Join us for the Adjunct Faculty Orientation on August 15, from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. in the Arts and Sciences Building (CASB), Room 117. This program is especially useful for new faculty, but it is also a good time for returning faculty to re-connect after two years of remote and distance-based learning. We know many … Continue reading Adjunct Faculty Orientation
What’s New in VoiceThread?
Image from Kenter (2019) "Rediscover VoiceThread" By Jennifer Bland Are you looking for a way to engage students in your online and hybrid courses? Look no further than VoiceThread! VoiceThread is an interactive presentation tool that is available as an integrated tool in Blackboard. It will allow you and your students to create presentations with … Continue reading What’s New in VoiceThread?
August Faculty Spotlight: Astrid Rosario
Want to give someone a shout-out? Email academicinnovation@uscupstate.edu! Course redesigns can be challenging. It's even more challenging when you are completing rethinking your course delivery for an upper-level Chemistry course. But Dr. Astrid Rosario, Associate Professor of Chemistry, didn't let that stop her! Through her work in the Engaged Pedagogy & Hybrid Course Institute with … Continue reading August Faculty Spotlight: Astrid Rosario
Finding Time for the Good Stuff
Make FREE images like the one above at Canva.com using their templates! by Toni DiMella This can be a stressful time of year for those who work in education. Getting ready for the new year, creating content, developing assessments and activities, mapping out new courses...there is a lot to do! But it’s often not the … Continue reading Finding Time for the Good Stuff
Fall Faculty Day 2022: Reimagine Course Design Using Inclusive & Emancipatory Practices
Drs. Siobahn Day Grady and Racheal Brooks Join Drs. Siobahn Day on August 15th at 12 pm in CLC 309 or virtually Grady and Racheal Brooks for an interactive blended format Fall Faculty Day workshop, Reimagine Course Design Using Inclusive and Emancipatory Practices. Day Grady and Brooks are authors of the Quality Matters (QM) white … Continue reading Fall Faculty Day 2022: Reimagine Course Design Using Inclusive & Emancipatory Practices
Soft Skills and First Year Students
By Kristen Stevenson The Back to School Buzz is in the air! School supplies, backpacks, and nervous students abound while faculty wrap their minds around a new year, finish syllabi, and create content in Blackboard. For those of us who teach first-year students, we are also planning how to guide students to be successful in … Continue reading Soft Skills and First Year Students