faculty who are tenured, on the tenure track or anticipate a tenure track position someday. The session will be held Thursday, Sept. 10, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Allen Memorial Medical Library...

The University Center for Innovation in Technology and Education (UCITE) will host an introduction to Information Technology Services (ITS) and Google Apps Thursday, Sept. 3, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Herrick Room of the Allen Memorial Medical Library. The Information & Learning Technologies group...

Even though the beginning of the year can be hectic at times, it is also the best time to think about ways to get classes off to the best start possible. The first University Center for Innovation in Technology and Education (UCITE) session this fall will be held Thursday, Aug. 27, from noon to 1 p...

Research suggests that faculty who strive to create a good first impression and a warm climate in the classroom not only obtain better educational outcomes, but they and their students also have much more enjoyable experiences than those who neglect to pay attention to doing so. Even simple things,...

Most instructors often think of assessments as something only to be used at the very end of learning as a way to gauge a student's success in their classes. But there are a number of other useful ways to think about assessments—both as a learning tool for students and for instructors. Formative ass...

At a University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) session in June, four faculty members who had been part of the Active Learning Fellows program—Rebecca Benard (biology), Megan Holmes (Mandel School), Kurt Rhoads (civil engineering) and Genevieve Sauve (chemistry)—shared their ...

The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) is now accepting applications from faculty for the fifth Mentor Fellows program, which will be conducted during fall 2015. This series of seminars is designed to engage faculty in thoughtful discussions on mentoring of graduate ...

The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) will hold a session, titled "Presentation skills from the classroom to conferences," Thursday, July 9, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Herrick Room of the Allen Memorial Medical Library. The ability to give good presentations is a...

The latest innovation in college-level teaching is the so-called "flipped classroom," in which what was commonly done in the classroom (listening to a lecture) is done outside of class (using pre-recorded lectures or similar resources), and what was usually done outside (working on homework, discuss...