Newsletter February 23, 2024
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Getting the Most out of your Student Course Feedback

 As an instructor, it can be hard to wait for student course feedback (SCF) results to know how things are going in your courses. The Martha Bradley Evans Center for Teaching Excellence offers you the opportunity to conduct Mid-Semester Student Feedback . We encourage instructors to take advantage of this service, and to take time to talk to their students about the importance of student feedback, or even give students time in class to complete the feedback. We’ve prepared an SCF Quick Start Guide  to give you ideas for improving SCF response rates and more.

 

When you receive your SCF report, you may notice a few changes. We’ve modified and streamlined some of the questions, and the “Would you recommend this course/instructor” questions have been changed to a 5-point Likert scale.  You can see the Standard SCF Questions on our site.

The Utah State Legislature is still in session, but there have already been multiple bills passed that have implications for our U of U faculty and students. You can check the U’s Legislative Guidance for Campus to understand how recently passed bills affect you. This page will be routinely updated as new information becomes available.

Come work with the CTE Team as a Graduate Fellow! We are seeking three graduate students with interests in faculty development for opportunities beginning in either summer or fall. Apply by March 1!

The Office of Undergraduate Studies invites creative and innovative faculty to apply to join the leadership team of Undergraduate Studies as the director of learning communities for exploring students (currently known as LEAP). We are seeking leaders who have experience with curricular design, theory-based practice, higher education leadership, collaboration within and across units, and strategic vision.

Who: Graduate students interested in instruction

Where: College of Education Artworks Auditorium in SAEC

When: March 22, 2024

Apply to register or attend by March 10!

Several sessions will be held each day on topics such as An Introduction to OERS,  Using Pressbooks for creating Open Texts and integrating with Canvas, A panel discussion about garnering state-wide support for OERs, as well as,  Locating and Remixing OER. The keynote is Dr. Gerry Hanley from Merlot.org. Faculty from across the state will talk about their OER projects and Books. More information with dates and times will be coming soon.

University Teaching Grants

March 13