Welcome to the weekly UTLC Newsletter supporting teaching and learning at UNCG.

TEACHING TIPS

This section is full of timely and evidence-based practices to apply in your teaching.

• UDL, Student Learning, & Retention: When UDL is mentioned, some educators immediately think of accessibility. While both share similar goals and both are valuable for equitable student learning, they are not necessarily the same thing. UDL On Campus’ brief video, Accessibility and UDL, gives a succinct overview of how accessibility and UDL both converge and diverge from one another. The EDUCAUSE article UDL and Digital Accessibility goes a step further by also discussing some common UDL strategies, the accessibility challenges instructors face when implementing these strategies, and possible solutions to overcome those challenges.

• Trauma-Informed Teaching: Events in recent years have created increased awareness around the impacts of stress and trauma impact learning; however, this is not a new or uncommon phenomenon. Adopting a trauma-informed lens for your teaching is a way to make class materials, activities, and policies more accessible for all of your students. The UTLC team recently developed an interactive infographic (click here for the full text accessible version with references) that outlines the ways in which trauma impacts learning and student success and strategies to adopt in your teaching this fall.

• Active Learning: Active learning can create excitement in the classroom while allowing students to construct knowledge and express their understanding of your course content. It encourages metacognition (thinking about their thinking) as you link your content to activities. Vanderbilt University has a great first introduction to active learning. Here’s a helpful list of activities with videos showing how some faculty have implemented them. Use this cheat sheet to help you prepare to introduce active learning to your students.

UTLC FEATURED ANNOUNCEMENTS

Check out the latest updates and offerings from the UTLC.

Faculty Roundtable on Midterm Grades Policy

The UTLC will hold a Faculty Roundtable on Monday, September 12 at 11:00 am at the Faculty Center to discuss the new Midterm Grades policy in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Hamilton. This is a great time to ask questions and hear from other colleagues on how to approach midterm grades. Complete the registration form today to let us know your attendance preference (in-person or online via Zoom) and any questions you are hoping to have answered at the session. This event will not be recorded but major takeaways will be shared afterwards.

Call for Applications | URSCO Faculty Fellows

The Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creativity Office (URSCO) seeks 4 - 5 UNCG teaching faculty and/or staff members to serve as URSCO Faculty Fellows for the 2022-23 academic year to integrate research-skills and/or experiences into first- and second-year undergraduate courses, especially those who serve UNCG’s General Education program (Minerva’s Academic Curriculum).  

MINERVA MENTIONS

This segment features instructors who exemplify excellence and innovation in teaching at UNCG.

We are pleased to announce our next nominee, Dr. Christian Chan!

Click the image below to read the nominee's Words of Wisdom.

To nominate yourself or a colleague, please complete the form at go.uncg.edu/minerva-mentions.

FACULTY ENGAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT

Check out these upcoming opportunities from the UTLC and other partners on campus. Additional training opportunities are available at workshops.uncg.edu.

Ongoing Opportunities

• DiversityEDU | This online module through Canvas offers faculty and staff skills-based development in areas of equity and diversity. 
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Institute on Canvas | This virtual, self-paced experience dives into difficult dialogues, foundations of equity pedagogy, and deep exploration of cultural responsive teaching.

• Indigenous Safe Space Project on Canvas | This student-led initiative helps to prepare the campus community with basic skills for supporting our Indigenous and Native students.

• Online Learning Level 1 | This 8-week online course (Sept. 19 - Nov. 11) provides guidance on the online course design process and fulfills the UNCG requirements for initial development for online instruction.

• Join a UNCG Learning Community as a companion to the national Inclusive STEM Teaching Project self-paced online course held from Oct 10 - Nov 14, 2022.

• UNCG Libraries Fall 2022 Research and Application Webinar Series | 30 minutes webinars about UNCG libraries research and its applications. Register here.
• Team-Based Learning Class Observations | Use the observation request form to select a date to observe a UNCG classroom using Team-Based Learning as an active learning strategy.
• Web Accessibility 101 | This asynchronous, self-paced course focuses on the fundamentals of making online content accessible.

Upcoming Events, Training, and Workshops

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