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15 Things to Know About the CTTL

by Dipti Subramaniam, Divya Subramaniam, and Erin Solomon, Graduate Assistants in the Reinert CTTL In honor of the 15th anniversary of the Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL), we would like to share 15 things about the Center’s history, mission and vision, and how we enact our vision through the services and programs we… Continue reading 15 Things to Know About the CTTL

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Encyclopedias in Tweed?

by Nathaniel Rivers, English This short podcast is equal parts a mediation on, an articulation of, and a call for transformative teaching and learning. As an English professor specializing in rhetorical theory, I like to mix my epideictic, forensic, and deliberative rhetoric. Having been present for Debra Lohe’s eloquent keynote at the 15th Anniversary celebration for… Continue reading Encyclopedias in Tweed?

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Weekly Reflection Podcast 2: Learning and the Time Space Continuum

by Gina Merys, Assistant Director for Faculty & Graduate Student Development, Reinert CTTL This is the Weekly Reflection podcast from Saint Louis University’s Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning. Each week, we focus on a topic that fits with our theme for the 2012-2013 academic year, Engaging All Learners. Each reflection loosely follows the five-part… Continue reading Weekly Reflection Podcast 2: Learning and the Time Space Continuum

Engaging All Learners, Teaching with Technology

Call for Innovative Teaching Fellowship Applications and Learning Studio Open Forums

by Michaella (Hammond) Thornton, Assistant Director for Instructional Design, Reinert CTTL The Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce the next call for applications to teach in the Learning Studio, an experimental, technology-rich classroom located in Des Peres Hall, for the Fall 2013 semester through the Center’s Innovative Teaching Fellowship program.… Continue reading Call for Innovative Teaching Fellowship Applications and Learning Studio Open Forums

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Weekly Reflection Podcast 1: Engaging All Learners

by Gina Merys, Assistant Director, Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning This is the Weekly Reflection podcast from Saint Louis University’s Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning. Each week, we focus on a topic that fits with our theme for the 2012-2013 academic year, Engaging All Learners. Each reflection loosely follows the five-part Ignatian… Continue reading Weekly Reflection Podcast 1: Engaging All Learners

CTTL People, Teaching with Technology

A Year of Innovative Teaching: The CTTL's Fellowship Program Continues to Thrive

by Michaella Hammond, Assistant Director for Instructional Design, Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning While this year marks the Center’s 15-year anniversary, the fall semester also marks our first full year of the Innovative Teaching Fellows program, which began with three pioneering full-time faculty members who taught in the Learning Studio during the Fall… Continue reading A Year of Innovative Teaching: The CTTL's Fellowship Program Continues to Thrive

Engaging All Learners, From the Director

Teaching at a Jesuit University: A Brief Introduction

by Debra Rudder Lohe, Director, Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning If you’re new to the context of a Jesuit institution, you are probably wondering, What’s a Jesuit? And how does a Jesuit university differ from other kinds of schools? And perhaps even more important, for many, is the question, What do the religious… Continue reading Teaching at a Jesuit University: A Brief Introduction

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Getting the Most from Your Faculty Liaison Librarian

by Martha Allen, Faculty Liaison Librarian, Pius XII Memorial Library If you do not know your department’s faculty liaison librarian or have not met with your faculty liaison librarian in a while, the beginning of the academic year is a perfect time to create new relationships and revisit old ones. What does a faculty liaison… Continue reading Getting the Most from Your Faculty Liaison Librarian