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About CEI
CEI Staff
Caroline Hilk
Barbara Billington
Jessica Dockter Tierney
Campus and Collegiate Liaisons
Events
All Events
Teaching Enrichment Series
Recorded Webinars
Video Series
Services
All Services
Educational Research and Evaluation
Instructional Media Production
Quality Matters Online Course Review
Strategic Partnerships with Units
Student Feedback Facilitation
Teaching Consultations
Thank a Teacher
Teaching Resources
All Teaching Resources
Generative AI in Teaching and Learning
Active Learning
Why Use Active Learning?
Successful Active Learning Implementation
Addressing Active Learning Challenges
Research and Resources
Active Learning Classrooms
Addressing Challenges
Course Planning
Research and Resources
Assessments
General Guidelines
Align Assessments
Multiple Low Stakes Assessments
Authentic Assessments
Formative and Summative Assessments
Varied Forms of Assessments
Cumulative Assessments
Equitable Assessments
Types of Assessments
Essay Exams
Multiple Choice Exams and Quizzes
Academic Paper
Skill Observation
Projects
Alternative Assessments
Assessment Plan
Grade Assessments
Prepare Students
Reduce Student Anxiety
Assessment and Generative AI
References
Course and Syllabus Design
Using this Teaching Resource
Atmosphere
Syllabus Activity #1
Aims
Syllabus Activity #2
Activities
Syllabus Drafting Activity #3
Assessment
Wrapping Up
Syllabus Activity #4
Research Bibliography
Sample Syllabuses
Documenting Growth in Teaching
Early Term Feedback
Student Feedback Question Prompts
Group Projects
Why Use Group Projects?
Successful Project Characteristics
Project Description Examples
Project Description for Students
Introducing Your Group Project
Team Projects and Student Development Outcomes
Forming Groups
Assessing the Project
Group Output
Individual Contributions to the Group
Individual Student Understanding
Supporting Students
Wrapping up the Project
Inclusive Teaching at a Predominantly White Institution
Definitions and PWI Focus
A Flexible Framework
Class Climate
Pedagogy
Course Content
An Ongoing Endeavor
Interpreting and Responding to SRT Scores
Leveraging the Learning Sciences
Working memory
Retrieval of information
Spaced practice
Active learning
Metacognition
Online Teaching and Design
Recorded Webinars
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Research Questions and Design
Gathering data
Publication
Resources
Strategies to Support Challenging Conversations in the Classroom
Learn About Your Context
Design Your Course to Support Challenging Conversations
Design Your Challenging Conversations Class Session
Use Effective Facilitation Strategies
What to Do in a Challenging Moment
Debrief and Reflect On Your Experience, and Try, Try Again
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Video Series
Writing Your Teaching Philosophy
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Early Career Teaching and Learning Program
Gateways to Learning: STEM
Inclusive STEM Teaching Program
International Teaching Assistant (ITA) Program
GRAD 5102
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GRAD 8101: Teaching in Higher Education
GRAD 8200: Practicum for Future Faculty
Finding a Practicum Mentor
GRAD 8200: Teaching for Learning
PFF X8000: Summer Institute
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