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The Center for Teaching Excellence invites applications for our Fall 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 other VCU faculty through this online course. For detailed information and to apply for the Preparing to Teach Online [...]

Visit the VCU Office of the Provost, Faculty Vacancies page under “Academic Units” > “Instruction and Student Success” (direct link: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/facjobs/facjobNew.asp?Item=5021) to view the official posting for this open position. Faculty Vacancy Details Academic/Administrative Unit: Instruction and Student Success Department: Center for Teaching Excellence Date Posted: 4/2/2013 Rank: Instructor Hire Date: 7/10/2013 Title: Instructional Consultant [...]

Over the past year, the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has emerged as a significantly different course model. But how robust is the MOOC as a vehicle for learning? On April 3 and 4, you are invited to join members of the VCU community in a series of live web-based presentations and participant discussions along the [...]

 The VCU Center for Teaching Excellence announces a call for proposals for its 2013 iPad Pilot Project. This pilot provides faculty with the opportunity to explore the use of tablet technology with students in a course setting. For more information, http://www.vcu.edu/cte/programs/instructional_technology/I3/iPadPilot.html. or contact Stan Anamuah-Mensah at sanamuahmens@vcu.edu.

The Center for Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce the recipients of funding from the CTE Small Grants Program for the 2012-2013 award cycle: Dave Dixon (School of Pharmacy; with Evan Sisson), Use of recorded clinic visits to improve preceptor assessment of student-patient encounters; Hilary Hughes (School of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning; with [...]

What’s your story? What are important stories in your discipline? How might a story introduce students to important developments, situate content in the context of history or a larger picture? What questions might be generated by a grounding story at the beginning of class? Faculty in the CTE Digital Storytelling Program will explore these and [...]

Following a university-wide review of classroom response technology (a.k.a. “clickers”) in the Spring of 2012, VCU made the decision to adopt Turning Technologies as the centrally supported clicker solution beginning in the Fall 2012 semester. This web page is intended to provide faculty with information and resources to assist with the adoption of this new [...]

VCU’s Blackboard system will be upgraded to version 9.1 on May 17, 2012. Most features in release 9.1 will feel familiar, but there are a few changes to the editor and a some enhancements you might want to explore. The Center for Teaching Excellence has presented a few Blackboard 9.1 Overview sessions on both the [...]