UCITE
June 24, 2014
Given the rapid growth in knowledge, it is inevitable that the amount of information that we expect students to learn in courses has also grown, unless instructors are very vigilant in limiting it. This tends to place a premium on quick reading of texts in order to get at the most salient…
June 19, 2014
James Zull remembers when a single chain separated Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology. The chain was a futile effort to create an illusion of separation. People often stepped right over it to visit someone at the other university, showing that, from the outset, the two…
June 17, 2014
There are many factors that go into teaching a successful course, but sometimes we put our greatest efforts into areas that may not provide the biggest payoff and neglect those aspects that may require less effort but give huge benefits to both you and your students. As the fall semester…
June 11, 2014
A class period is highly valuable time for scholarly discussion—yet very often it becomes an occasion for the mere transmission of information instead. This often occurs because faculty members feel that such deep discussions are not possible because students do not have the knowledge and…
May 30, 2014
Why do students fail in their college courses? There are many reasons of course. But given the selective nature of the admissions process at APP, they should not be failing because they are not prepared academically. The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and…
May 07, 2014
Educational Services for Students (ESS) and the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) will collaborate to deliver a summer University 400C Future Faculty Certificate Program, which is series of six sessions for graduate and professional students envisaging careers as…
March 25, 2014
APP is almost one year away from its re-accreditation process, during which courses’ and programs’ elaborated learning outcomes will play a major role. At the next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education session, director of outcomes assessment Susan…
March 04, 2014
At the next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) session, Bentley University’s Mark Frydenberg will advise faculty members on how to best use the “flipped classroom” model. The session will be held Thursday, March 6, from noon 1 p.m. in the Herrick Room, located on the…
February 20, 2014
The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) invites faculty members to nominate fellow faculty members for a 2014-2015 Glennan Fellowship. Glennan Fellows are perceived as role models for new faculty members at Case Western Reserve, and the program is designed to…
February 17, 2014
When it comes to learning new things, what students learn from their professors in lecture or discussion classes is of immense importance. But it has lasting impact only if students combine their classroom experience with deep reading of the relevant literature, either before or after…