by James Fortney, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center A few years ago, I designed and facilitated an independent study course for an undergraduate student in my department. She needed a more focused, self-directed study of qualitative research methods before beginning her senior thesis project the following semester. I was impressed by her ability to articulate goals… Continue reading Designing Independent Study Courses
Using This Summer to Transform Your Teaching and Learning
by Yang (Emily) Li, Graduate Assistant, Reinert Center Transformational learning is a reflection process to rethink life changes and events and gain new meaning out of our classroom, community and society (Alexander, 2007). For teachers who are designing courses for higher educational institutions, one transformational learning strategy is including multicultural reading material in classroom discussion.… Continue reading Using This Summer to Transform Your Teaching and Learning
In Case You Missed It…
Just in case you were too busy during the spring semester and missed some of our resources or blog postings, here are three things we would like to draw to your attention. -Technology for Teaching, an e-journal by the Reinert Center’s instructional developer staff made it’s debut. You can read the first issue at https://sites.google.com/slu.edu/teachforteaching.… Continue reading In Case You Missed It…
A Year on Inclusive Teaching: Closing Reflections
by Debie Lohe, Director, Reinert Center As the academic year comes to a close, the Reinert Center team is wrapping up a year-long focus on inclusive teaching. Since August, we’ve hosted more than 10 events explicitly focused on different aspects of inclusive teaching, curated or created more than 40 web-based resources to promote inclusive teaching,… Continue reading A Year on Inclusive Teaching: Closing Reflections
Seats Still Available for May OTLI
Faculty interested in teaching online are invited to register for the Reinert Center's Online Teaching and Learning Institute, which will be held on campus Tuesday, May 23 through Thursday, May 25, 2017. This three-day intensive experience is aimed at SLU faculty with little-to-no experience teaching in the online format. Each day runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30… Continue reading Seats Still Available for May OTLI
Congratulations Spring 2017 Certificate Recipients!
The Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning honored 27 Certificate in University Teaching Skills recipients and 13 Foundations Certificate in University Teaching Skills recipients at our spring ceremony on Friday, May 5, 2017 in the Pius Library Level 2 Gallery Adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Dr. Chad Huddleston, began the ceremony… Continue reading Congratulations Spring 2017 Certificate Recipients!
First Issue of New eJournal Now Available
The Reinert Center invites you to read the first issue of our new ejournal Technology for Teaching. Technology for Teaching is a semi-annual publication from the Instructional Developer team in Saint Louis University's Reinert Center. Each issue will explore innovative ways technology might be used in teaching. It is available online at https://tinyurl.com/TechforTeachingSLU
Teaching on/and Sexual Violence
by James Fortney, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center From March to November 2017, the freestanding blog “Conditionally Accepted” will feature a series of weekly posts about sexual violence and higher education. Published first on the Inside Higher Ed website, authors are invited to contribute intersectional perspectives and personal accounts of sexual violence across institutional contexts (e.g.,… Continue reading Teaching on/and Sexual Violence
6th Annual Learning Studio Symposium
On Wednesday April 19, 2017, Innovative Teaching Fellows presented at the Paul C. Reinert, S.J. Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning’s 6th annual Learning Studio Symposium. Past and current Innovative Teaching Fellows shared their experiences with course redesign and with teaching in the Learning Studio – Saint Louis University’s award-winning, state-of-the-art teaching space designed by… Continue reading 6th Annual Learning Studio Symposium
Resource Guide: Two Paths to Student-Created Rubrics
by Gina Merys, Associate Director, Reinert Center Using rubrics to aid in the assessment of written assignments can be an inclusive teaching practice, when students have access to that rubric before beginning a project. Including students in the creation of that rubric can increase students’ agency in their learning as well as enhance the rubric’s… Continue reading Resource Guide: Two Paths to Student-Created Rubrics
The Notebook 