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.
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.”
Faculty should prepare now for the Teaching Survey period, which runs from Nov. 19 through Dec. 9. Visit the OMET site to learn about customizing your surveys by adding questions. Or browse our Question Library for specific topics like online learning, diversity, small group activities, and creating your own custom questions. You can also read success stories from faculty who have increased their response rates.
In our latest TC60 video we spotlight Top Hat Classroom, a powerful student engagement application that offers a suite of tools for faculty to engage their classroom in different ways, adopt and author next generation interactive textbooks, and create assignments on the fly.
For the third straight year, the College Board has recognized the University of Pittsburgh Testing Center as a Top 100 National Test Center for CLEP exams (College-Level Examination Program). The UPTC is the only testing center in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to earn this distinction, having administered more than 300 CLEP exams this past year.
Interested in working for the University Center for Teaching and Learning? Look over the available positions at the PittSource site.
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Top Hat Classroom is a powerful student engagement application that offers a suite of tools for faculty to engage their classroom in different ways, adopt and author next generation interactive textbooks, and create assignments on the fly.
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