Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
- No events scheduled for Sunday, February 12, 2023.
- No events scheduled for Tuesday, February 14, 2023.
Grappling with Group Work: Group norms and student accountability
CITL - 1st Floor of Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono- No events scheduled for Saturday, February 18, 2023.
Week of Events
Book discussion. America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility by Rajika Bhandari–
Book discussion. America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility by Rajika Bhandari–
The population of international students at UMaine has rebounded since the onset of COVID–international undergraduate applications for fall 2023 are trending more than double what they were in fall 2019. UMM is seeing almost an exponential increase. With this, understanding and valuing the experiences and perspectives of international students has become increasingly important at both […]
Graduate Student Book Club – Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto
Graduate Student Book Club – Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto
Virtual meetings (via Zoom) We will be reading Radical Hope: A teaching manifesto by Kevin M. Gannon – which addresses timely issues around inclusive teaching practices. Books will be provided by CITL. From the publisher: “Kevin Gannon asks that the contemporary university’s manifold problems be approached as opportunities for critical engagement, arguing that, when done […]
Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – Spring 2023
Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – Spring 2023
Virtual Alternate Thursdays at 3:00-4:00 pm, starting January 19th; opposite Thursdays can be reserved for optional asynchronous/small group work. Innovation in teaching provides exciting opportunities for research and scholarship on teaching practices with topics including the fundamentals of the scholarship of Teaching and Learning, research question identification, SoTL literature, study design, IRB application, common methodologies, […]
Grappling with Group Work: Group norms and student accountability
Grappling with Group Work: Group norms and student accountability
The first of four roundtable discussions on the challenges and rewards of using groups to facilitate learning. Register using the forms below. All topics and dates Friday, February 3rd: Structuring group projects, groups and expectations. (THIS EVENT) Friday, February 17th: Group formation and student accountability (group norms, contracts and evaluations). Friday, February 24th: Assessing group […]