Tips for the Last Class: Teaching & Learning at USI

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Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL)
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Hello! This is your weekly curation of ideas, events, and resources to support your teaching and learning efforts. Wishing you a smooth wrap-up to the semester.

Quick Reads: Making the Most of the Last Class
Proposals - Celebration of Teaching & Learning Symposium: due December 8
Library Lunch and Learn: December 8
Portfolio Guidelines and Preparation: December 14 & 15
Resources for Teaching
Calendar of events

Quick Reads

The Last Class Session: How to Make It Count (Weimer, 2016; 4 min read)
Fizzle or Finale: The Final Day of Class (Duquesne Univ; 3 min read)
Tip: Final class meetings (Bayraktar, 2021; 2 min read)
Tip: Wrapping up the Semester (Bayraktar, 2021; 4 min read)

Browse past CETL weekly updates, including:

Teaching Strategies: Clear Instructions | High Impact Practices | Task-based Learning; 4 Laws of Learning | Art of Answering Questions | Trauma-informed teaching | Post-Class Reflection Notes; Routines | Student Engagement in Synchronous Online
Students: Cheating | Cognitive Empathy | Culture of caring | Tips for Students | Reducing Cheating | Cognitive Wrappers | Study Skills | Late work; Email tips | Why Students Can't Focus
Assignments/Assessments: Authentic Assessments | Grading Criteria and Rubrics | Feedback on Student Work | Social annotation | Rethinking Assessments | Assessment Ideas
For You: Finding our Mentors | Going Back to Go Forward | Modes of Thinking | Two-minute Rule | A Plan to Save Time | Thinking and Decluttering | 7 Types of Rest | Responding to Microaggressions

Call for Proposals: Celebration of Teaching & Learning Symposium

Submit by Wednesday, December 8 | Call for Proposals

The 6th annual Celebration of Teaching & Learning Symposium will be held virtually on Thursday, February 10. The proposal deadline has been extended.

You are invited to submit proposals for the Celebration of Teaching & Learning Symposium, hosted by CETL. The Symposium welcomes works focusing on improving student learning, academic success, and curriculum in higher education. It provides opportunities to share teaching and learning efforts as Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) presentations or Lightning presentations on Teaching Practice.

Library Checkout Topics

Wednesday, December 8 at 12 noon | Zoom link

Get ready for the spring 2022 semester by learning how to place course reserves, technology options, what students can check out, and study room reservations with Rice Library Circulation Manager Kathy Oeth. The staff of the David L. Rice Library invites the USI community to its virtual Lunch and Learn Workshop Series.

For more information, email Peter Whiting, Scholarly Communication Librarian.

Portfolio Preparation and Guidelines

Tuesday, December 14 and Wednesday, December 15 at 9-9:55 am | Zoom link

The purpose of the session is to provide participants with an overview of the guidelines for preparing a portfolio for reappointment or tenure/promotion and consider ideas for their approach to portfolio preparation. University information regarding portfolios is available on the Provost’s website. The slides will be available afterward.

Teaching Resources

Faculty Planning Calendar and Chairs Planning Calendar for 2021-2022
Syllabus Template and Syllabus Statements (updated August 2021)
Guidance for Faculty for 2021-22 from the Provost's Office
Materials from the recent CETL teaching and learning workshops to help you prepare your courses and improve your time management.
Online Learning's website with resources to support your online instruction and technology tips to share with your students.
Tech Takeaways brief videos with tips on using instructional tools from Online Learning, Rice Library, and Disability Resources