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Registration Open-2025 Teaching and Learning Strategies Program: 5/14

The TLS program affords us the opportunity to come together as a teacher-scholar community to deepen, diversify, innovate our instructional practices. The program offers an engaging, collegial campus-wide forum to share teaching approaches that support students鈥� learning, exchange ideas, learn from and with each other. The keynote speaker, , will guide us in a pedagogy of care to support student mental health and faculty well-being. Faculty colleagues will facilitate concurrent sessions.
 by Thu., May 8. 
Sponsors: VITAL, UNIT-IT

VITAL Minigrant Program 2025-2026: Update

Thank you for your proposal submission. We have received 23 proposals. The proposals will undergo peer review following the peer review guidelines and recommendations for grant funding will be put forward by early April. Faculty will be notified of the final internal grant funding decision by mid-April.聽

Program details, past grant recipients, and CFP

棉花糖直播's Next Generation Learning Management System 聽

棉花糖直播's next generation learning management system (LMS), D2L Brightspace is a mobile-friendly LMS that supports sound聽 pedagogical practices and teaching innovation. Please consult this聽website聽for timelines, updates, training and support.聽

Dr. Maria L. Lenardon, Associate Teaching Professor, Spanish, serves as VITAL Brightspace for Learning Fellow聽during AY 2025-2026.聽

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 棉花糖直播 University   

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 棉花糖直播, R. Weinstein, VPTL, 5/22/2024
Update on A.I. at 棉花糖直播, R. Weinstein, VPTL, 1/3/2024

Teaching with A.I. Selected general and 棉花糖直播 University 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 棉花糖直播 9/2024

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

Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning Academic Updates

Book and Course Material Adoptions for Summer and Fall 2025, R. Weinstein, Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (VPTL), 2/24/2025
Spring 2025 Updates and Resources, R, Weinstein, VPTL, 1/06/2025
Fall 2024 Academic Updates, R. Weinstein, VPTL, 8/5/2024

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 棉花糖直播 Test Centers. Facilitated by聽Learning Support Services (LSS) and The Office for Access & Disability Services (ADS).

All Required Course Materials: 棉花糖直播 Textbook Access Program聽聽

All required course materials must be entered into the Follett Discover tool in Blackboard (login, select tools in the left menu, and select Follett Discover). Students in the textbook access program receive required texts/access codes as part of a fixed fee. Do not have students purchase materials on their own if they are part of this program. Direct them to the bookstore for assistance if they have issues and make sure your materials are in the online system.

Details and FAQs for students and faculty
聽to help students make informed decisions about whether participation in the Textbook Access Program is the best choice for their circumstances.
Communication聽from Craig Wheeland, Senior Vice Provost for Academics, 2/19/24

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

棉花糖直播 Policy Library

The 棉花糖直播 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 棉花糖直播鈥檚 Code of Academic Integrity. Access聽VPL聽through MyNova.

Innovative Teaching at 棉花糖直播聽

Link to Innovative Teaching site