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DTEI Faculty Fellows for Digital Learning Excellence
We are excited to announce the 2024 DTEI Faculty Fellows for Digital Learning Excellence are David Trend, Professor of Art; Stacy Branham, Associate Professor of Informatics; and Rachael Barry, Assistant Professor of Teaching in Microbiology and Immunology. They...
UCI Teach Day 2023 Recap
On September 21, 2023, nearly 300 UCI faculty, staff, and graduate students gathered at the Anteater Learning Pavilion for the first annual UCI Teach Day. Attendees began the day with welcome remarks from Provost Hal Stern and Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning...
Inclusive Pedagogy for STEM Retention
Author: Sierra Hellwitz Date: August 17, 2023 When I learned about pedagogical research, I saw a way to marry my career and academic interests with my commitment to inclusivity in higher education, specifically in STEM field. In the United States, higher education...
Gamifying Our Way Through Teaching
Author: Kritideepan Parida The usage of gamification in classrooms has drastically increased in the past decade as instructors need a new and fun method to impart education to students. Gamification as a term corresponds to...
Twine: A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Tool for Interactive Learning Activities
Author: Shannon Saluga Date: June 6, 2023 There has been a lot of focus on using active learning activities to increase engagement in the classroom, and for good reasons. Many different approaches to remote and online learning have been created in the wake of the...
“Flipped” Perspectives on Teaching
Author: Dorothy M. Huang Date: June 4, 2023 Much of the rhetoric around teaching communities is often centered around the question of how to enhance the students’ learning experience. As instructors, we focus much of our attention on what we can offer students....
Is the Flipped Classroom Model Suitable for Coding Courses?
Author: Helena Garia Escudero Date: August 27, 2023 The flipped classroom model is an instructional approach that reverses the traditional order of learning activities. In a typical classroom, students listen to lectures and receive direct instruction from the...
Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies in Undergraduate Psychology Classes
Author: Peiyi Wang, M.A. Date: November 5, 2021 Evidence continues to mount that undergraduate students are not learning what they need to succeed in academic environments, the industry, and life (Dunn et al., 2013). Furthermore, critical thinking and...
How Flipped Classrooms Can Heal Political Science Classrooms Broken Heart
Author: Geidy Mendez, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science As a political science undergraduate student, I quickly realized that political science classrooms did not bring me much joy. Maybe it was because as a first-generation college student, I had not been aware...