Pedagogy News
Announcing DEI’s New Call for Proposals
DEI is pleased to announce the new Call for Proposals for 2017-2018. We fund and co-manage pilot projects that have the potential to positively change the way one or more of BU’s schools and colleges deliver value to students, both inside and outside the classroom. This year we are particularly interested in proposals for projectsRegister by July 24th New Faculty Retreat
The Center for Teaching & Learning will offer a New Faculty Retreat from August 14- 18. The deadline to register is Monday, July 24.
Apply Now for Hub-Related Training this Summer
The Center for Teaching & Learning continues to offer workshops to help faculty design and adapt courses for inclusion in the BU Hub general education curriculum. Summer opportunities include: July 21 and August 21 One-day Course Revision Workshops on “Revising Your BU Hub Course.” August 7-11 Five-day New Course Development Institute prepares BU Hub faculty to develop exceptionalDigital Fluency Presentation from UNC: Fostering Passion for Learning with Digital Multimedia Tools
DL&I hosted a presentation by Todd Taylor, Distinguished Professor of English and Director of the First Year Writing Program at UNC Chapel Hill and Adobe. The presentation was titled “Everywhere, All the Time: Digital, Experiential, Multimedia Literacy Across the Curriculum,” and explored how Professor Taylor has used multimodal across the curriculum. Embracing Multimodal Learning Taylor
School of Social Work Brings Fully Online Master’s Program Where Diverse Learners Live and Work
This highly successful online program, one of the first in the nation, has opened master’s study to students who cannot easily commit to a residential program in Boston, and has been a major contributor to the school’s rise in rankings. More
Climate Physicist Experiments with an Active Learning Environment
After an Earth & Science undergraduate course became a mandatory part of a multidisciplinary undergraduate program, meeting the needs of students with diverse backgrounds posed a significant teaching challenge. Physics Professor Bruce Anderson created his own online video lectures and exercises, which the students had to complete before class. This was followed by in-class reviews
CTL: Course Transformation Institute
Master Teaching Transformation Date: June 5-9, 2017 During this 5-day program, faculty will examine the importance of learning objectives, construct course level assessments, employ effective grading strategies, experiment with active learning strategies, develop discipline-specific classroom activities, interact with teaching technologies, develop a complete or near-complete syllabus, discover the science of student motivation and student learning, identify
CTL: Seventh Annual Educational Innovation Conference
Share Your Innovation The Center for Teaching and Learning will host the 7th Annual Educational Innovation Conference spring 2017. This annual event provides an opportunity for faculty and graduate students to share their classroom and curricular innovations – small and large – with colleagues throughout the University. Date: May 5, 2017 Details and event registration coming soon!
CTL: BU Hub Related Events
Starting in March, a representative from the BU Hub Implementation Task Force will co-lead three 60-minute information sessions each month to help the BU community understand the general education initiative. Each session will begin with a 15-minute informational presentation, and will allow 45-minutes for questions and discussion tailored to attendee interest. The Center for Teaching & Learning will be
CAS’ Writing Program Flips ESL Writing Course
CAS’ Writing Program revamped its ESL academic writing course to afford better learning by foreign students in the time available. With the guidance of the Center for Teaching & Learning, funding from its Faculty Fellows program, and technology support from Educational Technologies, lecturer Pary Fassihi created online instructional videos with built-in assessments and learning exercises.