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Teaching and Professional Faculty Learning Community: Tools for Success

AAC 345 (Office of Teaching and Learning Conference Room)

Tools for Success is a faculty learning community designed for teaching and professional faculty (TPF) in the assistant rank at the University of Denver. The FLC will explore areas essential to the success of teaching faculty including: community building, effective instruction, DU culture, promotion, national trends, and the roles of TPF. We will utilize one book in our sessions […]

Think & Drink: How to learn from your students

AAC 345 (Office of Teaching and Learning Conference Room)

2023 Provost Conference On ramping Events Facilitated by Kayoung Kim, Director of Scholarship of Teaching & Learning and Faculty Learning Communities Reference text: Amplifying the Purposes, Audiences, and Products of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning by Nancy L. Chick Effective classroom learning is multidirectional, with students as actively engaged partners in the learning process. What can we learn from our […]

UDL Your Course Series: Assistive Technology and the Canvas Course

Zoom

The UDL Your Course Series was designed to support faculty members on their exploration and understanding of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework. Universal Design for Learning is an inclusive model for teaching that centers the needs of students with disabilities, with the overall goal of creating a learning environment that is accessible by […]

Think & Drink: How to build a relationship with your students

AAC 345 (Office of Teaching and Learning Conference Room)

Faciltated by Laura Sponsler, Clinical Associate Professor of Higher Education & Leslie Alvarez, Director of the Office of Teaching and Learning Reading: Chapter One in "Visions of the Possible" Peter Felten and Leo Lambert, Relationship Rich Education  https://du.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UODE_INST/1uqj623/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC6371405     Part of the 2023 Provost Confernece 

UDL Your Course Series: Flexible Assessment

The UDL Your Course Series was designed to support faculty members on their exploration and understanding of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework. UDL is an inclusive model for teaching that centers the needs of students with disabilities, with the overall goal of creating a learning environment that is accessible to all students without […]

Considering the Role of Student Voice in Teaching Evaluation

Sie Complex, Maglione Room, 5025

In this interactive workshop, we welcome back Dr. Noah Finkelstein and panel guests from around the country to explore the role of student voice in the evaluation of teaching. Students are uniquely positioned to provide data and feedback on teaching effectiveness; however, our current systems are fraught with problems ranging from bias to non-actionable feedback. […]

Considering the Role of Student Voice in Teaching Evaluation

Sie Complex, Maglione Room, 5025

In this interactive workshop, we welcome back Dr. Noah Finkelstein and panel guests from around the country to explore the role of student voice in the evaluation of teaching. Students are uniquely positioned to provide data and feedback on teaching effectiveness; however, our current systems are fraught with problems ranging from bias to non-actionable feedback. […]

Revisiting or Writing your Teaching Philosophy

TBD

A teaching philosophy can be a useful tool beyond the academic job search or review process (although it's also helpful for those.) Come to this workshop to explore your teaching values now, and practice providing compelling evidence of how these values show up in your class. Open to all (including graduate students). Bring what you like to […]

Facilitating Welcoming and Transparent Assignments

AAC 340 (The Loft)

Drawing on the "Transparency in Learning and Teaching" https://tilthighered.com/ framework, this workshop walks participants through a concrete approach to designing assignments that are transparent and welcoming to all students. This is a simple, but research-based practice for closing equity gaps. Along with assignment design, this session will offer suggestions for in-class activities to do with students to […]

Responding to Faculty Burnout: Purpose and Compassion

Zoom

The last three years have been challenging, to say the very least, and the ongoing trauma of the pandemic and shake-ups on our campuses have impacted both faculty and students. Many faculty were on the edge of burnout before 2020, and the swings between in-person to remote and back again have tested the coping skills […]