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  • Strategies for Student Engagement Community of Practice

    Strategies for Student Engagement Community of Practice

    102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

    In-person participation strongly encouraged; hybrid can be accommodated. Alternate Tuesdays from 9:30 am -10:30 am starting on Jan 30th Changing technologies (e.g., AI), students (e.g., learning post-COVID) and demands for time (e.g., faculty workloads) make it more critical than ever to provide meaningful and substantive opportunities for engagement with students in your classes.   In this practice-based […]

  • Circle containing the words "teaching" and "learning" and a Venn diagram where the three parts labelled diversity, equity and inclusion meet in a small circle labelled belonging.

    Racial Equity in Teaching Summer Retreat

    Join us at an antiracist teaching and learning retreat during which we will engage in storytelling, dialogue, creative exercises, and more. Come and share strategies as well as tools for engaging conversations about where and how race impacts teaching and learning.  

  • Learn about Brightspace

    Enroll in our self-paced course on Brightspace to orient you to the basic features and layout of our learning management system (LMS), or explore our many online resources. Then schedule a consultation with CITL's faculty support to get any of your specific questions answered!  

  • Overview of Brightspace

    Virtual Location

    Virtual Training Designed for faculty and graduate teaching assistants new to using UMaine's LMS Brightspace, this orientation will provide you with an overview of the layout, commonly used tools, and recommendations to help get you started and answer frequently encountered questions.   After this, you can continue to learn using our our self-paced fundamentals course  Get […]

  • Overview of Brightspace

    Virtual

    Virtual Training Designed for faculty and graduate teaching assistants new to using UMaine's LMS Brightspace, this orientation will provide you with an overview of the layout, commonly used tools, and recommendations to help get you started and answer frequently encountered questions.   After this, you can continue to learn using our our self-paced fundamentals course  Get […]

  • Overview of Brightspace

    Virtual

    Virtual Training Designed for faculty and graduate teaching assistants new to using UMaine's LMS Brightspace, this orientation will provide you with an overview of the layout, commonly used tools, and recommendations to help get you started and answer frequently encountered questions.   After this, you can continue to learn using our our self-paced fundamentals course  Get […]

  • Introduction to iClicker Cloud: UMaine’s student response system

    102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

    In-person training UMaine has an institutional license for iClicker, meaning faculty can use these tools in classrooms without any additional fees to students or hardware purchases. This session will introduce faculty to the technical features of iClicker Cloud, question types, commonly used features how it integrates with Brightspace and other frequently asked questions.   This […]

  • Essentials of course design

    102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

    In Person Training In this interactive workshop you will review the basic tenets of backwards design, your course goals, and outcomes; evaluate strategies to assess student learning and define the importance of your course for your students.  Leave with an action plan for course modifications.   This program is no longer accepting registrations. 

  • Overview of Brightspace

    102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

    In Person Training Designed for faculty and graduate teaching assistants new to using UMaine's LMS Brightspace, this orientation will provide you with an overview of the layout, commonly used tools, and recommendations to help get you started and answer frequently encountered questions.   After this, you can continue to learn using our our self-paced fundamentals course  […]

  • A syllabus worth reading

    102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

    In Person Training A well-crafted syllabus can be a powerful tool that sets the stage for student success, classroom norms, performance expectations and student engagement. Research suggests that the  tone and content of a course syllabus can directly affect students’ perception of instruction, the choice to pursue a subsequent major, and student-faculty interactions.  We will […]

  • Using Kaltura and video in your teaching (Virtual)

    ZOOM

    Virtual Training This session will provide an overview of the features of Kaltura - UMaine’s video platform. We will discuss creative ways to use video in your teaching and share ideas about using video to improve student learning.  We recommend bringing a laptop with you and your UMS login credentials.  

  • The UMaine Teaching Toolbox

    102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

    In Person Training Learn about the tools available to faculty for use in teaching and learn about how to use these resources in your courses. We will discuss Brightspace, Zoom, Kaltura, TurnitIn, Google Drive, iClicker, Fogler LibGuides, Respondus, ArgGIS online and more!   We are no longer accepting registrations for this discussion. Email citlworshop@maine.edu with […]

Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL)
Fernald Hall, 5728 Munson Road Orono, ME 04469
Tel: 207.581.3333 Fax: citl@maine.edu
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