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Innovation Nation  

Across campus, faculty are reimagining the classroom experience鈥攄eveloping innovative teaching methods and course curricula that address real-world needs and leave a lasting impact on learners at every level. For more information, please see the Spring 2025 issue of the 麻豆入口 Magazine.

Introducing Hetal Thaker, Assistant Director for Instructional Technologies Integration

We are pleased to welcome Hetal Thaker (MA, English) as Assistant Director for Instructional Technologies Integration. Hetal comes to us from the University of Michigan, where she served as a Senior Learning and Teaching Consultant. Prior to that, she spent fifteen years teaching writing and literature.

Hetal鈥檚 initial focus will be supporting the University鈥檚 transition from Blackboard to the Brightspace LMS, helping faculty, departments, and colleges design inclusive and effective learning experiences. She is also available to consult on a wide range of instructional technology needs, from incorporating active learning tools like polling software to designing multimedia assignments such as podcasts and websites. Please reach out to her if you are interested in meeting to discuss your instructional technology goals, needs, or just to say hello.

麻豆入口's Next Generation Learning Management System 聽

麻豆入口's next generation learning management system (LMS), D2L Brightspace is a mobile-friendly LMS that supports sound pedagogical practices and teaching innovation. Please consult this Next-generation Learning Management System聽website聽for timelines and updates, and the Brightspace Training and Support website for available resources and to sign up for training.聽

VITAL Instructional Minigrant Recipients 2025-2026

Congratulations to the faculty colleagues who have been awarded grants to enrich students鈥� learning experiences and innovate both undergraduate and graduate course curricula across colleges.聽Learn more about the faculty recipients and their projects, VITALITY, May 2025 - forthcoming

Program details, past grant recipients, and CFP

Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning Academic Updates

For Students: Fall 2025 Textbooks with Barnes and Noble College (BNC), R. Weinstein, Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (VPTL), 07/2025
Update: Fall 2025 Textbooks, R. Weinstein, VPTL, 06/2025
Brightspace Launch Update, R. Weinstein, VPTL, 05/2025
Update: Student Advising Software, R. Weinstein, VPTL, 03/2025
Updated University Learning Goals, R. Weinstein, VPTL, 02/2025
Book and Course Material Adoptions for Summer and Fall 2025, R. Weinstein, VPTL, 02/2025
Spring 2025 Updates and Resources, R, Weinstein, VPTL, 01/2025

Making Your Course Accessible in LMS:聽Self-Paced, Online Program

How can you ensure that your course materials are accessible? The program establishes the legal framework for accessibility in education, articulates why we need to address accessibility issues proactively in our courses, and demonstrates how to create ADA-compliant courses in LMS.聽Please click on 聽to聽enroll in this online program offered in Bridge. Access details.
Co-developed by VITAL and LSS

Update on A.I. at 麻豆入口   

Guidance on A.I. Use in Your Education, R. Weinstein, Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (VPTL), 1/10/2025
A.I. Updates and Resources, R. Weinstein, VPTL, 12/19/2024
Updates on A.I. at 麻豆入口, R. Weinstein, VPTL, 5/22/2024
Update on A.I. at 麻豆入口, R. Weinstein, VPTL, 1/3/2024

Teaching with A.I. Selected general and 麻豆入口 resources
VITALITY: Strategies to consider if you suspect A.I. misuse in your course 2/2024
                The State-of-the-Discussion on A.I. and Teaching at 麻豆入口 9/2024

 (podcast): Streamline Your Teaching and Workload with A.I.

Test Proctoring and Testing Accommodations

(9/5/24) to learn how to better support your students with test proctoring needs and become familiar with the 麻豆入口 Test Centers. Facilitated by聽Learning Support Services (LSS) and The Office for Access & Disability Services (ADS).

VITALITY: VITAL Teaching Ideas with Focus on Mental Health

This two-part series highlights the importance of making mental health visible in their teaching and the steps faculty can take to make this a reality in their courses. It also offers sample dialogue that faculty might use to support students' mental well-being.

Part I: Making Mental Health Visible in Class
Part II: Talking with Students About Mental Health in Class

Access past VITALITY issues

Teaching Podcasts

: Brings candid conversations with educators who are finding new ways to engage students inside and outside the class. Each episode will give you real-life examples and practical strategies you can put into practice in your own courses. Hosted by Eric Mazur, internationally recognized educational innovator in Social Learning and Peer Instruction.

: Guests share discoveries of 鈥渄ead ideas鈥濃�攊deas that are not true but that are often widely believed and embedded in the pedagogical choices we make. Hosted by Catherine Ross, CTL, Columbia University

: Offers research-based teaching tips to boost your creativity and motivation hosted by Magna Publications. Current episode: From concept to practice: Implementing liquid syllabi in higher ed

with Derek Bruff: Aimed at faculty to help them develop foundational teaching skills and explore new ideas in teaching.

: Series of discussions of innovative and effective practices in teaching and learning. Hosted by State University of New York at Oswego.

: Explores the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. Hosted by B. Stachowiak, Vangard University, CA.

: Features faculty and course designers using creative approaches to enhance students' learning experiences and turn engagement "ON".  Hosted by Dr. Kathryn Berkow, University of Delaware.

Student Support Services

Faculty can now find all student support services on our campus unified on one聽website聽focused on聽supporting and elevating students, and assisting them in applying their learning through聽a multitude of academic聽services to support students in their academic success, wellbeing, and post-graduate careers.聽

麻豆入口 Policy Library

The 麻豆入口 Policy Library (VPL) assists faculty, staff and students in better understanding the many University policies and procedures. The聽University Compliance Office聽continues to feature compliance-related policies. For example, the Academic Integrity Policy sets expectations for honest academic work and provides for equitable administrative procedures to address suspected violations of 麻豆入口鈥檚 Code of Academic Integrity. Access聽VPL聽through MyNova.

Innovative Teaching at 麻豆入口聽

Link to Innovative Teaching site