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Name: Dr. Rob Glover
Title: Associate Professor of Politcal Science & Honors
How long have you been at UMaine? 15 years
Advice you’d give a new instructor at UMaine? Don’t be too hard on yourself. Allow yourself the grace and flexibility to grow and evolve as an instructor. You’ll try things that will fail or not work out as you’d hoped, but the very fact that this is happening shows you’re disrupting what is “comfortable.” And be transparent with the students about that–they’ll respect and appreciate that honesty (and they’re really good at sniffing out inauthenticity).
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instructional design
Instructional design is a creative process that uses contemporary research in teaching and learning to guide the development of course content that provides relevant and meaningful educational experiences for today’s students. Instructional design at CITL uses a project-based approach. Our instructional designers are agile and adaptable, and we all have expertise in teaching and learning, and we know how to create the most accessible and inclusive courses possible.
Professional development
Explore our Communities of Practice (CoPs), Intensives, Departmental Workshops, Graduate Student Programs and Fellowships!
Video & Animation opportunities
CITL Instructional Designers will work with faculty to plan and create a wide range of videos! Learn more.
Our professional instructional designers are here to bring your vision to life, blending your content area expertise with the latest in technology and innovative instructional tools, creating a rich educational experience that meets the needs of today’s students.
Here are a few samples of the types of videos that have been created by our instructional design team:
CITL by the numbers
As of August 2025, CITL has 10 full time staff members.
Prior to UMaine, we have attended or worked at 26 colleges and universities.
We have worked in higher education for a total of 149 years, 102 of which have been at UMaine.
Collectively, we have 3 PhDs, 3 MFAs, 1 IMFA and 1 MEd. We earned 9 degrees at UMaine.
Our degrees and college teaching span 21 disciplines or combinations of disciplines.
Current CITL staff have taught 127 UMaine class selections. We have taken 284.
2 of us were born outside of the United States and are non-native English Speakers.
8 of us have lived or studied in a country other than the U.S.
6 of our spouses are or have been affiliated with UMaine.
We have 14 children, 10 cats and 8 dogs. All of the dogs are rescues and all of the children are above average (the cats refused to participate in this effort).
Learn more about us in the Who We Are section.
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