Tag: teaching
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You’re Invited to the April 26th Resilient Teaching Symposium
The vast shifts in teaching modalities during the two years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a contributing factor to prolonged stress and fatigue for many faculty. As they navigate the roller coaster of their professional and personal lives, teaching faculty are confronting the question of how best to adapt their course…
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Teaching with Media: Liven up Your Lecture Videos
Creating and using instructional media well can be a major asset in your teaching. Discover new ways to create more interactive and engaging lecture videos as you blend classroom and Canvas learning activities in your Corvallis and Cascades campus courses. The Faculty Media Center and the Center for Teaching and Learning invite all OSU faculty…
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Student Reflections Inform Teaching
This week I have learned a few things: 1. I now completely understand why so many people drop out of college.2. Insulin is as cheap as water. (I’m being sarcastic.)3. My boyfriend gives the best hugs.4. I can’t wait to become a teacher and help mold little brains.5. Weighted blankets and lots of ice cream…
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Towards Transformative Teaching
About the Author: Jacqueline Goldman earned a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Oklahoma in 2018, with an emphasis on the cognitive and motivational aspects of learning. Her current research focuses on increasing first-generation college student retention in higher education through task value and engagement interventions. Dr. Goldman taught as an Assistant Professor…
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Register Now for a Teaching with Media Workshop
The Center for Teaching and Learning and the UIT-Academic Technologies Faculty Media Center (FMC) are teaming up to deliver workshops later this month about creating and using instructional media. Topics include the exciting new FMC Lightboard, instructional media types and workflow for content creation, and how to blend synchronous and asynchronous learning in Corvallis and…
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Trauma-Informed College Teaching
About the author: Jocelyn Kerr (she/they) provides advocacy support for OSU Ecampus students as the Ecampus SARC Advocate and Outreach Coordinator. After receiving a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Oregon, Jocelyn worked in the wellness industry as a massage therapist, yoga and meditation teacher, and managed studios in New York City and…
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Congratulations to the 2021 OSU Teaching Award Recipients
Every year over 1,700 OSU teaching faculty work hard to provide our students with an exceptional college experience. Being an effective educator takes work. Course design, assessment, and course delivery all involve energy. Over the last years, our teaching faculty kept teaching even through a pandemic. We, the staff of the Center for Teaching and…
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CTL Blended Learning Research Published
Do you integrate classroom teaching and online learning activities in your classes? Do you use a flipped approach or teach reduced-seat-time hybrid courses? Or are you considering such approaches for the first time? If so, you’ll be interested in Blended Learning Research Perspectives, Volume 3, published in September by Routledge. Better yet, this new collection…
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SPARKSHOPS
Sparkshops – Learn, Reflect, Renew, Refocus Join us for the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Sparkshop: Engaging students through effective questioning: Strategies and tips on October 15, 12-12:45 PM. Login information: Register for Zoom Sparkshops focus on evidence-informed teaching practices that faculty can easily implement to support student engagement and learning success. They are meant to…
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Sign up for an Intro to Media for Teaching Workshop
Did you know that OSU has an audio/video production facility to support teaching on campus? It’s called the Faculty Media Center, located in Kidder 100. In this workshop, you’ll learn all about the FMC studios and how to create engaging and immersive media using OSU-supported software. The Center for Teaching and Learning and FMC invite…