by Kevin Steele, Director of Instructional Technology, Design and Assessment, CITAL Communicating with students outside of class can be a challenge in our current time. Do you use social media, apps, text messaging, email, and the list goes on. There are so many options it can be an issue finding the right mode. Delivery can […]
Category: 2019
Faculty Learning Community on Mentoring
CITAL Guest Bloggers: Mindy Capaldi, Melissa Desjarlais, Jon-Paul McCool, Nancy Scannell, Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo During the past school year our group of Valpo faculty met to share resources and learn more about best practices in mentoring students. We met approximately fortnightly during the fall 2018 and spring 2019 semesters. Two books guided our discussions throughout the […]
Preventing Faculty Burnout
Have you been reading or hearing about burnout lately? It may be because of this BuzzFeed article on “How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation,” which went viral earlier this month: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work This piece touched a nerve with millennials, many of whom claimed that the writer had put a name to their chronic condition. Others responded […]
Six Strategies to Creating an Engaging Syllabus
By Kevin Steele, Director of Instructional Technology, Design & Assessment It is a pleasure to join CITAL! It is that time of the year where we begin to plan our semester ahead and that usually begins with the syllabus. Below I will be sharing some tips from both experience and a compilation of other writings […]
Free Alternatives to Textbooks: Open Educational Resources
CITAL Guest Blogger: Jon Bull, Assistant Professor of Library Services and Scholarly Communication Services Librarian The next academic year is already approaching with many of us submitting textbook orders and developing curricula we will need for the upcoming semester. However, as many of us already know, those textbooks can be expensive for our students. From […]