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Center for Teaching and Learning

The University of Delaware has a strong commitment to student and faculty engagement and support in effective teaching. In 1975, the Faculty Senate established the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) which promotes the enhancement of learning and teaching at the University. CTL and the Office of Educational Assessment (OEA) have been joined programmatically under the new title: Center for Teaching & Assessment of Learning (CTAL).

CTL's primary goals are:

  • Support the instructional improvement efforts of UD's teaching community.
  • Facilitate the implementation of programs and activities that enrich and improve teaching and learning.
  • Promote active engagement and innovation in teaching and learning.
  • Cultivate an institutional climate that values, rewards, sustains and renews excellence in teaching and learning.
  • Serve as a clearinghouse on teaching and learning in higher education.

CTL supports faculty, administrators, graduate students, and staff in their instructional activities and provides a range of instructional services to help all members of UD's teaching community enhance the teaching and learning process.

 

The Teaching Professor: Helping Students More Accurately Assess Their Performance

In The Teaching Professor (May '13 issue), Maryellen Weimer discusses the problem of students overestimating their classroom performance, and proposes strategies to help students assess their performance more accurately.

Other articles include: 

  • A Grade Forecasting Strategy
  • Observations About Questioning
  • Student Engagement: Does It Always Improve Learning? 
  • Testing: Extent, Attitudes, and Other Interesting Information.
  • The Power of We
  • Thinking About Writing Assignments Developmentally

CTAL and the University of Delaware Libraries are pleased to cost-share a group online subscription to The Teaching Professor, a national newsletter on college teaching, edited by Dr. Maryellen Weimer of Penn State Berks, national expert and higher education author.

To access the Teaching Professor Archive Click Here.

Teaching Conference Travel Fellowship for Doctoral Candidates, Deadline: April 22, 2013

Applications are being accepted for the Teaching Conference Travel Fellowship to the 2013 Lilly Conference in Bethesda, MD, May 30-June 2, 2013.  This regional teaching conference presents a unique professional development opportunity for future faculty to refine their teaching skills, support their growth as teacher-scholars in the discipline, deepen their understanding of faculty roles in different institutional contexts, and network with faculty across East Coast institutions.

UDaily, April 9, 2013
UDaily, 2012 Conference

The fellowship is co-sponsored by CTAL and the Office of Graduate and Professional Education to support UD doctoral candidates who pursue faculty careers.
Application requirements and form can be found here.  
Application deadline: April 22, 2013.
 

 

The Teaching Professor: Less Teaching and More Learning?

In The Teaching Professor (April '13 issue), Maryellen Weimer discusses results of a recent study demonstrating that students learn more in a biology course focusing on depth, rather than breadth, of learning.

Other articles include:

  • Assessing Team Members
  • Can a Capstone Course Try to Accomplish Too Much? 
  • Does Discussion Make a Difference? 
  • Is It Good Advice? 
  • Keeping Students On Board with Concept Maps
  • Plagarism: An Interesting Disconnect
  • Reflective Writing: A Follow-Up

CTAL and the University of Delaware Libraries are pleased to cost-share a group online subscription to The Teaching Professor, a national newsletter on college teaching, edited by Dr. Maryellen Weimer of Penn State Berks, national expert and higher education author.

To access the Teaching Professor Archive Click Here.

2013 IT Transformation Grant, Call for Proposals

University of Delaware faculty are encouraged to apply for a 2013 IT Transformation Grant to transform education with the support of innovative uses of technology. This year’s grant program combines resources from Information Technologies (IT) and the Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning (CTAL) to accommodate funding requests for faculty time, graduate or undergraduate student time, conference attendance and travel, software, and equipment.

Funding will be awarded on a competitive basis for proposals that best fit the goals and criteria for transforming teaching and learning through the innovative use of technology. Successful proposals will test and assess instructional techniques and technologies that have the potential to establish new practices and resources on campus—and beyond.

Pre-proposals can be submitted anytime through April 1, 2013. Pre-proposals are short explanations of the overall concept of your intended project. Full proposals are due May 1, 2013. Before submitting a full proposal, an approved pre-proposal is required.
UDaily, March 15, 2013

Click here for more information.

 

 

The Teaching Professor: Cumulative Exams

In The Teaching Professor (February '13 issue), Maryellen Weimer discusses recent data on the effectiveness of cumulative, rather than unit, exams.

Other articles include:

  • A New Way to Assess Student Learning
  • Dare to Be Strict
  • Letting The Students Lead
  • Reporting, Reacting, and Reflecting: Guidelines for Journal Writing
  • Test Item Order: Does It Matter? 
  • The Writing Process

CTAL and the University of Delaware Libraries are pleased to cost-share a group online subscription to The Teaching Professor, a national newsletter on college teaching, edited by Dr. Maryellen Weimer of Penn State Berks, national expert and higher education author.

To access the Teaching Professor Archive Click Here.

The Teaching Professor: Assignment Options

In The Teaching Professor (January '13 issue), M. Weimer discusses the benefits (and possible challenges) of giving students some choice in assignment selection.

Other articles include: 

  • Does it Matter How Students Feel About a Course? 
  • Error Terror: The Value of Thinking and Acting Like a Child
  • Evaluating the Absurd: A Lesson in Critical Thinking
  • In Defense of Teaching
  • Reading Circles Get Students to Do the Reading
  • What is the Public Face of Your Field?

CTAL and the University of Delaware Libraries are pleased to cost-share a group online subscription to The Teaching Professor, a national newsletter on college teaching, edited by Dr. Maryellen Weimer of Penn State Berks, national expert and higher education author.

To access the Teaching Professor Archive Click Here.

 

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