Facilitators: Dr. Karen Myers and Michaella Thornton Wednesday, February 13, 2013 from 1-3 pm Busch Student Center, Room 253B “Students with disabilities are in danger of being either excluded from the new media revolution or accommodated as after-thoughts of pedagogies that fail to anticipate their needs,” writes Sean Zdenek, Associate Professor of Technical Communication and… Continue reading Getting Started in Designing Accessible Course Materials Workshop
Category: Upcoming Events
Renewing Praxis & Pedagogy: Upcoming CTTL Events
by Michaella Thornton, Assistant Director for Instructional Design We talk a lot about renewal in the Center, largely because faculty development creates a unique opportunity for all of us to discover what works in higher ed, what we hope to improve or accomplish when working with students, and how to feel re-engaged and re-energized… Continue reading Renewing Praxis & Pedagogy: Upcoming CTTL Events
Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference, Nov. 1-2, 2012
by Michaella Thornton, Assistant Director for Instructional Design Interested in exploring collaborative course design, authentic technology-enhanced assessment methods, and strategies for integrating purposeful learning technologies into online, blended, and face-to-face classes? Look no further than the annual regional conference, Focus on Teaching & Technology (FTTC) hosted by the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Center for Teaching… Continue reading Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference, Nov. 1-2, 2012
Neil Fleming, Creator of VARK, Returns to SLU
Are you teaching if no one is learning? What does the research tell us about how people learn? How do you make the shift to learning-focused teaching activities, as opposed to coverage-focused ones? These are just a few of the questions Neil Fleming will help us to answer when he returns to SLU on Friday,… Continue reading Neil Fleming, Creator of VARK, Returns to SLU
It's a Party!
The Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning is pleased to invite members of the SLU community to celebrate a new year, a new name, and a big milestone! This fall marks our 15th anniversary as a comprehensive teaching center (read about the Center’s history here), as well as our first semester operating under our… Continue reading It's a Party!
Collaborative Learning in Action: The Online Teaching and Learning Institute
It's a popular question for the contemporary academic -- How do I transfer a face-to-face, traditional classroom experience to an online or blended setting? This summer the Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning explored this question by hosting its first Online Teaching and Learning Institute (OTLI) from May 21 through June 1. Nine full-time… Continue reading Collaborative Learning in Action: The Online Teaching and Learning Institute
The Notebook 