Welcome to the weekly UTLC Newsletter for supporting teaching and learning at UNCG.
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This section is full of timely and evidence-based practices to apply in your teaching.
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UDL, Student Learning, & Retention: As UDL suggests, providing options for learning keeps students engaged, which often positively impacts both student learning and retention. Take a look at the A11Y Corner’s inaugural post to learn more about UDL’s impact on student learning and retention.
Inclusive Teaching | Setting Ground Rules: Ground rules or Community Guidelines are essential to develop in order to establish how your students should interact with one another in your classroom/learning space so that everyone feels included and safe and has a voice. It is an activity that needs to be well planned and handled sensitively and can be done in a number of different ways synchronously or asynchronously. A discussion board or visual whiteboard like Google Jamboard or Zoom Whiteboards can help facilitate full and anonymous participation. A good opening question is "What can we agree upon now that will create an environment in which we can ask each other anything?" from Claude Steele (author of Whistling Vivaldi).
Tips for Group Work: Group Work is often met with resistance from students but it is important to remind them it is a “necessary evil” they need to master as they need those skills when they go out into the workforce and in life generally…group work does not go away once you leave college! Explaining the benefits of learning how to navigate group work is a good starting point along with the aims and objectives and how students will be assessed. Building group dynamics first can also aid effectiveness as will debriefing at the end.
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UTLC FEATURED ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Check out the latest updates and offerings from the UTLC.
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| Accessibility Fellows Announced
ITS Learning Technology (ITS LT) in partnership with the UTLC has appointed two faculty to its new accessibility fellowship program. Austin Craven, Biology Lecturer, and Heather Moorefield-Lang, Library and Information Studies Associate Professor, are the 2022-2023 Accessibility Fellows. Both fellows will be tasked with supporting and coordinating digital accessibility initiatives for the campus during the 2022-2023 academic year, with the option to continue these efforts through an additional term in 2023-2024. See Accessibility Fellows for more information.
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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).
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| Nominations Open for Alumni Teaching Excellence Awards through September 2, 2022
To recognize outstanding teaching and demonstrate our commitment to teaching excellence, the University presents three annual awards to UNCG faculty members; the UNC System also presents an award for teaching excellence to a UNCG faculty member each year. Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are eligible to nominate. For more information, visit our website (please note we are in the process of updating our documentation to reflect the recent change to "Professional Track" faculty)
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| Last day to sign up for Fall 2022 Literary Circles!
We are excited to feature five literary circle options this fall! Literary Circles unite faculty around a particular topic and content related to the scholarship on teaching and learning. We provide the books/articles/content, and you provide the thoughtful conversation!
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This segment features instructors who exemplify excellence and innovation in teaching at UNCG.
We are pleased to announce our next nominee, Dr. Karen Messina!
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.
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FACULTY ENGAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT
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Check out these upcoming opportunities from the UTLC and other partners on campus. Additional training opportunities are available at workshops.uncg.edu.
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Upcoming Events, Training, and Workshops
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| 📣 VOISES Panel | Students Experiencing Disability
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Join us for our first student VOISES panel of the semester centering the experiences of students experiencing disability at UNCG.
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1:00-2:00 pm
*date changed!
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| 🤖 Use UNCG Tech to Create Accessible Content
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This HyFlex (offered in-person or via Zoom) session will introduce a variety of accessibility considerations and how they can be addressed with UNCG tools.
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| ✍️ How to Write a Good URCA Proposal
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This workshop is designed for faculty interested in developing a competitive proposal for support through the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award (URCA) program.
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| 🗣 Faculty Roundtable on Midterm Grades Policy
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The UTLC will hold a Faculty Roundtable to discuss the new Midterm Grades policy in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Hamilton.
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| 📣 VOISES Panel | Students In Recovery/Experiencing Addiction
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As part of National Recovery Month, join us for a student VOISES panel centering the experiences of students experiencing addiction or in recovery.
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| 👜 HIPs Virtual Brown Bag | Creating HIPs Teaching Certifications with UVU
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Special Guest, Dr. Wendy Athens (Senior Director of the Office of Teaching and Learning at Utah Valley University), joins us to engage in a conversation about the potential for HIPs teaching certifications on our campus.
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Gather with colleagues in the Faculty Center located centrally on campus (College Ave.) to enjoy light snacks and beverages as you end the day.
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This week's resource spotlight comes from Melanie Eley, Associate Director of Learning Innovations and Accessibility:
"Accessibility.uncg.edu is UNCG’s go-to resource for creating accessible digital content. This website has a variety of how-to instructions and videos, and the Getting Started with Accessibility page is a great place to learn about basic accessible design principles that apply to a wide range of digital content."
Check back next week for another resource!
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