Coulter Faculty Commons
Your Partner in Teaching & LearningThe Coulter Faculty Commons (CFC) advances excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship by partnering with the Western Carolina University community through collaboration, creation, and celebration.
We partner with all instructors, staff who teach, and graduate student assistants.
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Our educational developers are here to meet with you for a personalized consultation in person or virtually.
Teaching @WCU: A CFC Blog
CFC November Workshops
November Workshop Line-Up Is Here! We’re excited to share our November workshop schedule, designed to help you make the most of your teaching tools before the end of the semester. This month, we’re rotating three focused sessions: Canvas Grading Tools (Intermediate) –...
We Recommend: Snafu Edu
How to bounce back from teaching disasters? Snafu Edu might just have the answer November 2025 Recommended by Anabel Livengood, Senior Educational Developer Picture this: you, a dynamic college professor, lecturing animatedly and effortlessly in a lecture hall filled...
Microlearning Made Simple: What It Is and How to Do It
Microlearning is a pedagogy that works well in both in-person and online courses. While definitions of microlearning vary, there is at least some consensus on the benefits and how to approach it. At its core, microlearning delivers content in short, small chunks that...