The SoTL Writing Circle is a new initiative designed to strengthen and expand faculty scholarship programming through a supportive, semester-long writing community. Open to both new and experienced scholars of teaching and learning, this program offers a structured space for faculty to develop, draft, and refine Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects—whether preparing an […]
Launch your teaching journey at UMaine with confidence, connection, and community. This welcoming, semester-long program is designed specifically for recently hired faculty who are new to teaching at UMaine. Together, we’ll explore our students, institutional policies, and the foundational practices of effective teaching. You’ll engage with real classroom scenarios, build a personalized teaching development plan, […]
Generative AI is a part of students' academic lives. The challenge for instructors is not whether to “allow” AI - but rather how to design for student thinking, judgement and learning. This 5-part series is for instructors who want dedicated work time to build out aspects of their course. Each session is a structured working […]
The SoTL Writing Circle is a new initiative designed to strengthen and expand faculty scholarship programming through a supportive, semester-long writing community. Open to both new and experienced scholars of teaching and learning, this program offers a structured space for faculty to develop, draft, and refine Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects—whether preparing an […]
The SoTL Writing Circle is a new initiative designed to strengthen and expand faculty scholarship programming through a supportive, semester-long writing community. Open to both new and experienced scholars of teaching and learning, this program offers a structured space for faculty to develop, draft, and refine Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects—whether preparing an […]
Generative AI is a part of students' academic lives. The challenge for instructors is not whether to “allow” AI - but rather how to design for student thinking, judgement and learning. This 5-part series is for instructors who want dedicated work time to build out aspects of their course. Each session is a structured working […]
Recently hired faculty are invited to join a discussion group focused on fundamentals of teaching in higher education. Meetings are divided to discuss both learning from the reading and stories from the classroom. Alternate Fridays from 10:00am-11:00am | Fernald Hall, Room 102 LEARN MORE & REGISTER HERE
The SoTL Writing Circle is a new initiative designed to strengthen and expand faculty scholarship programming through a supportive, semester-long writing community. Open to both new and experienced scholars of teaching and learning, this program offers a structured space for faculty to develop, draft, and refine Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects—whether preparing an […]
Wicked Problems in Teaching: A Faculty Conversation Series Complex challenges. Practical strategies. Shared inquiry. Some teaching challenges are just plain wicked — they have no single cause, no universal solution, and they show up over and over in our classes. Think: student focus, cell phones, uneven preparedness, pedagogical burnout, and everything in between. This series […]
The SoTL Writing Circle is a new initiative designed to strengthen and expand faculty scholarship programming through a supportive, semester-long writing community. Open to both new and experienced scholars of teaching and learning, this program offers a structured space for faculty to develop, draft, and refine Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects—whether preparing an […]
Recently hired faculty are invited to join a discussion group focused on fundamentals of teaching in higher education. Meetings are divided to discuss both learning from the reading and stories from the classroom. Alternate Fridays from 10:00am-11:00am | Fernald Hall, Room 102 LEARN MORE & REGISTER HERE
The SoTL Writing Circle is a new initiative designed to strengthen and expand faculty scholarship programming through a supportive, semester-long writing community. Open to both new and experienced scholars of teaching and learning, this program offers a structured space for faculty to develop, draft, and refine Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects—whether preparing an […]
