We hope you all enjoy the holiday weekend! Please be advised that the University is closed Thursday, November 22, and Friday, November 23, for Thanksgiving recess to all faculty, staff, and students. Classes and normal business operations resume on Monday, November 26.
The Teaching Survey period runs from November 19 to December 9, 2018. With the survey period under way, response rates can be monitored through the Teaching Survey dashboard. Visit the Office of Measurement and Evaluation of Teaching’s (OMET) page for more information.
The Office of the Provost, in conjunction with the University Center for Teaching and Learning, awarded six faculty with the Provost’s Award for Diversity in the Curriculum Nov. 9, at the University Club.
Join Velpandi Ayyavoo, professor and associate dean for Research and Faculty Affairs in Pitt Public Health, for a candid discussion of the book Faculty Mentoring. Participants will receive a copy of the book in advance. This workshop is designed specifically with faculty in mind, and interested faculty may register online to attend.
For Law Professor David Harris, the Teaching Center’s Media Creation Lab presented a unique opportunity for him — an on-campus location to produce professional recordings of his podcast, “Criminal (In)Justice.”
Designing a course that respects the diversity of our students is of the utmost importance. If one thing is certain in an online classroom, it’s that each class will include students with many differences. Charline Rowland, diversity program coordinator, and Barbara Frey, senior instructional designer, outlined four guidelines that can assist you in developing and maintaining a respectful online classroom environment in an article published recently in the University Times.
Interested in working for the University Center for Teaching and Learning? Look over the available positions at the PittSource site.
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