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Highlights from the 2022 American Association of Colleges and Universities Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference
On November 3-5, 2022, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) hosted...
UCI Faculty Academy for Teaching Excellence (FATE)
UCI Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Hal S. Stern recently announced the formation of the UCI...
Resources to Support Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Teaching
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has increased in classrooms to foster...
What Makes Us or Breaks Us
As we begin the work of pedagogical wellness in DTEI, there has been a number of reactions to the...
UCI DTEI Announces New Postsecondary Education Research & Implementation Institute (PERI²)
In September 2022, the Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) at the University of...
Encourage Active Learning with Google Docs New Drop-Down Menus!
Do you love using Google Docs for creating collaborative worksheets and active learning activities...
Welcome Back!
It's a new academic year that hopefully comes with some fresh starts and a quarter without...
UCI DTEI Hosts Examining STEM Transfer Pathways Conference
On July 27-29, 2022, the UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation’s (DTEI) Postsecondary...
Why we should embrace active learning
Why we should embrace active learning Three good and three bad reasons to embrace active learning,...
UCI CODAS Selected as 2022 EDUCAUSE Exemplar
We are excited to announce that the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Collaboratory for Data...
UCI DTEI Welcomes New Pedagogical Wellness Specialist Position Created to Integrate Well-being into Instructional Practices
Coming out of nearly two years of teaching during a pandemic, Andrea Aebersold, Director of...
A Return to “Normal”: Teaching, Engagement & Mental Health
Spring Quarter 2022 was the first “return to normal” in-person classroom teaching for many of our...
High Stakes Assessments vs. Reflective Journaling
Jordan C. Grasso, School of Social Ecology Professors across disciplines often rely on...
Growth Mindset in Diversity, Equity, Inclusive and Accessibility
Many faculty ask when they should begin implementing DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusivity) in...
Take a Moment for Wellness
School's out, and for me this summer means a moment to step back and just be. I tend to focus on...
Gauging the Effectiveness of Compassion & Stress Reduction in Classroom
Prof. Joel Veenstra is this month's faculty spotlight. He is an Associate Professor of Teaching...
Critical Latinx Pedagogy: Empowering Latinx Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution
Julybeth Murillo, School of Social Sciences Hispanic Serving Institutions Aguilar- Smith states...
Finding Balance
It's a new month so I decided it was time for a new me. I have literally cut my hair once since...
Gamification and the Classroom: A Short Review
Christopher Chacon, School of Humanities In this short review, I will consider the role student...
Implementing Active Learning in Large-Enrollment Courses
Claire Freimark, School of Biological Sciences Introductory undergraduate science courses can be...
Covid-19, Educational Inequity, and Student Outcomes
Alisson Rowland, School of Social Sciences The US’s poor welfare infrastructure, combined with the...
Implementing Undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs) in College Classrooms: A Win-Win-Win-Win!
Karma Rose Zavita, School of Social Ecology Big universities are the most likely to have large...
Cultivating an Inclusive Learning Environment
It’s my honor to spotlight Professor Brandon Golob, an assistant professor of teaching of...
Reflective Practice Toolkit
“Reflective Practice is the ability to reflect on one's actions so as to engage in a process of...
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A Celebration Sneak Peek
I'm probably jinxing it just by writing this blog post...but Celebration of Teaching is back! The...
Course Transformation & A Growth Mindset
This month I would like to spotlight Patrick Hong, Lecturer in the Department of Engineering at...
An Article: “10 Course Policies to Rethink on Your Fall (Winter) Syllabus”
Going through this unprecedented time for almost two years, academia is still undergoing adapting...
A Meaningful and Collaborative Learning Environment
I want to write a post to spotlight Professor Victorya Nam, an instructor for lower division...
Implementing Curative Pedagogy in Teaching Theatre History
Talin Abadian, Department of Drama Theatre history courses are generally offered through survey...
Connections Between UDL and Educating Students with Disabilities
Katherine Karayianis, School of Social Ecology As a child growing up with a disability, I often...
Welcome to This Week’s Episode on….Student-Produced Podcasts
Mutsumi Ogaki, School of Social Ecology In social science classes, it's not uncommon for...
Using Flipped Classrooms in Health Sciences Education: The Latest Evidence, and Recommendations
Babak Saatchi, PhD Student, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, University of California,...
Accessibility Tips: Three Visual Resources to Help You Get Started
As more and more of our learning content is moved into the digital realm, it is increasingly...
Lilly Conference, San Diego 2022 – Evidence-Based Teaching & Learning International Teaching Learning Cooperative (ITLC)
Jeanie R. C. Toscano, DTEI Pedagogical Fellow Department of Spanish & Portuguese. I attended...
Dr. Susan King: A Caring & Energetic Teacher
For this month's spotlight, I'd like to feature Dr. Susan King from the UCI Department of...
Correcting Student Errors
As we near the end of another quarter, I'm sure you have all seen students make mistakes, offer...
An Article: “Humanizing Online Teaching to Equitize Higher Education”
I first started teaching online in 2016. I was referred to the job by a colleague from my...
C7: Experiences and Advice in Designing an Online Course
Transforming a course to be delivered online is not a simple feat. While the pandemic gave many...
What’s the Difference between Learning Goals and Learning Outcomes?
For over ten years, I've been a teaching consultant and helped faculty, both undergrad and...