The Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning celebrates 11 Certificate in University Teaching Skills recipients and two Foundations Certificate in University Teaching Skills recipients. This semester's Certificate in University Teaching Skills recipients are Jacob Adney, Seddiqah Alijishi, Isaac Arten, Katie Holzer, Melissa Hopfinger, Cristina McGroarty, Alyssay Otten, Falak Saffaf, Thembekile Shato, Chelsea Sondergard, and… Continue reading Congratulations to the Spring 2020 Certificate Recipients
Teaching in Context
by Gina Merys, Acting Director, Reinert Center In a recent note to our Spring 2020 Certificate in University Teaching Skills recipients, I referred to the experience of the second half of this semester as a “sprint through fog”. Even for those of us who think about teaching as having infinite contexts, and who spend our… Continue reading Teaching in Context
Friday Roundup
During this time of upheaval, the Reinert Center is here to help you as you navigate teaching all courses remotely. Below are some resources we have created or discovered that could be useful to you going forward. As we all strive to lower the curve through social distancing, we have closed the physical offices of… Continue reading Friday Roundup
How Thinking in the Backward Design Framework Saved Me from an Instructional Design Meltdown
by Kristin Broussard, Graduate Assistant, Reinert Center As many of us have just recently experienced, things change – sometimes very rapidly. The recent pandemic forced many university instructors to move their planned in-person instruction to online formats in a very short span of time. This is obviously quite stressful, even for those familiar with online… Continue reading How Thinking in the Backward Design Framework Saved Me from an Instructional Design Meltdown
Resources for Creating Asynchronous Courses Elements
Working asynchronously in a remote teaching and learning situation means that the instructor and the students are not required to meet simultaneously in order to participate in the course fully or to fulfill the learning objectives of the course. Despite not meeting together at the same time, students and instructors continue to interact regularly and… Continue reading Resources for Creating Asynchronous Courses Elements
Friday Roundup
During this time of upheaval, the Reinert Center is here to help you as you navigate teaching all courses remotely. Below are some resources we have created or discovered that could be useful to you going forward. As we all strive to lower the curve through social distancing, we have closed the physical offices of… Continue reading Friday Roundup
From the GA Desk: Online Teaching Tips
by Konnor Brennan, Graduate Assistant, Reinert Center Taking a summer to convert a face-to-face course to an online course can leave an instructor feeling crunched for time. Doing it in a week, while managing many other tasks, is a stressful experience with many challenges. Below are a few tips to promote success for instructors and… Continue reading From the GA Desk: Online Teaching Tips
Moving Exam Content Online
In traditional, face-to-face learning environments, instructors typically assess student learning through formative check-in activities and exams. These activities help measure student and instructor performance in a course and often comprise a substantial portion of a student’s grade. How can you go about replicating these activities and assessing students in online formats? Below are strategies and… Continue reading Moving Exam Content Online
Instructional Continuity
Given the increase in coronavirus cases in the US and abroad, we find ourselves in an unusual circumstance that asks us to act with concern and consideration toward everyone in our community and with a commitment to finding new ways to create and experience knowledge. At its most basic definition, “instructional continuity” means 1) that… Continue reading Instructional Continuity
New Resources for Instructional Continuity
Please visit our Instructional Continuity web page to view our new resources on remote instruction: https://www.slu.edu/cttl/services/instructionalcontinuity.php
