Do you teach a course with zero-cost or low-cost course materials? Beginning with the Fall 2022 course schedule, students will be able to search for
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Things you didn’t know Blackboard could do
Blackboard has many features that can help you enrich your students’ learning experience and improve your teaching experience, but you may not know they are
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Supporting first generation college students
Workshop Takeaways NIU’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning recently hosted a workshop on Supporting First-Generation Students. The workshop featured Kimberly Shotick (Assistant Professor, Student
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New library resource on blended learning
The NIU Library has secured the eBook Blended Learning: Research Perspectives. Volume 3, edited by Anthony G. Picciano, Charles D. Dziuban, Charles R. Graham, and
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Interactive techniques
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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