Struggling to engage students in learning in your large lecture courses? Come listen to Carly Kibbe (Biology) and Katia Levintova (Political Science and Global Studies) discuss their strategies, and design ones of your own! The workshop will be held Fri., Feb, 16 from 1:00-2:00PM in Instructional Service 1034. Click here to add this CATL event…
Read More Learning Assessments in Large Lecture Classes (Workshop)For those who attended the Instructional Design Institute… and even those who didn’t! The resources and handouts are now available as promised. Download or view a copy of the schedule; it’s now complete with PDF icons where resources are available. Click on them to view the corresponding materials.
Read More IDI Workshop ResourcesThe document linked below contains information about using a Classroom Response System (CRS). It includes recommendations for easy-to-implement ‘lightweight’ options and a detailed ‘best practices’ list. Classroom Response Guide More information on the tools outlined in this document are available online. Plickers: https://www.plickers.com/ Kahoot: https://kahoot.com/
Read More Classroom Response Systems GuideHere is a handy presentation on using multiple-choice assessment to prompt student learning (PDF) presented by Sawa Senzaki at CATL’s Using Multiple-Choice Assessments Well workshop. The presentation references the use of Scantron data, so here also is an example of the data an instructor receives from Scantron results. Feel free also to check out this site for more…
Read More Using Multiple-Choice Assessments WellThe 2018-19 Teaching and Learning Community will explore transparency in teaching and learning. Fellows will engage with scholarly research on the impact of transparency in course, outcome, and assignment design and consider how incorporating a transparent framework may promote equity in student learning and success. Fellows will make revisions to one course throughout the year…
Read More 2018-19 Theme Announced!This year’s Institute (to be held January 18, 2018) coincides with UW-Green Bay’s “Becoming a Student-Ready University” initiative, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and Business and Finance. The morning will kick-off with a special keynote by Dr. Christine Harrington, who will speak to our entire campus community about how small actions can have a big…
Read More Register for the 2018 Instructional Development InstituteLeaders in this book discussion will take up Alexander Astin’s theory that “college’s obsession with smartness shortchanges students, which widens inequities.” This discussion will be held Nov. 17 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Vista Room (MAC Hall 301). A limited number of copies of the book can be borrowed by contacting Stacie Christian…
Read More “Are You Smart Enough?”We will be hosting an open forum on November 21st from 3-4:30 in Phoenix B to share the themes compiled from the Tia Brown McNair workshop the University held in late August. This open forum will be a chance to develop action plans and partnerships between faculty and staff to allow us to become a…
Read More Becoming Student-Ready Open ForumThe first issue of the DLE Transition Newsletter is available. View Vol. 1 Here
Read More Transition Notes – Vol. 01Reminder: Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEGs) proposals are due Friday, Oct. 28. TEGs provide funding for professional development activities or projects that can lead to the improvement of teaching skills or the development of innovative teaching strategies.
Read More Reminder: TEG Proposals Due 10/28/17
