• Motivating Students to Complete Pre-Class Readings: Strategies and Tips

    Reading is critical to academic learning. Yet, the perennial lament among university professors is, “Why won’t students just do the reading?” It is reported that only 30% of students read the assigned material before class on any given day (Bhavsar, 2020; Hattenberg & Steffy, 2013; Hoeft, 2012). The reasons for not reading encompass poor reading…


  • Introducing the Career Champions Program

    by Brenna Gomez, University Innovation Alliance Fellow, Office of Undergraduate Education. The Career Champions Program is a professional development opportunity for faculty and instructors to learn about barriers to access for first generation students, students of color, and low-income students, while also incorporating more career connection in the classroom. Our curriculum was developed collaboratively with a…


  • Learn to Blend Your Teaching with Instructional Media

    Are you starting to think ahead to Spring term? Would you like to augment your strategies to engage learners? Discover ways to create instructional media and to apply effective practices for blended, remote, flipped and hybrid course design and teaching. In these hour-long workshops, CTL and Academic Technology invite you to learn about harnessing the…