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/Accessibility: This fall marks the start of UDL/Accessibility Teaching Tips, a new series for the UTLC Newsletter. Each week we’ll share information that focuses on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) or accessibility. As you’ll learn in the weeks ahead, UDL and accessibility are connected, but they’re not one in the same. This week, we’re starting with the basics of UDL. Watch What is UDL, a short video that explains exactly what UDL is and how it can enhance student learning.
Inclusive Teaching: In addition to weekly UDL/Accessibility tips, each week we will also feature a tip on inclusive teaching. Our first tip is a reminder to consider major religious holidays as you plan major assignments, assessments, and class activities. Subscribe to the Religious Holidays Calendar to stay up to date with holidays that are important for many students at UNCG. In addition, please remember that the Find Your Well-Being Here module is available in Canvas Commons to add to your courses this fall.
Scaffolding Scholarly Work: Faculty set the expectations early in the semester for academic integrity, but do students understand these expectations? Scaffold the practice of creating ethical, scholarly work with your students. Ask students to share their understanding of citations. Model these expectations by citing outside work in your lectures and resources. Explain your process with your students to show how you complete your academic work by citing outside sources. Learn more about how to help your students create ethical, scholarly work.
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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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| Fall 2022 VOISES Panels | Save-the-date and Register
Viewpoints of Inclusive Student Experiences (VOISES) panels provide insight into key UNCG student experiences in the classroom and beyond. This semester, we are excited to feature the viewpoints of the following student groups:
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| Looking for Peer Feedback? Join a Teaching Square!
Teaching Squares consist of four faculty members from various departments who agree to visit each other’s classrooms and/or Canvas sites during the semester to offer reciprocal, non-evaluate feedback and discussion. The Fall 2022 kickoff meeting for Teaching Squares is scheduled for Wednesday, September 14 from 10:30 – 11:30 am.
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| Reminder: 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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| Reminder: Literary Circle Registration Now Open
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 first nominee of Fall 2022, Dr. Sandra Ayoo!
Click the image below to read the nominee's Words of Wisdom. If you would like 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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Ongoing Opportunities
- DiversityEDU | This online module through Canvas offers faculty and staff skills-based development in areas of equity and diversity.
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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.
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Online Learning Level 1 | This 8-week online course (Sept. 19 - Nov. 11) will give you guidance on how to start and complete the online course design process and fulfills the requirements for initial development for online instruction at UNCG.
*NEW* 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.
- *NEW* 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.
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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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| 🤖 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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| 📣 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 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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| This week's resource spotlight comes from Amy Brown, Associate Director of Learning Innovations and Pedagogy:
"K. Patricia Cross Academy website is a great starting place when you are looking to incorporate more active learning into your classroom but you haven’t found the right approach. This resource defines 50 different active learning approaches including video clips to view the technique in action and resources to download. If you are using active learning strategies already in your classroom, but want feedback, consider joining Teaching Squares to join a group focused on Active Learning.”
Check back next week for another resource!
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