Welcome to the weekly UTLC Newsletter supporting teaching and learning at UNCG.

TEACHING TIPS

This section is full of timely and evidence-based practices to apply in your teaching.

• Neurodiversity and UDL: Neurodiversity is a term that has been around since the 1990’s, but it has recently resurged as a topic of interest, especially as educators consider strategies for reaching learners of various abilities. But what exactly is neurodiversity? Take a look at the A11Y Corner’s latest blog post about neurodiversity and UDL to learn more.

• Inclusive Teaching | Understanding our Blind Spots: PwC is a company that working to build trust in society and solve important problems. They have done the research to create the Blindspot video series.  These videos are a resource to help with the examination of unconscious biases that narrow our vision and possibly influence our behaviors. These very short videos examine challenging assumptions, enhance objectivity, overcoming stereotypes and broadening our perspectives. There is a discussion aid available to help with self-reflection and group discussion.

• Mid-Semester Feedback: 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:

  1. Solicitation of  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 creating a Google Form - you can use this bank of questions to develop your own survey. Or try the four question model or the  start-stop-continue model (also known as stop, keep, start). For something different look at how Jochen Wirz creatively applied business approaches to student feedback.

  2. Staying  balanced. 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.

  3. Response 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.

UTLC FEATURED ANNOUNCEMENTS

Check out the latest updates and offerings from the UTLC.

Now Enrolling | ACUE Certificate in Effective College Instruction

UNCG Academic Affairs has partnered with the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) to offer interested faculty members an evidence-based instructor certification program at no cost to them. This certificate has been shown to improve student grade performance, decrease DFW rates without sacrificing rigor, and close equity gaps. The program is an excellent opportunity to expand our teaching support, while providing you with nationally recognized certifications in teaching and learning from the American Council on Education (ACE). The program takes about two hours a week and provides practical strategies that can be incorporated in your courses right away. Fall 2022 cohort application deadline: Monday, October 3

Reminder: Inclusive STEM Teaching Project Learning Community

Join a UNCG Learning Community as a companion to the national Inclusive STEM Teaching Project self-paced online course held from October 10 - November 14, 2022. This learning community is open to graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff in any STEM department at UNCG.

FACULTY ENGAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT

Check out these upcoming opportunities from the UTLC and other partners on campus. Additional training opportunities are available at workshops.uncg.edu.

Ongoing Opportunities

• DiversityEDU | This online module through Canvas offers faculty and staff skills-based development in areas of equity and diversity. 
• 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.

• UNCG Libraries Fall 2022 Research and Application Webinar Series | 30 minutes webinars about UNCG libraries research and its applications. Register here.
• 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.

Upcoming Events, Training, and Workshops

MINERVA MENTIONS

This segment features instructors who exemplify excellence and innovation in teaching at UNCG.

We are pleased to announce our next nominee, Dr. Jonathan Zarecki!

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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