Welcome to the weekly UTLC Newsletter supporting teaching and learning at UNCG.
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UTLC FEATURED ANNOUNCEMENT
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Check out the latest updates and offerings from the UTLC.
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Not too Late to Join the Next Round of ACUE
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Two ACUE Cohorts are starting in October and it’s not too late to register for ACUEs teaching cohorts and the ACUE Fostering a Culture of Belonging certificate.
Fostering a Culture of Belonging (Beginning Oct 9). FCB is open to faculty, staff, and Graduate Teaching Associates. The course is organized around job function pathways allowing you to explore areas of inclusive engagement through your campus role. The course aims to equip participants with skills for navigating inclusion and diversity in your work and as a member of UNCG’s community. Contact Laura Pipe (lmpipe@uncg.edu) directly (before Friday, October 6) to register for the October Fostering a Culture of Belonging course.
ACUE Teaching Courses (October 16-December 13): ACUE is a multi-week course that introduces effective teaching strategies and highlights the benefits of reflective teaching practice. Complete all four courses to receive the American Council of Education (ACE) Certificate in Effective College Teaching. Contact Laura Pipe (lmpipe@uncg.edu) with any questions. You can use the ACUE registration portal now to register for offerings beginning in October 2023.
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This section is full of timely and evidence-based practices to apply in your teaching.
We are fast approaching mid-semester and it is a good time to review your course and solicit students’ views of how the course is going from their perspective. A comprehensive guide from Vanderbilt University walks you through the importance of evaluation and some best practices. It is important to remember these three steps:
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Solicit feedback: when soliciting views to make it quick and easy for the students to respond, for highest return give them time in class to complete any form. Try using this Microsoft Forms template based on the start-stop-continue model (also known as stop, keep, start) to get started. Alternatively, you can use this bank of questions to develop your own survey or try the four question model.
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Review the feedback. When you solicit feedback you will inevitably get positive and negative comments and not all constructive. It is important to process the feedback calmly and objectively. As you're reviewing the feedback, look for patterns among student responses and organize the information in a way that will help you to succinctly share it with students.
- Respond to feedback. The most important part of showing students that their feedback matters is picking some actionable feedback to address as quickly as is reasonable. Make time in class for a conversation and/or consider sending out a video for further details. Let students know which parts of their feedback can and cannot be implemented, and be transparent in sharing the why behind your answers.
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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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9:00 - 10:00 AM
Tomorrow!
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| ☕️ UTLC Coffeehouse | Music Building Atrium. Co-hosted by Faculty Senate
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Coffeehouses are a space to gather with colleagues. No set agenda, just coffee (or tea), snacks, and great conversation. This week we will have special international guests in attendance from the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement program so consider stopping by!
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Join the UTLC and Office of Intercultural Engagement for a student panel discussion centering the experiences of students who identify as neurodivergent.
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| 🌍 International Mix and Mingle
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The International Programs Center, in collaboration with the International Faculty and Staff Network, present a series of meet and greet socials. Build community with international faculty, staff, and students. Open to all. Coffee, tea, and pastries will be served.
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| ☕️ UTLC Coffeehouse | MHRA 3501 (Faculty Lounge). Co-hosted by the department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
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Coffeehouses are a space to gather with colleagues. No set agenda, just coffee (or tea), snacks, and great conversation.
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| 🧑💻 Teaching with Teams | In-person session, Bryan 209
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In this face-to-face, hands-on experience, you’ll get comfortable with the features of Teams and Teams meetings that support teaching and learning from both the instructor and student perspectives.
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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, Hannah Grannemann! Click the image below to read the nominee's Words of Wisdom. Note: this year's profiles are created using Microsoft Sway. After clicking the link, scroll down using your mouse or keyboard to advance through the presentation.
To nominate yourself or a colleague, please complete the form at go.uncg.edu/minerva-mentions.
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| Civic and Voter Engagement Fellowship
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Announcement shared by the Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement.
Project Pericles invites applications from faculty and staff for our nationally competitive Civic and Voter Engagement Fellowship supported by the Mellon Foundation. Fellows are awarded a $1,000 grant to use Periclean Civic Engagement Resources in the humanities for Fall 2023-Spring 2024. They will build on our modules, participate in virtual learning communities, and contribute new materials to our Civic Engagement Resource Database. Priority deadline: October 6, 2023.
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