Bridging Technology and Accessibility Meet Alyas Thomas When you meet Alyas Thomas, a junior majoring in software engineering at UC Irvine, you immediately sense his passion for using technology to make a difference. Alyas first encountered the concept of digital...
This summer, in preparation for the 2025-26 academic year, the UC Irvine Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) launched a new initiative dedicated to promoting digital accessibility across campus. Established in partnership with the UC Irvine Office of...
The next annual UCI Teach Day will take place on September 18th, 2025. UCI Teach Day is a day-long celebration and conference around effective and inclusive teaching practices, including presentations, discussions, and the Celebration of Teaching Awards ceremony. DTEI...
From November 20-23, 2024, members of the UCI Postsecondary Education Research and Implementation (PERI) Institute attended the 49th Annual Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ASHE is a U.S.-based scholarly...
In November 2024, members of DTEI highlighted UCI’s exceptional quality of teaching-related professional development (i.e. “educational development”) at the 49th Annual POD Network Conference in Chicago. The DTEI team led many presentations and discussions with...
Throughout the Fall 2024 quarter, the Spring 2024 Institute for Pedagogical Wellness (IPW) participants led workshops and learning communities for their respective schools. These workshops and learning communities aimed to disseminate lessons learned from IPW and...
On Thursday, September 19, 2024, the UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation hosted the second annual UCI Teach Day. Honoring the theme Striving for Equity, Together, learn more about the purpose, impact, and key takeaways of this event.
The Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning and UCI Compass Teaching and Learning Analytics are excited to introduce a new, first-of-its-kind student-centered analytics tool, UCI Spark. Spark, a smartphone-friendly web app, will offer two key features to...
At the 32nd annual Celebration of Teaching, UC Irvine will recognize instructors nominated by the Dean of each school in addition to the recipients of campuswide awards. Congratulations to all the exceptional Dean’s Honorees! Claire Trevor School of the Arts: Deborah...
On Thursday, September 19, 2024, UC Irvine faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to participate in the second annual UCI Teach Day. To prepare for this exciting day dedicated to celebrating effective teaching and learning, promoting a campuswide culture of inclusion and equity, and recognizing the incredible faculty and instructors who embody these goals, check out this event preview.
