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
Strategies to Enhance Empathy Development in College Teaching
by Chris Grabau, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center The ability to practice empathy has become a popular topic lately. As an important component for inclusive teaching and a crucial interpersonal skill necessary for a the 21st Century job market (Markham, 2016; National Research Council, 2013), empathy is often defined as a combination of behaviors that include… Continue reading Strategies to Enhance Empathy Development in College Teaching
Giving Students Agency: A Resource Guide
by James Fortney, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Feeling a sense of agency, or “the intention and capability to take action with respect to one’s learning,” can be an empowering experience for students (Clarke et al., 2016, p. 30). However, many instructors find it challenging to design courses that give students multiple opportunities to act in… Continue reading Giving Students Agency: A Resource Guide
Discovering Student Metacognitive Learning Strategies Using the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
by Chris Grabau, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Understanding college student’s internal motivations toward learning can provide useful insight when both designing and teaching a course. While there are a growing number of tools designed to investigate student motivations towards learning, the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) offers a social cognitive perspective to investigate metacognitive… Continue reading Discovering Student Metacognitive Learning Strategies Using the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
A Few Texts for Teaching To and Within the Jesuit Catholic Mission
We frequently get asked for recommendations on books to help people learn more about mission-focused teaching and Ignatian pedagogy. The following is a short list of five texts that can help anyone from novice to expert learn a little bit more in this area of teaching. Bergman, Roger. Catholic Social Learning: Educating the Faith That… Continue reading A Few Texts for Teaching To and Within the Jesuit Catholic Mission
