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Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning

Teaching at UMaine – An introduction to successful teaching strategies

102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

Join CITL Instructional Designers and staff in a conversations around successful approaches to teaching and student engagement. We will discuss approaches that span the various modalities, including strategies that have emerged while teaching remotely and long-standing practices. We also invite you to share with others some of your best strategies and approaches to teaching. REGISTER […]

Using Breakout Rooms and Other Features in Zoom to Increase Engagement – Virtual Training

Virtual Location

A deep dive into how to use the Breakout room feature in your classes; we will discuss the different ways to create and manage rooms and maximizing student productivity. This workshop will last one hour, with extra time for a Q&A afterwards. Unfortunately, we were not able to fill the minimum number required to run […]

Digital Equity and E-Inclusion: Complete an eight-point evaluation to determine your course accessibility – Virtual Training

Virtual Location

Either as a stand alone workshop or as your entry point to our Digital Equity Community of Practice, we invite you to join us in an evaluation of your present course design and layout for digital equity and inclusion. This initial evaluation will help identify tangible goals for your work over the semester to build […]

Teaching in a large lecture hall

Join CITL and Media Services as we review the features of a large lecture hall and answer specific questions about the use of the classroom technology or effective teaching practices. […]

Supporting your students in the post-pandemic classroom

102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

Though many of us are returning to campus this fall, we recognize that we are not returning to "normal." As we return to our classrooms, whether remote or in-person, we all, students and faculty alike, will carry with us impacts from the last 18 months. During this conversation, we will explore some of the changes […]

Plus One Strategies for UDL: Making your visuals accessible: “Alt text”, whiteboards, videos

Virtual Location

Open to all instructors at UMaine or UMaine Machias, these 30-minutes meetings will focus on “Plus One Strategies” you can adopt to proactively design courses that meet the varied needs of our increasingly diverse body of students. Each workshop will be designed with 30 minutes of learning on a specific strategy and 30 minutes of […]

Universal Design for Learning: Complete an eight-point evaluation to determine your course accessibility

102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

Either as a stand alone workshop or as your entry point to our Digital Equity Community of Practice, we invite you to join us in an evaluation of your present course design and layout for digital equity and inclusion. This initial evaluation will help identify tangible goals for your work over the semester to build […]

Teaching with Zoom: An introduction to the features of Zoom that can enhance your virtual class

Virtual Location

Zoom is a web conferencing software available to the entire University of Maine community. Faculty can use Zoom in their teaching to manage the synchronous components of their online courses, hold virtual office hours, and promote virtual student collaboration. This workshop will support users interested in using Zoom in their teaching. We will explore how […]

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