Hybrid (In-person or virtual) Together, explore and learn about UMaine’s students, policies, and develop a strong foundation of teaching skills through the exploration of case studies and actual scenarios from the classroom. In parallel we will work on developing your teaching development plan to help guide your teaching goals at UMaine. A great way to meet […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Digital Equity & E-Inclusion Community of Practice (DECoP) will bring together faculty interested in supporting, exploring, and cultivating a digital equity practice. Over the semester, participants will work on an aspect of their course to address through the lens of digital equity. Participants commit to the semester long program when you register (opens in […]
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 […]
Virtual meetings (via Zoom) Teaching Gradually: Practical Pedagogy and Classroom Strategies for Graduate Students provides tools, methods, and insights that are useful in teaching today’s students but are often not explicitly covered in graduate training. Written by graduate teaching assistants, each chapter features topics and approaches in the classroom provided by graduate teaching assistants. Meetings […]
Hybrid (In-person or virtual) Together, explore and learn about UMaine’s students, policies, and develop a strong foundation of teaching skills through the exploration of case studies and actual scenarios from the classroom. In parallel we will work on developing your teaching development plan to help guide your teaching goals at UMaine. A great way to meet […]
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 […]
