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Share Your Expertise and Experience at the Summer Institute for Teaching & Learning (SITL) 2020.
Call for Proposals closes February 28, 2020 The Coulter Faculty Commons invites all faculty and instructional staff to submit a proposal to present at the Summer Institute of Teaching & Learning, to be held in Hunter...
Call for Presentations is open for the Summer Institute for Teaching & Learning (SITL)
The Coulter Faculty Commons invites all faculty and instructional staff to submit a proposal to present at the Summer Institute of Teaching & Learning, to be held in Hunter Library May 19 – 21, 2020. ...
Best Practices in Honors Contracts Discussed by WCU Faculty and Students
Honors Update Thinking about new ways of engaging students in Honors Contract projects this semester? Listen in on a panel discussion in which faculty members from a variety of different departments and disciplines talk...
2020 landing page changes in Blackboard courses
All courses in Spring 2020 will have an abbreviated framework. If there is no content or no content has been copied from a previous course instructors will notice less items listed in the left menu and the course landing...
Quick Course Diagnostic Review – October 2019
October was a busy month for educational development at the CFC for Excellence in Teaching and Learning as we provided one of our primary teaching and learning services: a Quick Course Diagnostic for 16 different courses...
SiTL 2019 recap
On December 2, about a dozen faculty from across the university joined the Coulter Faculty Commons team for a SiTL appreciation lunch. In case you haven’t seen the acronym before, SiTL stands for the Summer Institute for...
Upcoming Panopto 2020 Update
(Source: https://support.panopto.com/s/article/Panopto8-Release-Notes) Headline features Embed player options — Users will be able to customize the size of an embedded video, set options like autoplay or start time, and...
Reading Guide Launch Sheet
With the Reading Guide, students see you--the content expert--in conversation with another content expert. Some tips to remember: Be conversational. Write as you if you were speaking to your students in class. Avoid...
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Tyler Kinnear
http://wcu.academia.edu/TylerKinnear This fall Western Carolina University pioneered a new P5 course designed as a large section lecture/experiential learning course that engages students in not only the fundamentals...
Ready to take group assignments to the next level?
“Group work!” The mere phrase elicits dread in the heart of almost high performing college student and many time spells frustration for the faculty who know its potential benefits but wonder why it is so hard to get this...
National Distance Learning Week
National Distance Learning Week! NDLW Webinars The series targets a broad scope of hot topics in distance learning – everything from accessibility to enrollment, assessment to professional development, and practices that...
Digital Learning Webinar, October 25, 2019
UNC System Digital Learning Webinar October 25, 2019 (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Click to Download and Add Webinar Series to Your Calendar11:00 AM - 11:10 AMWelcome James Garner Ptaszynski, Ph.D., Vice President, Digital...
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