UCITE

Teaching and learning in large classes (75+ students) can present unique opportunities to engage with students. Sometimes, even small tweaks in your teaching can have a huge impact on student learning. University Center for Innovative Teaching and Education (UCITE) refers to the science of…

In a 2018 Chronicle of Higher Education article titled “How to Create a Syllabus,” Professor Kevin Gannon offered ideas to better engage and inform students using a course syllabus, explaining it as more than a checklist or contract. Instead, he argued, the syllabus sets the tone for a course and…

The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) will continue its First Fridays series Friday, Feb. 4, with a workshop titled “Syllabus Ideas to Engage Students.” This event will be held from 11:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Allen Memorial Medical Library’s Herrick Room. The…

Calling all faculty and instructors who are interested in exploring and expanding their knowledge of student assessment: Limited spaces are open for the spring 2022 Assessment Learning Community Fellowship Program, facilitated by the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education…

All faculty and instructors who are interested in exploring and expanding their knowledge of student assessment are encouraged to apply for the Assessment Learning Community Fellowship Program, facilitated by the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE). During this…

Those who have participated in University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) programs in the past are invited to a “class reunion” Friday, Dec. 3, at 11:40 a.m. in the Allen Memorial Medical Library’s Herrick Room (ground floor). Matthew Garrett, UCITE director, and Jenny…

The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education, in partnership with the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity and the Center for International Affairs, has developed a new educational development program for the spring 2022 term: Advancing Inclusivity,…

Applications are now open for Nord Grants, financial awards made to individual full-time faculty members or faculty members in collaboration with others, for the purpose of developing innovative teaching and research projects that directly benefit student learning. Such projects could include (but…

The terms diversity, equity and inclusion seem to appear everywhere in higher education discourse, and yet there seems to be little agreement on what they actually mean in the contexts of teaching and learning. Join the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) to explore…

Calling all faculty and instructors who are interested in exploring and expanding their knowledge of student assessment: Applications are open now for the Assessment Learning Community Fellowship Program, facilitated by the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education…