Canvas Transition
TCUS is transition to the Canvas learning management system. Read more about this transition and the faculty resources that are being provided.
This Week's Featured Article
CILT Teaching Tips
Dear Colleagues, From the Chronicle of Higher Education is a 3-minute video – https://www.chronicle.com/article/3-Tips-for-the-Minutes-Before/244357 – entitled “Three Minutes Before Class.” Take a few minutes to watch this video and glean some excellent ideas for improving your teaching. Questions or comments? Jim O’Connor Ph.D. Director
Blog Posts from the Center
Faculty Opportunity: INFORMATION ON ACUE COURSE
Dear Faculty Colleagues The Center for Innovative Learning and Teaching of Touro’s Western Division is pleased to announce that we are offering an online ACUE (Association of College and University Educators) Course in Effective Teaching Practices designed to enhance our campus commitment to faculty and student success. A limited group of (33) faculty participants will […]
Canvas Tip of the Week! Analytics
There is some great information about course participation available at your fingertips in Canvas. Open a course in Canvas and on the right you will see: Click on View Course Analytics and view great information for the users in your course. (See below) Have a great weekend! I will try to send a Tech Tip for Canvas […]
Local TUC Canvas Training Sessions
Just a reminder of these up-coming local Canvas training sessions: Wednesday, 11 July: 10:00am-11:00am Introduction to Designing Course Content (Library Annex 112) Thursday, 12 July: 1:00pm-2:00pm Open Session (Library Annex 118) Monday, 16 July: 10:30am-11:30am Introduction to Designing Course Content (Library Annex 118) Monday, 16 July: 12:30pm-1:30pm Introduction to Assignments & Grading (Library Annex 112) […]
CILT Website and Canvas Training Resources
The Center for Innovative Learning and Teaching now has a website: https://western.touro.edu/cilt/ As a part of that website, there is a specific page dedicated to the Canvas transition – https://western.touro.edu/cilt/canvas-transition/ – that includes a copy of the transition plan for the Touro University Western Division, a list of the different ways to get trained on […]
Transparent Learning
Dear Colleagues, Consider adding more active learning into your classroom by using some of the “transparent methods” described below. This information is taken from the website: https://www.unlv.edu/provost/transparency from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and was developed by: Mary-Ann Winkelmes, Ph.D., Coordinator of Instructional Development and Research, Office of Faculty, Policy, and Research as part […]
Dynamic Lecturing
Dear Colleagues, Are you interested in improving the quality of your lecturing? Listen to the podcast by Todd Zakrajsek: https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/dynamic-lecturing/ Dr. Zakrajsek, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill, has recently written the book: Dynamic Lecturing: Research-Based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness (The Excellent Teacher Series) by Christine Harrington and Todd Zakrajsek. […]