Teaching Resources
The Learning and Teaching Commons continues to support faculty and instructional staff with ongoing .
Individual and Small Group Consultations
Facilitated by the Keep Teaching Coordinating Team
The Keep Teaching Coordinating Team will be offering one-on-one or small group consultation sessions for pedagogy and technology related topics. In order to sign up for these sessions, please check the Keep Teaching Canvas calendar for updated times. Please email the Learning and Teaching Commons if you have trouble viewing the canvas calendar or singing up for a session.
Save-the-date! Summer institutes are going virtual.
We are moving forward with a dynamic slate of summer institutes that will be offered remotely. As in past years, the institutes will include a mix of institutes sponsored by the Washington Center for Improving Undergraduate Education and those initiated by our creative Evergreen community. The COVID-19 response has pushed back our timeline for announcing the institutes. In the meantime, you may want to hold dates in your calendar for one or more of the following institutes.
- June 15-16 | New Faculty Academy
- June 15-17 | First-year Experience
- June 18-19 | Big Bets: New Academic Academic Directions at Evergreen
- June 29 - July 1 | Resilient Leadership in Times of Change
Remote Teaching Assistants
Many of our student workers are unable to work in their positions because their previously assigned work is not possible under the Stay Home, Stay Healthy order. Do you have work for a student teaching assistant in your program or course? If you have not already done so, please consider filling out a request for a student teaching assistant. Remote teaching assistants will be trained in zoom and canvas, and we will work to match students with faculty based on desired work and skills.
Call for Submissions: Learning Community Research and Practice Journal
As COVID-19 has impacted higher education across the globe-- requiring educators, student services staff, and administrators to rapidly transition in-person learning experiences into remote learning experiences-- the importance of building community and resilience has never been greater, or more tested. Learning communities, when done well, are known for creating equitable learning opportunities for all students and for building community and student engagement-- issues of high importance in this remote environment we find ourselves in.
How have learning community programs been affected by the challenges brought on by the pandemic? How have they responded to those challenges and what have they learned? Learning Community Research and Practice is announcing a special issue of the journal, to be published in Spring 2021, that will focus on the learning community response to COVID-19.
We are seeking articles from learning community practitioners about the puzzles and triumphs experienced in their learning community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Submissions for the special issue are due January 15, 2021 for the Spring 2021 Special Issue. To learn more, or submit an article, please visit the journal website.
Evergreen Learning & Teaching Bibliography
We are compiling a bibliography of Evergreen staff and faculty publications specifically about learning and teaching (articles, books, assignments, etc.). Please send entries – a quick cut-and-paste from your CV? – to the Learning and Teaching Commons. Our present list is roughly 14 pages long, and composed mostly of publications by Evergreen faculty who have since retired. We’ll share the expanded list when we’ve added in selections from current staff and faculty!
Keep Teaching Canvas Course
We encourage all faculty and instructional staff to enroll in the Keep Teaching Canvas course. The Canvas course offers a robust selection of remote teaching resources, curated by the Keep Teaching Coordinating Team and Evergreen Faculty and Staff.
Important Campus Announcements
It’s been a busy few weeks with an overwhelming amount of communication. We’ve cataloged the communications relevant to teaching and learning on the important updates, policies and recommendations module. Be sure to review the FERPA and Privacy of Records guidelines from Lori Klatt, Interim Registrar.
Faculty Slack Channel
By now you should have all received an email invitation to join the faculty slack channel. We encourage you to do so. The slack channel offers faculty a robust option for real time communication with each other, the Learning and Teaching Commons, and Academic Technologies. If you are having trouble finding that email, please submit a help ticket at help.evergreen.edu.
