Call for Proposals: Innovation in Education Awards
The Provost’s Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence (ACIE) invites full- and part-time university faculty to submit project proposals that foster new instructional approaches or techniques that advance student learning. This year's call encourages faculty to explore experiential or active learning that supports equitable and inclusive learning environments or technology-enhanced learning. Applicants can contact us for consultation regarding the development and feasibility of their proposals prior to submission. Please email teaching@pitt.edu or call 412-624-3335 to make an appointment. All proposals must be submitted through the Innovation in Education Application by Feb. 18, 2022.

Returning This Year: Innovation in Education Awards
The Innovation in Education Awards will resume during the 2021-2022 academic year after a one-year pause. This award, sponsored by the Provost’s Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence (ACIE), recognizes faculty for projects that enhance teaching at Pitt and foster new instructional approaches that represent advances over existing methods. We will announce details in the official call for proposals next week.

Renewed: Online Learning Consortium Membership
All faculty and staff have access to these member benefits thanks to our renewed institutional membership to the Online Learning Consortium:

• Free webinars
• Member pricing on workshops, teaching certificate programs, mastery series programs, conferences and events
• Publications
• Awards

Office of the Provost Faculty Leadership Workshops
The Office of the Provost's faculty development workshop series on academic and faculty leadership continues this term with two new workshops:

• Nov. 9: For Your Consideration, Academic and Faculty Leadership
• Dec. 7: How to Navigate the Path from Professor to Provost, A Conversation with Provost Ann E. Cudd

Lessons From the Pandemic: Creating Accessible Learning Experiences
Since the rapid and massive shift to online learning in March 2020, online instruction has frequently (and sometimes unfairly) been criticized as a less effective method of teaching and learning. There is ample evidence that remote and online instruction has consistently benefited some students, including people working while attending school, parents and caregivers, and some disabled people. Learn more about some of the lessons learned from the pandemic in the Teaching Center's latest Teaching at Pitt column in the University Times.

New Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshops
Two new workshops have been scheduled that focus on specific aspects of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom:

• Nov. 4: Political Diversity in the Classroom
• Dec. 2: Dialogue for Difficult Subjects