Pedagogy News

Adobe Catalyst Program: Meet the Mentors 2021
BU’s CTL and DL&I Adobe Catalyst Spring 2021 Program is a virtual collaborative learning space for experienced Adobe users (catalysts) to mentor faculty colleagues who wish to use Adobe Creative Cloud in their classes. Learn more about the 2021 mentors.

Learn from Anywhere Faculty Toolkit
BU’s Digital Learning & Innovation created a remote and hybrid teaching toolkit with resources to help faculty and graduate student instructors get started.

Learn from Anywhere: Pedagogical Partnerships in a Time of Questions
In this Point of View, Dr. Deborah Breen, director of Boston University’s Center for Teaching & Learning, reflects on learning pathways to support the implementation of the Learn from Anywhere pedagogical model at BU.

Q&A with Metcalf Award Recipient Courtney Goto
In this Q&A, School of Theology and 2020 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching recipient Courtney T. Goto shares her experiences using the BU-sponsored ePortfolio platform in the classroom and how professionally, the technology became an important part of the Metcalf pre-award submission process.

Remote Teaching Resources at BU
The following Boston University resources were created to assist our BU faculty community transition to remote teaching and learning.

Assessment and Remote Teaching: Options and Opportunities
The Assessment and Remote Teaching Guide provides options and opportunities to help faculty decide on how to manage assessment tasks during periods of remote teaching.

POV: Leveraging Learning Analytics at Boston University
Boston University’s EdTech Director defines the benefits of learning analytics and provides an overview of BU’s long term student learner analytics goals and objectives.

Blended Learning Guide
Blended learning is the strategic combination of face-to-face and online learning experiences. Learn more about the popular teaching method and get the tools needed for implementation.

CTL Guide: Creating Engaging Slides
The Center for Teaching & Learning highlights a variety of useful principals to create engaging classroom slides.

Faculty Resource: 5 Most Popular Guides
Boston University’s Center for Teaching & Learning highlights the top 5 most popular faculty guides—from flipping the classroom to interactive lecturing, and more.