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The Center for Teaching Excellence thanks all Miami instructors for your dedication to student learning in 2024. As you wrap up your semester, get hyped for upcoming CTE programs. Most of all, the CTE Team wishes you a restful and rejuvenating break and all the best for the new year. The CTE News will return on January 7, 2025. 

News and Information

This 1.5-day workshop (including meals) on January 22-23, 2025, led by assessment expert Dr. Kristen Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will boost your teaching effectiveness and spring semester productivity. Participants will discuss and practice the full process of assessment development and implementation and leave with (1) a completed test specification for a spring semester exam; (2) the start of a test; and (3) a detailed plan on how to use results, including a free book to help them properly evaluate the results. 

Dr. Kristen Murphy 

This session addresses faculty learning communities (FLCs): what they are; how they work; their tradition at Miami since 1979; and their teaching, learning, and/or institutional outcomes. Learn about the FLC facilitator role and how to develop a successful FLC proposal for 2025-2026. A Q&A will support individualized learning. FLC proposals are due February 14, 2025.

Wednesday, January 29, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Acclaimed teacher-scholar Dr. Claire Howell Major, co-author of Engaged Teaching and Collaborative Learning Techniques, will be our guest for the Drs. Mary (Scherger) Bonhomme and Raymond Bonhomme Visiting Teacher-Scholar Series. Event and registration information will appear in the next CTE News.

Dates: February 19-20, 2025

The new issue of the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching (Vol. 35.4, 2024) features evidence-based articles on cultivating student creativity, enhancing graduate student success, and using AI responsibly for teaching and learning.

Note: You must be on-campus or logged into your Miami account via the VPN to access the Journal.

The Institutional Effectiveness-Teaching Connection is a collaborative product of the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness and the Center for Teaching Excellence with the goal of translating institutional data into considerations for improving teaching and learning at Miami. Issue #117 focuses on “Liberal Education & NSSE [National Survey of Student Engagement] Data.”

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