CTE News

September 19, 2023

Hi Friend of the CTE,

We’re at the one-month mark of the semester. Be sure to sign up for a midcourse evaluation consultation, and engage other helpful resources from the CTE and our Partners.

News and Information

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Time to Plan for Midcourse Evaluation

Plan ahead now to maximize outcomes for supporting your students’ learning.

Request a pre-midcourse consultation with a CTE Faculty Teaching Associate (FTA) to discuss how to get optimum results.
Request a post-evaluation consultation to help you interpret and act on student feedback.
Get help choosing the best midcourse tool for your needs.
Demand for consultations will be high–sign up now to lock in your place(s)!

Request a Midcourse Consultation

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Innovate With Technology in Your Teaching!

This personalized instructor support opportunity allows you to meet one-on-one with a CTE FTA to help you customize technology solutions for teaching challenges—provide better feedback and/or improve grading efficiency, engage students with course content, and build a better learning community in the classroom.

Schedule Your Consultation Today

Major Teaching Project Grants Proposal Deadline: October 15, 2023

Submit a major teaching project grant proposal (up to $3,000). These CTE grants encourage curricular and pedagogical innovations that will result in more engaged and improved student learning. Innovations may be at the course, department, program, division, and/or university levels.

Proposal Form

E. Phillips Knox Distinguished Teaching Award Nomination Deadline: October 15, 2023

This award was established by Miami alumnus E. Phillips Knox, a 1968 graduate, to recognize creative, innovative, and engaging teaching methods at the undergraduate level.

Read More and Nominate

Embracing Multipotentialism

Multipotentialism is a view of learners that advocates the exploration of multiple interests, abilities, and possible career paths. This Faculty Focus article discusses strategies for encouraging students to explore their multipotential “superpowers.”

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Opportunities From Our Partners

Trailblazers in Higher Ed: How the Best Use AI and Other Emerging Technologies to Innovate

Thursday, September 21, 2023, 2:00 pm (via Zoom)

Learn how top universities are taking visionary strides in embracing technology and innovation to prepare for the future of education. This webinar is sponsored by Instructure and hosted by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Learn More and Register

ePortfolios as High-Impact Practice:

Overview and Q&A With ePortfolio Pilot Faculty

Thursday, September 28 from 1:15-2:35 pm (Zoom)
or
Friday, September 29 from 1:15-2:35 pm (in-person

Learn more about this high-impact practice and how you might be able to implement it in your own courses and programs, with an overview by HCWE staff and examples from faculty who have implemented this practice.

RSVP Today

The Hefner Museum of Natural History Offers Support for Your Teaching!

The Hefner Museum of Natural History provides resources and opportunities for all majors—natural history applies to all disciplines—at the Museum location (100 Upham Hall) or in your classroom. Museum staff will work with instructors to develop object-based assignments, use specimens in class, deliver guest lectures, and much more.

Learn More

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