Resources, Teaching Effectiveness Framework, TEF: Learning-Focused

Resources Revisited: The Learning-Focused 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 next three entries in this series focus on the Teaching Effectiveness Framework, which is meant to promote greater… Continue reading Resources Revisited: The Learning-Focused Dimension in the SLU Teaching Effectiveness Framework

AI in the Classroom, Teaching Today's Students, TEF: Mission-Aligned

AI, Productivity, and Learning in a World That Won’t Slow Down

by Nicole States, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center We live in a world that celebrates constant motion, where productivity is a badge of honor and “busy” is a personality trait. In this culture, it’s no wonder Generative AI (GenAI) feels both thrilling and threatening. For many of us, our livelihoods and everything we value about learning… Continue reading AI, Productivity, and Learning in a World That Won’t Slow Down

Culturally Responsive Teaching, Teaching Effectiveness Framework, TEF: Growth-Oriented, TEF: Learning-Focused, TEF: Mission-Aligned

An Instructional Developer’s Reflection on the Teaching Effectiveness Framework

by Mitch Lorenz, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Saint Louis University’s Teaching Effectiveness Framework (TEF), a broad collection of effective teaching practices that can be used to reflect on the quality of teaching across the university, is being introduced this semester. As an instructional developer, someone in the business of “effective teaching” you might say, I’ve… Continue reading An Instructional Developer’s Reflection on the Teaching Effectiveness Framework