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Is this your first year as a teaching assistant UMaine?  Excited but nervous about your role as a TA? Eager to learn more about life as a teaching assistant and meet other TAs on campus? We are now accepting applications for our Teaching Tips & Techniques (TTT) for Graduate Teaching Assistants for the 2024 spring semester!

Interested in developing your teaching strategies with a supportive community of peers? Apply to the Fall 2023 Graduate Teaching Academy (link opens in a new tab)! Applications open on July 1st. The application review process will begin on August 1st, but the application will remain open until spots are filled.

Greetings! The implementation of our new learning management system Brightspace Desire 2 Learn is well underway. As of this week, faculty can now start to engage with and work in sandboxes generated in the Brightspace environment. To learn more about what this means, and to find Important announcements, updates and FAQs visit the Brightspace LMS Updates […]

         Give your old equipment new life and donate it for student use!  We are looking for unwanted and old equipment to be reused at the Hackerspace in the Memorial Union. Examples of what we collect: Computer towers and parts (please remove all old data) Peripherals Audio gear (tape decks, mixers, splitters) […]

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Note from Blackboard: Subject: Upcoming Datacenter Maintenance – Service Interruption Date: Friday, June 14 Time: 2:00AM EDT – 6:00AM EDT / 6:00AM UTC – 10:00AM UTC Services: Clients with Server(s) at VA2On Friday, June 14, 2019, between the hours of 2:00 AM -6:00 AM EDT / 6:00 AM UTC -10:00 AM UTC, Blackboard will be […]

Each of the LMS’s will present three (3) consecutive times at the Faculty Institute, May 16th; faculty will be able to access these presentations virtually. Those session times are as follows; links for streaming are below: Session 1: 10:45am-11:45am Session 2: 1:15pm-2:15pm Session 3: 2:30pm-3:30pm ► Streaming Link for Blackboard’s Learn Ultra Demo. Use this link for […]

Join faculty from across the UMS system to learn about different teaching strategies using various technologies.  This day long event will feature Julie Dirksen as the keynote speaker, a poster session, and numerous workshops throughout the day to provide connection and opportunities to collaborate.  Mileage is reimbursed for faculty. In addition this year all three […]

Join a diverse group of instructors in an intensive educational development opportunity working with a variety of topics including active learning strategies, effective assessment development, inclusive teaching practices, and design principles. Registration is FREE and open to graduate students, part-time and full-time faculty.   Subsidized housing is also available for anyone traveling from a distance. […]