Getting students to read; Peer education: Teaching & Learning at USI

View this email in your browser | January 24, 2022

Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL)
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This is your weekly curation of ideas, events, and resources to support your teaching and learning efforts.

Quick Reads: Getting students to read; Peer education
Open Class Celebration: Faculty Visiting Faculty: February 7-18
Celebration of Teaching & Learning Symposium: February 10
Resources for Teaching
Calendar of events

Quick Reads

Getting Students to Read (Duquesne Univ; 5 min read)
Three Ways to Promote Student Ownership of Reading Assignments (Huang, 2019; 3 min read)
Teach One, Save One: The Unlimited Power of Peer Education (Boyd et al., 2022; 6 min read)
Peer Instruction for Active Learning (Univ of Michigan; 3 min read)

Browse past CETL weekly updates, including:

Teaching Strategies: Minute Paper | "Wise" Feedback | First Day and Syllabus Tips | Clear Instructions | High Impact Practices | Art of Answering Questions | Trauma-informed teaching | Post-Class Reflection Notes; Routines | Student Engagement in Synchronous Online
Students: Prior Knowledge | Motivating Students | Cognitive Empathy | Culture of caring | Tips for Students | Reducing Cheating | Cognitive Wrappers | Study Skills | Why Students Can't Focus
Assignments/Assessments: Grading Tips | Authentic Assessments | Grading Criteria and Rubrics | Rethinking Assessments | Assessment Ideas
For You: 21 Beautiful Truths | Finding our Mentors | Going Back to Go Forward | Modes of Thinking | Two-minute Rule | A Plan to Save Time | Thinking and Decluttering | Responding to Microaggressions

Open Class Celebration: Faculty Visiting Faculty

Open Class Celebration: Faculty Visiting Faculty (OCC) provides faculty members with opportunities to open their classes and to visit these classes and see colleagues in action during February 7-9, 11, and 14-18.
The purpose is to promote collaboration, learn from each other, share effective ways of teaching and engaging students, discuss challenges, and share experiences. The program is part of CETL’s focus on “Making Teaching & Learning Visible."
Sign-ups to visit classes open on February 1. Learn how OCC works and how to participate.

Celebration of Teaching & Learning Symposium

Thursday, February 10 at 9:15 am-2:30 pm via Zoom | Register

You are invited to participate in the 6th annual Celebration of Teaching & Learning Symposium. The keynote session "Responding to Exhaustion: A Mental Bandwidth Approach to Increasing Learning and Success" will be presented by Dr. Tina D. Bhargava (Kent State University).
View the program to see the terrific set of presentations and discussion sessions.

Teaching Resources

Syllabus Template and Syllabus Statements (updated January 2022)
Faculty Planning Calendar and Chairs Planning Calendar for 2021-2022
Guidance for Faculty for 2021-22 from the Provost's Office
Materials from the recent CETL teaching and learning workshops to help you prepare your courses and improve your time management.
Online Learning's website with resources to support your online instruction and technology tips to share with your students.
Tech Takeaways brief videos with tips on using instructional tools from Online Learning, Rice Library, and Disability Resources