Tag Archive for "Student Success" - Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

CETL Teaching Intensive: Designing for Inclusive and Accessible Learning Join us on January 18 for this one-day event!

December 12, 2023 by CETL Staff | CETL Events

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Teaching Intensive: Designing for Inclusive and Accessible Learning What: The CETL is pleased to announce the 2024 January teaching intensive, which will focus on inclusive teaching practices, including creating high-structure courses and applying principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to design accessible learning activities and assessments.

Teaching Tips for the Week of September 18, 2023

September 14, 2023 by Melissa Samaniego | Monday Motivations

The Power of Prediction: Activating Prior Knowledge to Boost Learning In a traditional course structure, we deliver information through readings, lectures, and other instructional activities. Students are then asked to practice the skills or application of information we’ve provided by answering questions or solving problems. What would happen if we asked students to answer these

Teaching Tips for the Week of September 11, 2023

September 7, 2023 by Melissa Samaniego | Monday Motivations

Strategies for Success: Tips to Share with Students As the fall term gets underway, now is the time for students to learn about and implement realistic, evidence-based strategies for their academic success. In their article, Optimizing Learning in College: Tips from Cognitive Psychology, the authors provide several high-impact strategies to help students better manage their

Teaching Tips for the Week of August 28, 2023 Welcome to the Fall Term!

August 24, 2023 by Cathy Pohan | Monday Motivations

Calming Anxiety and Inspire Students: First Day Strategies Do you remember how you felt on your first day of college? For most of us, this was a time of great excitement and anticipation – perhaps a chance to live away from home, make new friends, and explore interesting ideas and diverse perspectives that would help

Teaching Tip for the Week of July 24, 2023

July 20, 2023 by CETL Staff | Monday Motivations

This summer, the CETL will be presenting one tip per week, to provide a more in-depth discussion of evidence-based teaching practices. If there are specific topics you would like to see CETL explore, please let us know! We also welcome guest posts from faculty who have a teaching tip they would like to share with

Teaching Tip for the Week of July 17, 2023

July 13, 2023 by Melissa Samaniego | Monday Motivations

This summer, the CETL will be presenting one tip per week, to provide a more in-depth discussion of evidence-based teaching practices. If there are specific topics you would like to see CETL explore, please let us know! We also welcome guest posts from faculty who have a teaching tip they would like to share with

Teaching Tip for the Week of June 12, 2023

June 7, 2023 by Melissa Samaniego | Monday Motivations

This summer, the CETL will be presenting one tip per week, to provide a more in-depth discussion of evidence-based teaching practices. If there are specific topics you would like to see CETL explore, please let us know! We also welcome guest posts from faculty who have a teaching tip they would like to share with

Teaching Tip for the Week of June 5, 2023

June 1, 2023 by Melissa Samaniego | Monday Motivations

This summer, the CETL will be presenting one tip per week, focusing on a teaching practice or strategy in more depth. If there are any topics you’d like to see us explore, please let us know! We also welcome guest posts from faculty who have a tip they would like to share with their colleagues.

Tips for the Week of May 15, 2023

May 11, 2023 by CETL Staff | Monday Motivations

Using Multimedia to Improve Learning and Career Readiness “Preparing our students for a professional world that relies increasingly on digital media and communication to fuel values-driven innovation, collaboration, and productivity” (Bass & Lawrence-Riddell, 2020, para. 2) necessitates an instructional approach that effectively integrates technology and facilitates the development of digital literacy skills. Considering both multimedia theory and Universal Design

Tips for the Week of May 8, 2023

May 4, 2023 by CETL Staff | Monday Motivations

Thinking Outside the Box: Writing in the Age of ChatGPT As ChatGPT continues to advance, many have argued that we should accept that we can’t fight it, “out-prompt it”, rely entirely on detection tools, or throw out written assignments altogether. James Lang suggests that this is an opportunity to think more creatively about our writing