by Robert Cole, Program Director, Reinert Center AI slop is a less than endearing term for the relatively low quality, derivative, and hastily generated output from generative AI based on the prompts we provide. If you have dabbled in what generative AI can produce or not, left unchanged or unedited, you may well agree that… Continue reading Collaborating with Generative AI
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
Resources Revisited: Assessing Students Mid-Semester
by Beth Petitjean, Digital Learning Specialist, Reinert Center Welcome to the Reinert Center’s new feature, Resources Revisited. This series highlights existing resources available to the SLU community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. It’s October. That time of year when pumpkin spice is everywhere and mid-semester assessments… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Assessing Students Mid-Semester
Utilizing the Reinert Center Services to Support Graduate Student Professional Development
by Christopher Grabau, Program Director, Reinert Center Graduate student success often requires more than mastering coursework and research. It demands building a diverse network of professional relationships and experiences that can extend beyond your coursework or your primary advisor. Recent research from the University of Michigan's Rackham Graduate School (2024) emphasizes the importance of cultivating… Continue reading Utilizing the Reinert Center Services to Support Graduate Student Professional Development
Introducing the Reinert Center’s Updated Online University Teaching Skills Certificate
by Eric Royer, Program Director, Reinert Center The Reinert Center has updated its Online University Teaching Skills Certificate. This newest addition to our long-standing certificate program is designed for SLU faculty and graduate students teaching in a distance format, and is meant to be a deeper dive into distance teaching topics and techniques. To provide… Continue reading Introducing the Reinert Center’s Updated Online University Teaching Skills Certificate
Call Self-Nominations to the Reinert Center Advisory Board
The Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning is pleased to invite applications from full-time faculty members to its 2025-2028 Advisory Board. To nominate yourself for membership to the Reinert Center’s Advisory Board please send an email to Mary Cook (mary.cook@slu.edu) by Friday, September 19, 2025 with the following information: Name and Department Indication which… Continue reading Call Self-Nominations to the Reinert Center Advisory Board
Call for Applications: Ignatian Teaching Fellowship
The current call for applications for the Ignatian Teaching Fellowship is for the following periods: Course Development (semester 1): Spring 2026 Course Teaching (semester 2): Fall 2026 Full-time, permanent teaching faculty members (returning NTT, pre-tenure, tenured) at Saint Louis University are eligible to apply. Those interested in applying for the Ignatian Teaching Fellowship must register for and… Continue reading Call for Applications: Ignatian Teaching Fellowship
Resources Revisited: Student Engagement
by Robert Cole, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center The Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. One of the most frequently discussed topics, especially at this time of year, is one of student engagement. In this post we… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Student Engagement
Academic Year 2025-26
by Gina Merys, Director, Reinert Center There is something quite remarkable about the beginning of a new academic year—there is a veneer of hope over everything. Anything can be true and everything feels possible. Even the most skeptical among us can find inspiration in the wide-eyed look on the faces of new students, relief in… Continue reading Academic Year 2025-26
Considerations for the Use of Generative AI in Faculty Work
by Robert Cole, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center As we all get progressively more and more busy, generative AI may come to some instructors’ minds as a way to ease our workload, while others are unsure whether they want to outsource their work in this way. There is an ethical balance in what we can do… Continue reading Considerations for the Use of Generative AI in Faculty Work
The Notebook 