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The ability to make an effective presentation is an important skill. Apart from simply a way to influence how others view you, preparing a good presentation helps sharpen an idea, deliver a more concise and pointed message and improve awareness of the power of language to persuade. Whether teaching...

In spring 2014, the Faculty Climate Survey was administered to faculty members at the rank of instructor and above. The survey questions covered a range of topics, including the quality of faculty life, satisfaction, workload, sources of stress, work environment, leadership, mentoring, promotion and...

In 1984, David Kolb, professor emeritus at the Weatherhead School of Management, published his learning styles and learning cycle model now used worldwide. The cycle comprises four stages of learning: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization and active experimentation....

Faculty members are invited to apply for the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education’s sixth Mentor Fellows program during the Fall 2014 semester. The series of seminars is designed to engage faculty members from across the university in thoughtful discussions and explore ideas o...

Given the rapid growth in knowledge, it is inevitable that the amount of information that we expect students to learn in courses has also grown, unless instructors are very vigilant in limiting it. This tends to place a premium on quick reading of texts in order to get at the most salient points. S...

James Zull remembers when a single chain separated Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology. The chain was a futile effort to create an illusion of separation. People often stepped right over it to visit someone at the other university, showing that, from the outset, the two i...

There are many factors that go into teaching a successful course, but sometimes we put our greatest efforts into areas that may not provide the biggest payoff and neglect those aspects that may require less effort but give huge benefits to both you and your students. As the fall semester approaches...

A class period is highly valuable time for scholarly discussion—yet very often it becomes an occasion for the mere transmission of information instead. This often occurs because faculty members feel that such deep discussions are not possible because students do not have the knowledge and basic und...

Why do students fail in their college courses? There are many reasons of course. But given the selective nature of the admissions process at Case Western Reserve University, they should not be failing because they are not prepared academically. The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Ed...

Educational Services for Students (ESS) and the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) will collaborate to deliver a summer University 400C Future Faculty Certificate Program, which is series of six sessions for graduate and professional students envisaging careers as fac...