Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning

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 […]

This CoP will combine shared learning with course design. Participants will build a foundational understanding of how learning works and then translate that understanding to student-facing course materials for their specific course context. By the end of this program participants will: Recognize fundamental concepts of how people learn Identify how and where these concepts would […]

What could your students see if their data came alive on a map? Discover how maps can transform learning in humanities, STEM, health and education. Join UMaine’s three-part GIS workshop series to explore, create, and analyze with ArcGIS Online. No experience necessary! Three Fridays: Feb. 6th, March 6th and April 4th | All sessions from […]

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 […]