The sixth edition of the Handbook for Teaching Excellence is now available from the Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology Center for Teaching. This popular, succinct booklet is an essential guide to teaching at Iowa that addresses questions such as “Who are my students?”, “How can I more...Read more
The start of a new academic year is a time of high energy and excitement. The ITS Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology (OTLT) staff welcomes all new and returning instructors, including faculty, lecturers, visiting instructors, and teaching assistants.
Change is a theme for any...Read more
Members of the Class of 2019 will begin to tackle their UI academic lives in August, but the office responsible for bringing that class to campus took on its own challenges many months before, including successfully meeting ambitious enrollment goals set by then-President Sally Mason. During...Read more
On Monday September 14 the Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology will host the second University of Iowa Teaching Showcase. This year’s event will highlight the teaching and scholarly collaborations between OTLT Center for Teaching staff and UI faculty members involved in the multi-year...Read more
When Marc Linderman wanted to teach his undergraduate students about the use and application of spatial imagery to better understand environmental and social processes, the Associate Professor of Geographical and Sustainability Studies decided to turn to the Office of Teaching, Learning &...Read more
The first week of class sets the tone for the entire semester, and the Center for Teaching has a number of resources and ideas for engaging students from the start.
In this month’s video from The Extraordinary Teaching Project , AmyRuth McGraw (American Sign Language and Theatre Arts)...Read more
Technology evolves and changes around us every day. What is here now becomes past tense overnight. This is true for systems both large and small.
To explore one of these changes this summer, ten UI instructors will be piloting a new course management system called Canvas.
With...Read more
The Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology is actively investigating and testing ways to provide learner-centered feedback through interventions grounded in the science of learning. The Elements of Success project began as a collaboration with Russell Larsen, Lecturer in the Department of...Read more
Summer is a time for teaching in short, intense bursts in four, six and eight week courses.
UI Journalism faculty Frank Durham teaches frequently in the summer and has learned a few things along the way.
“Converting a syllabus from a long-semester 16-week format to a compressed...Read more
If you have ever wondered what constitutes “honors education,” you would not be alone. Even though framing courses specifically for high-achieving—“honors”—students began in the United States in the 1920s, the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) did not craft a formal definition until 2013...Read more
