We added a new guide to our website! This compendium of interactive techniques was compiled and shared via Creative Commons by a Dr. Kevin Yee
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Announcing the Lightboard Studio
The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning is excited to announce the arrival of the newest member of our teaching technology family: the Lightboard! Housed
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Developing fair, consistent, and transparent grading practices
An educator’s grading policies reflect their beliefs about student learning, motivation, and success. Grading policies often vary across campus, within individual departments, and even between
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Midterm check-in reflection questions
The midpoint of the course is a great opportunity for faculty to pause and check in with students on their experience thus far and to
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Fostering a sense of belonging in online learning
What is it about online courses? You spend hours developing interactive lesson plans, but there is a lingering suspicion that students are losing focus. As
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Choosing a course of action: Strategies to combat the high cost of textbooks
Written by CITL Guest Contributor: Dee Anna Phares (University Libraries) Everyone wants their students to be engaged and prepared not only to meet the requirements
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Getting students to read and respond to feedback
It’s a familiar story… A faculty member spends hours reading and commenting on student work only to have students turn right to the grade, often
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HyFlex teaching: A flexible alternative
What is HyFlex? HyFlex is a course model that allows students a flexible course structure. Students can attend class sessions in the physical classroom, participate
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10 course policies to rethink on your fall syllabus
How to adapt your syllabi to better help students in what promises to be another complicated semester. By Matthew R. Johnson | August 11, 2021
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Welcome back: Insights, plans, and resources for a successful return to campus
Welcome Back, Huskies! This fall, there will be more students on campus than there have been since the pandemic began. While this is exciting, as
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2021 Online Teaching Symposium keynote address promotes inclusive teaching
Attendees of the 2021 Online Teaching Symposium were fortunate to witness the Keynote address, which focused on promoting equity through Inclusive Teaching. The keynote speakers
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Annotation tech tool: Hypothes.is
Open educational resources (OER) are an important component to increasing equity and access for all students by decreasing the costs associated with higher education. One
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