This post is part of our Keep Teaching blog series meant to help IU instructors move their classes online quickly due to COVID-19. For more detailed resources, see the Keep Teaching website. If you’re required to move your course online quickly—in case of a campus closure, for example—there are some decisions you’ll need to make… Read more »
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Community Engaged Teaching during Suspension of Face-to-Face Classes
This post is part of our Keep Teaching blog series meant to help IU instructors move their classes online quickly due to COVID-19. For more detailed resources, see the Keep Teaching website. Community engaged teaching has some special considerations during the request to move classes online and curtail in-person interactions. When your students cannot complete… Read more »
A New CITL Position to Support Non-Tenure Track Faculty
CITL would like to announce some good news for non-tenure track faculty: we have created a new position, a Principal Instructional Consultant for Non-Tenure Track Development. Funding for the position was provided by the Provost as a way of recognizing the growing importance of providing support and programming tailored to the professional needs of non-tenure… Read more »
Experienced AIs – We want your voice at fall AI Orientation!
Can you remember the feeling of being an Associate Instructor (AI) for the first time at IUB? Most of us feel nervous before teaching a new class – stomach jitters, sweaty palms, trying to remind ourselves why we wanted to go to grad school. Being a bit nervous before teaching is normal and the Center… Read more »
Journaling, Observing, and Reflecting on our Teaching
As an instructor, you’ve got grading to do, students to meet with, and lessons to plan. When you’re facing all this work, it might seem unrealistic to add “reflect on teaching” to your task list. However, studies have shown that reflecting on your teaching improves the classroom experience for your students (through better learning) and… Read more »
Building a Graduate Student Community with SoTL
Teaching and learning may be an uncomfortable process, especially for graduate students who are relatively new instructors. I found myself questioning my own teaching practices as a graduate student with only a handful of years as the instructor of record. I’ve taught composition and sociology courses in the public university and community college settings with… Read more »