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Vice Provost Michael Dennin Nominated for 2020 Innovator of the Year Awards!
Congratulations to Michael Dennin for being nominated for the sixth annual Innovator of the Year Awards! Hosted by the Orange County Business Journal, this awards program recognizes five innovators who are effecting real change in the Orange County community. This...
Sharing Teaching-as-Research at a Discipline-Specific Conference
Daniel Bergman, Department of Mathematics In January 2020, I attended my first Joint Mathematics Meetings, the single biggest math conference in the world. The conference lasted five full days and took place in the spacious Colorado Convention Center in downtown...
OVPTL Congratulates Dynamic Womxn of UCI Awardee Andrea Aebersold
On June 9th, the Womxn’s Hub at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) named the winners of their seventh annual Dynamic Womxn of UCI Awards. The Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (OVPTL) is proud to announce that two of its valued team...
OVPTL Congratulates Dynamic Womxn of UCI Awardee Megan Linos
On June 9th, the Womxn’s Hub at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) named the winners of their seventh annual Dynamic Womxn of UCI Awards. The Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (OVPTL) is proud to announce that two of its valued team...
Call for DTEI Graduate Fellows
The Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI), in collaboration with the Graduate Division, is pleased to announce a call for DTEI Graduate Fellows for Summer 2020. DTEI Graduate Fellows will work with faculty to develop high quality remote courses for...
Canvas Tips to Help Faculty Teach Remotely
The way we teach is changing before our very eyes. Remote learning has become a hot topic as the current global pandemic is forcing changes across all industries, including higher education. In order to create the best learning experiences for students, faculty...
Lilly Conference on Teaching for Active and Engaged Learning – San Diego, 2020
Katie Cox, Department of Anthropology In late February 2020 - just before the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the shutdown of university campuses and shelter-in-place orders around the world - I had the opportunity to attend a Lilly Conference in San Diego. The Lilly...
Students Name Dr. Donald Dabdub Professor of the Year
As the Associate Dean of the Division of Undergraduate Education and a well-respected professor within the Samueli School of Engineering, Doctor Donald Dabdub is used to receiving recognition for his work as a professor. However, there are certain accolades that...
Learning with Commercial Games
Reginald T. Gardner, Department of Informatics How Videogames Teach Videogames often use reward and punishment systems, grading systems, soft resets, and other techniques to push players towards learning specific skills in order to proceed in their games. The most...