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Upcoming Events

  1. Nov 18 Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses12:00am

    Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses

    Monday, November 18th, 2019

    12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

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    Multipal Campuses and Online

    Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses
    Experience UConn’s three-week winter session from December 26, 2019 – January 17, 2019.

    UConn’s Winter Session offers over 100 classes to choose from. Take classes at any UConn Campus or online regardless of your Home Campus.

    Get Ahead. Fulfill Requirements. Start the year off right.

    Visit https://wintersession.uconn.edu/ for additional details.

    Contact Information: (860) 486-0465 - summersession@uconn.edu

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  2. Nov 18 Mixing It Up-Adding Variety to your Classroom Instruction 3:15pm

    Mixing It Up-Adding Variety to your Classroom Instruction

    Monday, November 18th, 2019

    03:15 PM - 04:30 PM

    Storrs Campus
    ROWE 319

    Presenter: Wayne Trembly, CETL
    Participants will come away with specific strategies for adding variety to classroom instruction.
    This talk will cover such topics as:
    • Breaking up the lecture: when, how (videos, stories, role play, Q & A, iClickers, Poll Everywhere, Survey Monkey, small group discussion, brief activities…) why
    • Q & A as review
    • Restatement of key points by students as a check for understanding
    • Small group discussion of key points followed by whole group discussion
    • Brief activities to reinforce learning objectives
    • Problem solving in Math, the sciences, Engineering…
    • Long term projects
    • Assigning each section of a chapter to a small group of students who will then present the material to the whole group

    Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1094

    Contact Information: stacey.valliere@uconn.edu

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  3. Nov 19 Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses12:00am

    Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses

    Tuesday, November 19th, 2019

    12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

    Other
    Multipal Campuses and Online

    Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses
    Experience UConn’s three-week winter session from December 26, 2019 – January 17, 2019.

    UConn’s Winter Session offers over 100 classes to choose from. Take classes at any UConn Campus or online regardless of your Home Campus.

    Get Ahead. Fulfill Requirements. Start the year off right.

    Visit https://wintersession.uconn.edu/ for additional details.

    Contact Information: (860) 486-0465 - summersession@uconn.edu

    More
  4. Nov 20 Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses12:00am

    Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses

    Wednesday, November 20th, 2019

    12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

    Other
    Multipal Campuses and Online

    Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses
    Experience UConn’s three-week winter session from December 26, 2019 – January 17, 2019.

    UConn’s Winter Session offers over 100 classes to choose from. Take classes at any UConn Campus or online regardless of your Home Campus.

    Get Ahead. Fulfill Requirements. Start the year off right.

    Visit https://wintersession.uconn.edu/ for additional details.

    Contact Information: (860) 486-0465 - summersession@uconn.edu

    More
  5. Nov 21 Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses12:00am

    Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses

    Thursday, November 21st, 2019

    12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

    Other
    Multipal Campuses and Online

    Register Today for UConn Winter Session Courses
    Experience UConn’s three-week winter session from December 26, 2019 – January 17, 2019.

    UConn’s Winter Session offers over 100 classes to choose from. Take classes at any UConn Campus or online regardless of your Home Campus.

    Get Ahead. Fulfill Requirements. Start the year off right.

    Visit https://wintersession.uconn.edu/ for additional details.

    Contact Information: (860) 486-0465 - summersession@uconn.edu

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  6. Nov 21 Create Videos for Your Class9:00am

    Create Videos for Your Class

    Thursday, November 21st, 2019

    09:00 AM - 10:30 AM

    Storrs Campus
    ROWE 319 and Online

    Some advantages of using video in your class include the following:
    • Provides a way for students to review material
    • Provides instructors another way to present content (i.e. flip the classroom)
    • Record video “microlectures” before or after class to help with difficult concepts
    Using UConn’s video platform, Kaltura, you can record lectures, store videos, create quizzes and share them in your HuskyCT course. In addition, students can use it for homework assignments or for discussions. The training will cover how faculty, staff or students can create, upload, store, edit and share videos.
    Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1108

    Contact Information: edtech@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

 

2019 CETL Mini-Grant Competition

Announcing the 2019 CETL Mini-Grant Competition

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is pleased to announce the fall 2019 CETL Mini Grant Competition. This year the grant awards will range from a minimum of $500 to a maximum of $5000. If funding is available in the spring semester, a second grant cycle will be announced spring 2020.  Please click here to review the RFP criteria

 

Bring your own device testing

Fixed auditorium imageBring your own device (BYOD) testing

For faculty looking to move away from paper exams or Scantrons, online testing is available through HuskyCT. Online testing can be offered in the classroom or as at-home assessments. For faculty wishing to administer online testing in the classroom (BYOD testing), CETL and ITS have worked to make this easier.  For more information and to register, please click here

Announcing the winners of the 2019-2020 University Teaching Awards

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is please to announce the winners of the 2019-2020 University Teaching Awards.  Please click here for names of our winners.

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CETL Happenings Newsletter

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