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Upcoming Events

  1. Jan 22 iClicker Training2:00pm
  2. Jan 23 HuskyCT Basics10:00am
  3. Jan 23 Mixing It Up: Adding Variety to your Classroom Instruction1:30pm
  4. Jan 24 Using personal stories in the classroom 3:00pm
  5. Jan 25 Create Videos for Your Class9:00am
  6. Jan 30 Assessments & Assignments in HuskyCT10:30am

iClicker Training

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Storrs Campus
ROWE 319 and Online

The use of Student Response Systems or “clickers” is a proven way to engage students and let instructors know what students are thinking. We will discuss the similarities and differences of iClicker Cloud and iClicker Classic versions of the software. The training will cover the following:
• How to install/run the iClicker software
• How to setup a Polling Session
• How to run a Polling Session
• How to link your Polling Sessions to HuskyCT
• How to sync your roster and scores into HuskyCT
• How to setup clicker Registration for your students in HuskyCT


Register at – https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=759

Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu

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HuskyCT Basics

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Storrs Campus
Online via Collaborate

This session covers the basics of HuskyCT such as how to begin using HuskyCT, how the LMS can be used in academic and non-academic environments, basic functions and tools, and tips and tricks for beginner users.

Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=753

Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu

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Mixing It Up: Adding Variety to your Classroom Instruction

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019

01:30 PM - 02:45 PM

Storrs Campus
ROWE 319

This session will address strategies such as:
• Breaking up the lecture: when, how (videos, stories, role play, Q & A, iClickers, 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

Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=732

Contact Information: suzanne.lafleur@uconn.edu

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Using personal stories in the classroom

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

03:00 PM - 04:15 PM

Storrs Campus
ROWE 319

The goal of this workshop is to identify and develop two or three personal stories you can use to illustrate course content, promote vocational awareness in students, or establish rapport in the classroom. We will discuss ways that personal stories have changed the dynamics of a course and increased student learning and engagement.

Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=691

Contact Information: suzanne.lafleur@uconn.edu

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Create Videos for Your Class

Friday, January 25th, 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=762

Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu

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Assessments & Assignments in HuskyCT

Wednesday, January 30th, 2019

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Storrs Campus
ROWE 319

HuskyCT provides a number of tools for assigning student work, collecting assignments such as papers and projects, and conducting other types of assessments such as tests and quizzes. This session will provide an overview of the tools available to instructors and how to use them, including online quizzes and exams as well as the use and application of SafeAssign (a built-in plagiarism detection software) as it relates to pedagogy. (Please note: This session will cover the basics of using HuskyCT’s test/quizzing functions, but if you would like to learn about the details of that tool, you also may want to consider the “Developing and Building Tests, Surveys, and Pools in HuskyCT”)

Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=755

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

 

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

Announcing the 2018 CETL's Academic Mini Grant Competition Winners

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Academic Mini Grant Competition. Please click here to read proposal titles from the departments represented in this year's competition!

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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

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