Conferences
CETL goes to GEPA
CETL director Josh Eyler and associate director Liz Norell recently attended the AAC&U conference on general education, pedagogy, and assessment (GEPA). Here's their report.
Liz Norell
Events
Recap: Supporting Students’ Mental Health
Students are struggling (and instructors are overwhelmed). Here are a few tangible things we can do--without burning out.
Events
Recap: Supporting Neurodivergent Students with Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, and Dyspraxia
Greater awareness of neurodivergent types can lead to more inclusive and equitable teaching. In this recap, we provide an overview of four different neurotypes and strategies to support them.
Programs
Words of Gratitude
The team reflects on the ways that students thank their instructors.
Services
CETL Service Spotlight: Classroom observations
Classroom teaching observations are a core service of CETL. Learn more about how they work--and hear from a UM faculty member who took advantage in the fall 2023 semester.
Services
UM faculty engage in SoTL projects
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) brings together research and teaching.
Services
Win-Win with Student Feedback Sessions
by Liz Norell, associate director of instructional support Student feedback sessions are one of CETL’s core offerings. Engaging in this practice is a powerful way to achieve several meaningful goals, including: * Emphasizing to students that they play a key role in the learning process, * Giving faculty access to information
Events
Recap: What Instructors Need to Know When Working with Neurodivergent Students
by Liz Norell, associate director of instructional support In our August 8 blog, we shared a preview of our September 8 workshop on supporting neurodivergent students, including the following definitions of key terms: * Neurodivergent: a person with a brain that processes information in a way different from most individuals. * Neurotypical:
Programs
Podcasts & puzzles offers parallel play for campus community
by Liz Norell, associate director of instructional support While CETL loves offering our teaching (and teaching-adjacent) community opportunities to collaborate around excellent teaching and meaningful learning, not every gathering has to involve people talking to others to accomplish that goal. That's why we're piloting a new
In the News
CETL's Donahoe featured in the Chronicle's Teaching newsletter
by Liz Norell, associate director of instructional support In late June, the Chronicle of Higher Education’s newsletter on teaching featured Emily Donahoe, associate director of instructional support at CETL, and her experiments with alternative assessment. In her spring first-year writing course, taught in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric,