• Teaching & Learning Book Discussion: Small Teaching

    Teaching & Learning Book Discussion: Small Teaching
    102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

    James Lang’s second edition of Small Teaching brings with it new evidence-based practices to improve student learning in bite-size pieces.  The book connects powerful new research from cognitive theory with practical strategies for deploying these insights in a modern classroom. Lang sets out to use research from the learning sciences to offer faculty small, practical changes they […]

  • Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Community of Practice

    Hybrid (In-person or virtual)

    Hybrid (in-person but can accommodate remote participants) Alternate Wednesdays at 10:00am starting September 7th; opposite Wednesday can be reserved for asynchronous work Innovation in teaching provides exciting opportunities for research and scholarship on teaching practices. In this CoP, we will engage with peer mentoring and feedback as we: explore the fundamentals of the Scholarship of […]

  • Equity-Fostering Syllabus Working Group

    Equity-Fostering Syllabus Working Group
    Hybrid (In-person or virtual)

    Hybrid, Biweekly, Fridays from 10:00-11:00am This is a collaborative, faculty-led, practically-oriented community focusing on fostering equity through developing our syllabi and engaging them meaningfully in class. The group will focus not only on “how-to” craft an inclusive/equity-centering syllabus, but how to continue to engage the syllabus throughout the semester toward fostering equity in the classroom […]

  • Making the most of your Student Evaluations of Teaching

    Virtual program OIRA and CITL share strategies to improve the quality of the feedback from your students, including personalizing your SETs, approaches to reading and interpreting SETs, and methods to enhance your teaching narrative in addition to student evaluations.  This event has been postponed.  

  • Creating accessible slides for your courses

    Virtual Location

    Virtual event   "Plus-One Strategy:" an approach to inclusive teaching that involves making small changes to your course to include one more learner.  "Plus-one strategies" workshops will show how to proactively design course components that meet the varied needs of our increasingly diverse body of students. Each workshop will be designed with 40 minutes of […]

  • Teaching & Learning Book Discussion: Small Teaching

    Teaching & Learning Book Discussion: Small Teaching
    102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

    James Lang’s second edition of Small Teaching brings with it new evidence-based practices to improve student learning in bite-size pieces.  The book connects powerful new research from cognitive theory with practical strategies for deploying these insights in a modern classroom. Lang sets out to use research from the learning sciences to offer faculty small, practical changes they […]

  • Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Community of Practice

    Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Community of Practice
    Hybrid (In-person or virtual)

    Hybrid (in-person but can accommodate remote participants) Alternate Wednesdays at 10:00am starting September 7th; opposite Wednesday can be reserved for asynchronous work Innovation in teaching provides exciting opportunities for research and scholarship on teaching practices. In this CoP, we will engage with peer mentoring and feedback as we: explore the fundamentals of the Scholarship of […]

  • Equity-Fostering Syllabus Working Group

    Equity-Fostering Syllabus Working Group
    Hybrid (In-person or virtual)

    Hybrid, Biweekly, Fridays from 10:00-11:00am This is a collaborative, faculty-led, practically-oriented community focusing on fostering equity through developing our syllabi and engaging them meaningfully in class. The group will focus not only on “how-to” craft an inclusive/equity-centering syllabus, but how to continue to engage the syllabus throughout the semester toward fostering equity in the classroom […]

  • Keeping the “Active” in Active Learning Classrooms

    In-person program Barrows Hall Room 126 (ALC) Join in a discussion and demonstration of ways faculty can keep active learning classrooms active to maximize student engagement and learning.  Explore ways to avoid common pitfalls associated with teaching and learning in ALCs as well as ways to enhance collaborative learning and group work.  Register here for […]

  • Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Community of Practice

    Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Community of Practice
    Hybrid (In-person or virtual)

    Hybrid (in-person but can accommodate remote participants) Alternate Wednesdays at 10:00am starting September 7th; opposite Wednesday can be reserved for asynchronous work Innovation in teaching provides exciting opportunities for research and scholarship on teaching practices. In this CoP, we will engage with peer mentoring and feedback as we: explore the fundamentals of the Scholarship of […]