by Mitch Lorenz, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center The Reinert Center’s Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU teaching community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. This month, we are revisiting resources on culturally responsive teaching. Culturally responsive teaching is the application of the cultural… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Culturally Responsive Teaching
Category: Teaching Effectiveness Framework
A New Resource Regarding Classroom Disruptions
by Robert Cole, Program Director, Reinert Center Some members of the SLU community have experienced abrupt disruptions in their classrooms. Some students are being confrontational, filming the confrontation or parts of class, or otherwise taking time away from the learning of other students and the teaching in which we were engaged. The Reinert Center has… Continue reading A New Resource Regarding Classroom Disruptions
Ally and Alt-text: Your first stop on the accessible digital materials journey
by Cathy Cooke, Distance Education Manager, Office of the Provost Enrollment of students with disabilities in higher education has been steadily increasing but of those students, at least half do not report their disability to their institution’s disability office (Mata and Borrego, 2024). As a result, faculty and instructors don’t recognize that our students are… Continue reading Ally and Alt-text: Your first stop on the accessible digital materials journey
Using the PAIRR Feedback Method for STEM Writing
by Nicole States, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Categories: AI in the Classroom, Teaching with Technology, TEF: Learning-Focused AI, AI, AI- we are hearing about it now more than ever, and while some of us shun its use for ethical reasons (see Nathaniel River’s guest post), others are looking for thoughtful ways to incorporate it into… Continue reading Using the PAIRR Feedback Method for STEM Writing
A New Resource for Program Development or Redesign
by Robert Cole, Program Director, Reinert Center There are instances for those of us who have taught for a long time that we realize something needs to change in our course. In a similar way, there are instances when larger changes need to be made at the program level, or when entirely new programs need… Continue reading A New Resource for Program Development or Redesign
Resources Revisited: Active Learning
by Robert Cole, Program Director, Reinert Center The Reinert Center’s Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU teaching community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. This month in Resources Revisited we’d like to focus on active learning activities. As we approach midterms, it may… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Active Learning
The Janus of 21st Century Teaching and Learning
Book Review of Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A. Rettinger, The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI, volume 4 in the Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed Series by Beth Petitjean, Digital Learning Specialist, Reinert Center Happy January, dear readers. This time of year is always a bit unsettling.… Continue reading The Janus of 21st Century Teaching and Learning
An Optimistic-ish Welcome to 2026
by Mitch Lorenz, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center 2026….2026?! That can’t be right. It feels like I just finished submitting grades at the end of the fall 2022 semester. Alas, time marches on with little concern for my denial or lack of temporal awareness. While I’m not one for resolutions, I am resolved to bring optimism… Continue reading An Optimistic-ish Welcome to 2026
Resources Revisited: The Growth-Oriented Dimension in the SLU Teaching Effectiveness Framework
by Eric Royer, Program Director, Reinert Center The Reinert Center’s Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU teaching community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. The past two entries in this series have focused on the Teaching Effectiveness Framework, which is meant to promote… Continue reading Resources Revisited: The Growth-Oriented Dimension in the SLU Teaching Effectiveness Framework
Prioritizing Teaching Development: End-of-Semester Mentoring for Graduate Student Instructors
by Christopher Grabau, Program Director, Reinert Center The final weeks of any semester bring a whirlwind of responsibility. Between exams, grading, and end-of-term tasks, it often feels like an endless to-do list. For graduate student instructors (GSIs), the stakes are even higher. They are often juggling teaching responsibilities alongside their own coursework and program demands. … Continue reading Prioritizing Teaching Development: End-of-Semester Mentoring for Graduate Student Instructors
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