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Come Back Better
With every passing week, we get closer to an in-person fall quarter. And part of me is excited and...
What Does Success Look Like?
While I know we are all dragging ourselves toward the finish line of spring quarter, I also feel...
On Class Participation
James Lang, one of my favorite faculty developers, wrote an article for The Chronicle of Higher...
Spring is Coming…And I Just Can’t
Spring quarter seems to be arriving with a sense of gloom and resignation. Coming up on the...
Research, Innovation, and Pedagogical Excellence: Exploring the Future of Higher Education
When the Anteater Learning Pavillion (ALP) opened its doors in fall of 2018, it marked the start...
Pandemic Pedagogy: Looking Ahead
Well, 2021 arrived with a bang. As things hopefully begin to move in more positive directions, I...
So Long 2020
For my final post of the year, I'm reflecting on 2020 - what a dumpster fire. Reflection over. But...
Pandemic Pedagogy: Teaching Into the Void
Over the past 8 months (which feels more like 8 years), faculty developers have worked tirelessly...
Pandemic Pedagogy: Self Preservation
I'd like to take a moment to shift focus from students to you, the faculty, as part of this...
Pandemic Pedagogy: Assessment Woes Part Two
In Part One, I shared some background thoughts and experiences on assessment. In short, there's no...
Pandemic Pedagogy: Assessment Woes Part One
Assessment has never been an easy task, and the move to remote teaching has made it more...
Teaching After Election Day
After the 2016 election, many faculty were caught off guard by students who wanted to process...
Pandemic Pedagogy: Asynchronous Student Engagement
If you're not holding synchronous classes, how can you still connect with your students and create...
Pandemic Pedagogy: Synchronous Student Engagement
One common theme I'm hearing from faculty is student engagement (or lack thereof) in synchronous...
Michael Dennin Named 2020 Innovator of the Year!
Congratulations to UC Irvine’s Michael Dennin for being named one of the 2020 Innovators of the...
Lessons Learned During the Pandemic Response of Spring 2020
We interviewed colleagues at a range of institutional types--doctoral institutions, small private...
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...
Sharing Teaching-as-Research at a Discipline-Specific Conference
Daniel Bergman, Department of Mathematics In January 2020, I attended my first Joint Mathematics...
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...
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...
Call for DTEI Graduate Fellows
The Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI), in collaboration with the Graduate...
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...
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...
Students Name Dr. Donald Dabdub Professor of the Year
As the Associate Dean of the Division of Undergraduate Education and a well-respected professor...
Learning with Commercial Games
Reginald T. Gardner, Department of Informatics How Videogames Teach Videogames often use reward...
Should Music be Used in the Classroom to Help Students Learn?
Michelle E. Zuñiga, Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy To engage students, instructors...
Promoting Student Agency and Learning Through Specifications Grading
Chris Woods, Department of Chemistry The current grading paradigm has been seldom challenged for a...
Preparing the Environmental Professionals of the Future: Backwards Design in Environmental Studies
Paroma Wagle, Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy Learning about sustainability,...
Taking Modern Pedogogy into the Large Classroom
Marc Sprague-Piercy, Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry The current thinking in...
Adding the EPIC to Education
Emily M. Slonecker, M.A, Department of Psychological Science What is your first thought when you...
How to Evaluate Individual Work Within a Group Project; Group-Individual Projects May Help!
Negin Sattari, Department of Cognitive Sciences Group Versus Individual Project Often students’...
Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
Juan R. Sandoval, Department of Social Ecology The Current State of “Diversity” and “Inclusion”...
Making Group Work Work: Designing Positive Group Work Experiences for Students
Deanna Myers, Department of Chemistry Group work. Just hearing the phrase brings up feelings of...
Rethinking the Physics Classroom: 4 Tools to Consider
Francisco J. Mercado, Department of Physics & Astronomy When we think about a physics...
Effective Response to Student Writing
Undarmaa Maamuujav, School of Education Responding to students’ papers that have serious...
Improving Critical Thinking Skills in College Students
Erica M. Leung, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering “People grow best where they...
Preparing for Difficult Conversations in Criminal Justice Classrooms
Bryant Jackson-Green, Department of Social Ecology Criminal justice coursework inevitably involves...
Implementing Flipped Classrooms into Law School Pedagogy
Conor Gómez, School of Law Welcome to Law School. All your hard work wooing professors to write...
Increasing Student Autonomy and Engagement in Biology Education at the Undergraduate and Graduate Level
Lianna Fung, Developmental and Cell Biology A typical traditional biology course at the...
Teaching and Mentoring URMs in STEM
Angeline Dukes, B.A., Department of Neurobiology & Behavior While navigating higher education...
