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ADVANCING EDUCATION THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT TEACHING EXCELLENCE

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Upcoming Events

  1. Mar 25 Creating a Positive Classroom Environment11:00am
  2. Mar 26 Hands-On HuskyCT Series: Assessments and Assignments10:30am
  3. Mar 27 Using Improvisation and Role Play- an Active Participation2:30pm
  4. Mar 28 The intellectual benefits of playfulness: bringing play into your class through complicity games 12:30pm
  5. Mar 29 Sharing approaches to critical thinking 11:00am
  6. Apr 2 Getting Started with Flipped Instruction Webinar 12:30pm

Creating a Positive Classroom Environment

Monday, March 25th, 2019

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Storrs Campus
ROWE 319

We will discuss topics such as:
• Maintaining a positive attitude
• Making students feel welcome and showing you care
• Encouraging student participation and active learning
• Giving choices and engaging student passion
• Celebrating both success and failure
• Using humor to make and/or emphasize a point

Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=743

Contact Information: suzanne.lafleur@uconn.edu

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Hands-On HuskyCT Series: Assessments and Assignments

Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Storrs Campus
ROWE 319

Hands-On HuskyCT Series: Assessments and Assignments
Rowe 319

Three sessions:
- Weds., 3/13, 1:30-3:00 – Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=816

- Tues., 3/26, 10:30-12:00 – Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=817

- Weds., 4/3, 2:00-3:30 – Register at – https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=818

This three-session series walks participants through the most commonly used features in HuskyCT for assessing student learning: the Test and Assignment tools. Beginning with an introductory/overview session and progressing to two hands-on/review sessions, participants in this series will get an overview of the tools available to instructors and how to use them, including online quizzes/exams, file submissions for assignments, and using SafeAssign (a built-in plagiarism detection software) as it relates to pedagogy. We will conclude with a complete review of each participants’ strategies for assessing students using HuskyCT, and by the third session participants will be able to implement those strategies. (Please note: When registering for this session, please keep in mind that the series is intended for attendees who plan to attend all three sessions.)

Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu

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Using Improvisation and Role Play- an Active Participation

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

02:30 PM - 03:45 PM

Storrs Campus
HBL CLC

This is an interactive workshop where we will "do" more than "speak," but there will be a discussion of how doing improv exercises can help students to be more willing to speak in class, as well as other practical applications.

Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=742

Contact Information: suzanne.lafleur@uconn.edu

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The intellectual benefits of playfulness: bringing play into your class through complicity games

Thursday, March 28th, 2019

12:30 PM - 01:45 PM

Storrs Campus
HBL CLC

Complicity games originated in the physical theatre work of Jacques Lecoq. In the classroom they can be used as a warm up to increase student focus and interest, as a useful, accessible metaphor to describe intellectual practice, as kinetic learning, and as a way to encourage participation and risk-taking.

Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=750

Contact Information: suzanne.lafleur@uconn.edu

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Sharing approaches to critical thinking

Friday, March 29th, 2019

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Storrs Campus
ROWE 319

How do you incorporate critical thinking into your course design? How do you build it into class time when class time already seems too short to cover all the content you want to cover? What are some critical literacy activities you have implemented in your classes? How did you think about assessment of them? In this teaching talk we will share experiences, challenges, and activities that can be modified to fit even a small amount of class time.

Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=727

Contact Information: suzanne.lafleur@uconn.edu

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Getting Started with Flipped Instruction Webinar

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019

12:30 PM - 02:00 PM

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Want to learn more about flipped classroom approaches? This webinar will provide an introduction to designing a flipped course. We will describe the reasons for wanting to flip a course, explain how this course delivery approach will benefit you and your students, and identify specific pedagogical challenges. Also, we will highlight some of the various tools, processes, and methods available for creating a flipped course. This webinar is an introduction to the topic; however, a more advanced flipped seminar/workshop will be available later in the semester.
Note: To make the best use of time, participants will be asked to complete a short activity before the webinar.”

Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=801

Contact Information: stacey.valliere@uconn.edu

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Contact Us

Center for Excellence in
Teaching and Learning
368 Fairfield Way, Unit 4001
Storrs, CT  06269-4001
Phone: 860-486-0457
Fax: 860-486-1766
Email: CETL@uconn.edu

 

LCRG_logoLarge Course Redesign
Grant Initiative

CETL invites participation in a university-wide initiative to improve student outcomes by redesigning large-enrollment courses using active learning strategies and integrated educational technologies to “change the course of learning.” The Large Course Redesign (LCR) Grant Initiative is aimed at “making large courses feel small.” Proposals are due by February 10, 2019. LEARN MORE

President' Series on Teaching ExcellenceThe President's Series on Teaching Excellence

The 2019 Speaker is Dr. Regina Barreca
“Why Teaching Matters, or Why I Never Turn My Back on a Class”

When:  April 16, 2019
Where: Konover Auditorium - Wine and Cheese Reception to Follow
For more information please click here.

 

TeachingProfessorThe Teaching Professor
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As a member of our campus community this online resource from Magna Publications is available at no cost to you. The Teaching Professor? keeps readers informed of pedagogically sound techniques, new ideas, strategies that work, and pragmatic approaches to enhancing student learning and improving instructional effectiveness, regardless of teaching modality or academic discipline. READ MORE

Suggested Reading

Dynamic Lecturing: Research-Based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness

By Christine Harrington and Todd Zakrajsek

Christine Harrington and Todd Zakrajsek demonstrate that, rather than lecture and active learning being mutually exclusive or either-or propositions, the effectiveness of the former can be greatly enhanced when combined with active learning techniques through what they define as dynamic lecturing; and provide context about the need to balance these approaches to meet the needs of students as they progress from novice to advanced learners.

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning has one copy available. If you would like to borrow the book please contact Stacey Valliere at Stacey.valliere@uconn.edu. To view other books we have available in our library please visit https://uconncetl.libib.com/i/cetl-library

Teaching Tips

  • Reflecting on Teaching, Apr. 2017
  • Subscribe to Mentor Commons, Apr. 2017
  • Teaching Philosophy, Apr. 2017
  • Active Learning Strategies, Apr. 2017
  • Planning a Service Learning Course, Mar. 2017
  • Teaching Tools at your Fingertips, Mar. 2017

CETL Happenings Newsletter

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