“For me, ICON Direct was a relief,” said Regan Smock, UI Undergraduate Student Government President-elect. “Business books tend to be expensive, so ICON Direct was a more affordable option, and because I had my books on the first day of classes, it made the process of starting the semester...Read more
As the 2020–2021 academic year comes to an end, the Center for Teaching would like to thank our graduate teaching fellows for their invaluable work.
We asked them to reflect on a memorable aspect of the fellowship and craft a blog post discussing a pedagogical topic of interest to them...Read more
With an increased need for spaces and systems capable of supporting virtual teaching and learning, it isn’t surprising that the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years were some of the busiest for the Learning Spaces Technology (LST) team. And there's no sign of slowing down.
“We’re...Read more
Often inspired by instructors’ curiosity, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, or SoTL, is a growing movement in higher education in which instructors explore scholarly questions about their students’ learning and their own teaching practices.
In SoTL, instructors determine what...Read more
Do you wonder what your students think of your ICON site? Do you want to know common stumbling points and how to help prevent them? Do you wish you had insider knowledge on how to create a student-friendly site?
Join the student instructional technology assistants (SITA) group from 2 to...Read more
Each year, graduate teaching fellows design and facilitate a workshop as part of their work with the Center for Teaching. In this Q&A, we feature Tim Sommers, a fourth-year graduate student in the Department of Philosophy.
Tim’s asynchronous workshop, Assessing Assessment:...Read more
Are you interested in student success and learning analytics? Consider attending the 2021 Unizin Summit , which will be held virtually on Wednesday, April 21, and Thursday, April 22. This year's summit is open to all and free of charge.
Unizin is a consortium of universities formed...Read more
The fall 2021 New TA Orientation will convene virtually on Thursday, Aug. 19, from 9 a.m. to noon. Join the Center for Teaching as we introduce participants to the role of teaching assistant at the UI and help prepare TAs for the first week of classes and beyond.
This year’s event will...Read more
How do you transform old office spaces and conference rooms into active learning classrooms that meet a growing need for virtual and hybrid course delivery?
That’s the challenge the A/V Design and Installation team tackled in the first phase of the UI College of Education’s capital...Read more
Melanie King is always generating new ideas about her teaching. When she applied to be a graduate teaching fellow , she viewed it as an opportunity to help those ideas come to fruition.
Today, she is a visiting assistant professor at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and refers to...Read more
