by Gina Merys, Assistant Director for Faculty & Graduate Student Development, Reinert CTTL This is the Weekly Reflection podcast from Saint Louis University’s Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning. Each week, we focus on a topic that fits with our theme for the 2012-2013 academic year, Engaging All Learners. Each reflection loosely follows the five-part… Continue reading Weekly Reflection Podcast 9: Learning through Risk Taking
Culture Shock in the College Classroom: It’s Not Just for International Students
by Debra Lohe, Director With the growing number of international students in American universities, we hear a lot about the “culture shock” they experience in the classroom. Expectations for everything from classroom participation to faculty-student interactions to collaborative learning to writing and academic integrity may differ greatly from their home countries, and students often are… Continue reading Culture Shock in the College Classroom: It’s Not Just for International Students
Weekly Reflection Podcast 8: Relying on Trust to Guide Our Methods
by Gina Merys, Assistant Director for Faculty & Graduate Student Development, Reinert CTTL This is the Weekly Reflection podcast from Saint Louis University’s Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning. Each week, we focus on a topic that fits with our theme for the 2012-2013 academic year, Engaging All Learners. Each reflection loosely follows the five-part… Continue reading Weekly Reflection Podcast 8: Relying on Trust to Guide Our Methods
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
Weekly Reflection Podcast 7: Using the Exam Review Session for Learning
by Gina Merys, Assistant Director for Faculty & Graduate Student Development, Reinert CTTL This is the Weekly Reflection podcast from Saint Louis University’s Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning. Each week, we focus on a topic that fits with our theme for the 2012-2013 academic year, Engaging All Learners. Each reflection loosely follows the five-part… Continue reading Weekly Reflection Podcast 7: Using the Exam Review Session for Learning
What’s On Our Minds Lately: The Instructional Design Team
A Manifesto for Teaching Online Link: http://onlineteachingmanifesto.wordpress.com/ We could write a lot about this but if you’re thinking about teaching online, we suggest printing it out and pinning it someplace where you can spend some time contemplating it. Infographics in the Classroom Link: http://www.queness.com/post/9942/how-to-design-your-own-infographics Should we be requiring our students to organize their thoughts and… Continue reading What’s On Our Minds Lately: The Instructional Design Team
Weekly Reflection Podcast 6: Authentic Projects for Authentic Learning
by Gina Merys, Assistant Director for Faculty & Graduate Student Development, Reinert CTTL This is the Weekly Reflection podcast from Saint Louis University’s Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning. Each week, we focus on a topic that fits with our theme for the 2012-2013 academic year, Engaging All Learners. Each reflection loosely follows the five-part… Continue reading Weekly Reflection Podcast 6: Authentic Projects for Authentic Learning
Lecture Capture and Large Classes
by Mike Lewis, Associate Professor, Chemistry Thinking about topics for my first CTTL blog post this year, the obvious idea was to discuss my experiences with lecture capture over the past year. As most faculty probably know by now, SLU uses the lecture capture program Tegrity from McGraw Hill. This time last year, however, I think… Continue reading Lecture Capture and Large Classes
Weekly Reflection Podcast 5: The Many Faces of Participation
by Gina Merys, Assistant Director for Faculty & Graduate Student Development, Reinert CTTL This is the Weekly Reflection podcast from Saint Louis University’s Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning. Each week, we focus on a topic that fits with our theme for the 2012-2013 academic year, Engaging All Learners. Each reflection loosely follows the five-part… Continue reading Weekly Reflection Podcast 5: The Many Faces of Participation
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
The Notebook 