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Faculty affairs News and Updates
Celebrating Faculty Responses to Teaching During A Pandemic: Sarah Gjertson
During the COVID-19 pandemic, all faculty at the University of Denver have been tasked with leading the transition to online teaching and learning. Sarah Gjertson, a Studio Art...
Faculty, Staff, & Student Wellbeing (and Academic Leaders!)
In a previous newsletter, we addressed academic burnout and vitality. Well, in the middle of a pandemic, those topics seem as quaint as discussions of the 2025 enrollment cliff....
Teaching & Learning Week 2
As we head into week two of spring quarter classes, OTL will be focusing on engagement in online teaching, how faculty can use Canvas analytics to identify and reach out to...
Working Across Campus and the Digital Divide to Provide Students Internet Access
On 28 March, Maik Nwosu, chair of English & Literary Arts, emailed me to let me know about a first-year doctoral student who did not have wireless internet at home. The...
Remote Learning/Teaching Resources
A good starting point is to make all students aware of resource for students at the OTL web site. OTL also has extensive resources listings for teaching from a distance. The...
Orienting Students in Disorienting Times and Teaching Through Traumatic Global Disruption
by John Tiedemann, Teaching Associate Professor, Writing Program It’s tempting, given the complex and dauntingly immediate technological and logistical challenges involved in...