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Apply Now for Spring Preparing to Teach Online

By on November 6, 2012 in eLearning, Faculty Development, Learning-Centered, Teaching Online

The Center for Teaching Excellence invites applications for the Spring 2013 Preparing to Teach Online course. This course is designed to provide the insight, knowledge and skills needed to teach effectively online. Explore and collaborate with faculty colleagues through this online course, scheduled January 25 to April 30. Orientation meeting will be held January 10. [...]

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CFP: 2012-2013 CTE Small Grants Program

By on September 18, 2012 in Faculty Development, Learning-Centered

The VCU Center for Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce the 2012-2013 Call for Proposals for the CTE Small Grants Program. The CTE Small Grants Program is designed to supply VCU faculty members (full- or part-time) with necessary resources (up to $5000) to support their own development as learning-centered teachers in alignment with the VCU strategic plan, Quest for Distinction.

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Accepting proposals for the 2011-2012 CTE Small Grants Program

By on October 10, 2011 in Faculty Development, Learning-Centered

The VCU Center for Teaching Excellence is now accepting proposals for the 2011-2012 CTE Small Grants Program; for more information, visit http://www.vcu.edu/cte/programs/small_grants.htm.

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CTE Brown Bag Lunch: Information Fluency – Unpacking the Concept for Application at VCU

By on August 29, 2011 in Learning-Centered

One of the competencies associated with the undergraduate curriculum at VCU is information fluency, acquired through coursework which helps students “navigate library-related services (on-line and on-site) as well as evaluate the legitimacy of sources of information“. In an area of discussion awash with (often competing) definitions, standards, professional guidelines, and assessment approaches, what it means [...]

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CTE White Paper on Online Teaching and Learning

By on May 18, 2009 in EdTech, eLearning, Learning-Centered

The delivery of courses online is nearly as old as the web itself, but as with any innovation, some faculty members have been early adopters while others have watched the development with both interest and skepticism. As publishing and managing content on the web has become easier, and as the delivery of online courses has [...]

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CTE Open Forum – Assessment in a Learning-Centered University

By on November 15, 2006 in Learning-Centered, Podcast

Much of traditional undergraduate classroom instruction at the university level focuses on content coverage, with assessments linked to comprehension of the information presented. While this may be a necessary component of learning, it does not always take into consideration the knowledge learners bring to the classroom. What does assessment look like in a learning-centered classroom? [...]

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CTE Open Forum – What is a learning-centered research university?

By on November 13, 2006 in Learning-Centered, Podcast

This podcast is the first episode in a series of open forums focusing on VCU’s vision for becoming a learning-centered university. This recording from October 20, 2006 features Dr. Joe Marolla, Vice Provost of Instruction at VCU discussing the question “What is a learning-centered research university?” A reading distributed to participants at the open forum, [...]

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