About CETL
The Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning is pleased to announce the addition of three new team members as we begin the fall semester. Â Hanna Lee, Operations Coordinator, joins CETL and the Academic Innovations Group most recently from a position as Youth Services Coordinator at First Regional Library in
In the News
Generative AI technologies like ChatGPT and Midjourney are posing new challenges (and maybe opportunities) for higher education this fall. The University of Mississippi is ahead of that curve thanks to pre-ChatGPT explorations of AI technologies by faculty in Writing & Rhetoric and elsewhere. As a result, CETL staff have useful
Services
by Josh Eyler, CETL director Great teaching deserves more recognition. I know that is a rather uncontroversial statement, but it merits saying nonetheless. But what do we mean when we talk about recognizing outstanding teaching in UM's classrooms? Some of this recognition happens through promotion and tenure, although
Programs
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
Teaching Resources
by Derek Bruff, visiting associate director Last Friday, CETL co-sponsored an online workshop titled "Generative AI on the Syllabus" with our parent organization, the Academic Innovations Group (AIG). Bob Cummings, executive director of AIG, and I spent an hour with 170 faculty, staff, and graduate students exploring options
In the News
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,
Teaching Resources
by Derek Bruff, visiting associate director This spring CETL hosted a faculty learning community on the topic of active learning in large STEM courses. Over a dozen faculty from biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and other departments met every other week, mostly on Zoom, to share and discuss shared challenges teaching