The Center for Teaching, Learning and Design offers a variety of programs to support and foster excellent instruction. Faculty members are invited to check out two new programs for the spring semester.
Teaching Visit Exchange
Faculty members have much to learn from one another’s teaching practice yet rarely have the opportunity to see one another’s teaching in action. Reciprocal classroom visits provide an opportunity to gain fresh insight and learn from and with your colleagues.
The Teaching Visit Exchange program is designed to provide a mutually supportive, nonevaluative opportunity for observation, reflection and sharing of our teaching practice. This is not an evaluative program but rather is a process structured to build community and promote reflection of one’s own teaching through observing others.
Participating faculty members have the opportunity to:
- Observe multiple classes taught by colleagues
- Gain appreciation for the work of your colleagues and the context of your students
- Enhance your teaching practice through personal reflections, shared observations and collegial discussion
Register to attend the Teaching Visit Exchange kickoff
Tuesday, Feb. 22
11 a.m.-noon
In-person and virtual attendance options available
If you cannot attend, contact Bridget Arend, Ph.D., associate director of Teaching and Learning, to schedule a separate meeting.
Mid-Semester Student Feedback Session
This point in the semester is a great time to learn how students are experiencing your course.
The CTLD’s Mid-Semester Student Feedback Session (also called Small-Group Instructional Diagnosis or Student Feedback Through Consensus) is a process that has been refined over many years to collect detailed feedback from students in a short amount of time. Students are guided through a semi-structured process to discuss the course’s strengths and make suggestions for improvement using forms and small groups.
Check out the program to learn more about:
- Gathering meaningful, constructive feedback from your students
- Specific aspects of student learning or a new teaching method
- Gauging the overall success of your course
