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High-impact Learning and International Relevance
Cecilia Lynch, a Professor in Political Science at UC Irvine (UCI), is an expert in international...
Pandemic, Pandemic, and Gratitude
I went back and forth on the topic for this blog post. I feel like everyone is so sick of talking...
Teaching According to Students’ Talent
The pandemic profoundly impacted the field of education and our teaching environment. Instructors...
Promoting Digital Active Learning and Student Learning Support
I would like to spotlight Dr. Charles (Ted) Wright is a Professor of Teaching in the Cognitive...
Course Planning Worksheet – How to Set Up an Online Course During an Emergency
Recently I read an article about “The Value of Worksheets for Asynchronous Online Course” by...
So, about 2021…
Last year, I reflected on the dumpster fire that was 2020. For 2021, I struggle to describe it...
Wishing You an Engaging Quarantine
Fall quarter is here at last, and I hope it was a fairly smooth start for all of you. Before I...
Resources for Students for 2021-22 School Year
Our DTEI Graduate Fellows have created a resources page to help undergraduate students navigate...
Teaching Experiment Academy Transforms STEM Education
While the concept of “grades” was introduced during the Industrial Revolution, the way we think...
Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation Director’s Blog Offers Teaching Topics and Resources
In October 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, Andrea Aebersold found herself looking for a more...
Expect the Unexpected
As we get closer to fall quarter, I get more emails from vendors trying to sell me the latest tech...
How UCI’s Digital Learning Institute Supported Instructors and Students as they Pivoted to Remote Learning
When UCI shut down a few days before the finals in Winter 2020 due to the spread of COVID-19,...
New Classroom Enhancement Projects Support Pedagogical Innovation
While instruction for the 2020-21 academic year was remote, the campus hasn’t been sitting idle....
Transitioning Back to Campus: How DTEI Grad Fellows Are Facilitating the Shift to Post-Pandemic Instruction
At the University of California, Irvine (UCI), departments across campus are unified by their goal...
New Faculty Teaching Academy Offers Teaching Support for Incoming UCI Faculty
As a new professor, joining the ranks of an institution as large and well-known as the University...
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...