Welcome to the weekly UTLC Newsletter supporting teaching and learning at UNCG.
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UTLC Faculty Coffeehouse today:
Tuesday, October 24 from 9-10 am
in Nursing and Instructional Building, Room 510
Co-hosted by the School of Nursing. Open to all!
CoffeeHouses are a space to gather with colleagues. No set agenda, just coffee (or tea), snacks, and great conversation. This fall, Coffeehouses will be co-hosted and held in academic units across campus. As always, coffeehouses are open to all instructors at UNCG regardless of location or co-hosting department.
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This section is full of timely and evidence-based practices to apply in your teaching.
As we return from fall break, we wanted to take a moment to revisit a trauma-informed lens on our teaching so students feel supported as we head into the second half of the semester. The UTLC’s trauma-informed teaching guide provides information on the prevalence of trauma in the classroom and how trauma impacts teaching and learning. Here are a few trauma-informed teaching tips to remember when things feel out of control outside of the classroom:
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Provide structure and transparency. When traumatic experiences occur, we lose a sense of control and predictibility in our environment. While there is much outside of the classroom that instructors cannot control in students’ lives (or in our own lives for that matter), there are practices we can immediately implement in the classroom to provide students with a degree of consistency and, therefore, safety to learn. Creating a routine at the beginning and end of class is a small step that can go a long way in establishing a clear and predictable structure while also enhancing student learning. Yale’s Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning provides an excellent resource with options for how you can begin and end class. In the spirit of transparency, let students know why you are making this change during the semester and how it seeks to benefit their well-being and success.
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Foster inclusion and community. Experiencing trauma can cause individuals to feel isolated and helpless. Take time within the course to help students connect with one another and the many resources across campus that are here to support them. This can be done in a number of ways including adding the Find your Well Being Here module to your Canvas course and reviewing the resources with students, inviting a guest speaker to address a topic that students are concerned about, or even asking students to share strategies and resources that they’ve found most helpful with each other. When we design our courses to foster community and belonging in our classrooms, students are more likely to be engaged and successful. Finally, making office hours more inclusive and welcoming is another great way for students to build connections with their instructor and classmates and will benefit all students throughout the semester.
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Engage through voice, choice, and agency. Opening lines of communication with students is essential at any time during the semester, but even more important when difficult situations arise outside of the classroom. It may be helpful to send out an anonymous survey using Microsoft Forms to check in with students to see how they are doing and ask what is most challenging for them at this time. Here are some questions to consider when creating this survey. This simple action can help you to identify resources to connect students to on campus and in the community and can help to shift your teaching and learning activities to meet students where they are at this moment. If you have any flexibility in your assignment deadlines, consider offering a short grace period on assignments so students feel empowered to make the best decision for their well-being.
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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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| Reminder: New Resources from ITS Learning Technology
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ITS Learning Technology has published two new resources for instructors at UNCG:
- A new student-facing resource that instructors can share with their students about how students can submit OneDrive files to Canvas assignments
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An ITS News article about Canvas course deletion on Wednesday, Nov. 8 including how to export course materials so they are not lost. All Canvas courses from the following semesters will be deleted on that date: Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Summer 2018
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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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| ☕️ UTLC Coffeehouse | Nursing and Instructional Building (Room 510) co-hosted by the College of Nursing
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| Join the UTLC and Office of Intercultural Engagement for a student panel discussion centering the experiences of transfer students. This will be the final panel of Fall 2023.
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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 | Graham Building (Room 308) co-hosted by the Department of Sociology
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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. This session will be held several times in Fall. View all offerings for Teaching with Teams training.
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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. Şahan Savaş Karataşlı! 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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