UCITE
February 04, 2015
Case Western Reserve University is up for its decennial accreditation, which will include a site visit April 13-14 by the members of Higher Learning Commission. An important part of the requirements for accreditation is that courses and programs of study have specified learning outcomes…
January 28, 2015
The serious problem of sexual harassment on college campuses has exploded in the news, with reports from all over the nation about the high rates of incidence and the problematic responses by universities in dealing with complaints. This has raised some questions in the minds of Case Western…
January 21, 2015
Team teaching can take many forms. In its purest form, it consists of two or more instructors being involved in every aspect of a course, enabling students to benefit from the different perspectives that scholars can bring to the same topic, thus showing them that knowledge is not…
January 21, 2015
Educational Services for Students (ESS) and the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) will offer two sections of UNIV 400C (Future Faculty Certificate Program) for graduate and professional students who might be interested in future careers as faculty members. The two…
January 12, 2015
One common complaint among faculty is what to do about the use of laptops and smartphones during class by students. On the one hand, these devices are powerful learning tools that enable students to have a world of knowledge at their fingertips that can be retrieved in an instant. It also enables…
November 11, 2014
As the fall semester winds down, now is an ideal time to consider how to design a quality course for the upcoming semesters. Well-designed courses—those that maximize learning by students—do not happen by accident. They are the result of careful planning to make sure all the key elements—content,…
November 05, 2014
People spend large chunks of time in classes during their formal education and yet, after it is all over, they tend to remember only a few things here and there. This raises the question of what makes some ideas "stick" in the minds of people long after they heard them, while other ideas seem to…
October 28, 2014
With the increased emphasis in college on writing essays, papers and reports, plagiarism is a very real possibility. No teacher likes to think his/her students plagiarize, but the reality is that, for a variety of reasons, some students may be tempted to do so. At the next University Center for…
October 21, 2014
As the diversity on the Case Western Reserve University campus grows, faculty members play an important role in creating the most inclusive atmosphere possible. At the next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) session, Liz Roccoforte, program coordinator of the LGBT…
October 13, 2014
Chief Information Security Officer Tom Siu will lead the next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) session, “Announcing the Death of Passwords.” The session will address the recent security incident that affected several faculty members. The session will take place…