Spotlight: What All Faculty Need to Know about Disability Support CITAL Monthly Faculty Workshop By Jen Gregory, Director of Instruction Design and Zebadiah Hall, Disability Support Coordinator NOTE: Each month one CITAL blog will summarize the CITAL Faculty Workshop of that month. If you missed our September workshop, What All Faculty Need to Know about […]
Category: 2015
Technology: Neither Culprit nor Savior
By: Allison Hunt On the heels of the last article (Effective Online Teaching -Best Practices), we explore the question: how can I use technology to address my pedagogical challenges? Technology is primarily a utility for teaching and learning. When faculty state they want to learn more about technology to use in their courses, what […]
Three New Faculty Learning Communities To Begin this September
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development Last spring, faculty voted to launch three new faculty learning communities at Valpo to begin this fall. A faculty learning community (FLC) meets regularly to explore a teaching topic that interests them. This interdisciplinary group researches the topic, reads together, and supports each other in making positive changes […]
What to Do on the First Day of Class
by Jen Gregory, Director of Instructional Design Do you remember attending the first day of a college class? After receiving the syllabus and listening to a quick monologue from your instructor, you were probably excused for the rest of the hour? Although you were undoubtedly thrilled, what a waste of precious class time! Here […]