A Resource for Academic Departments and Centers for Teaching and Learning Drawing on combined decades of practical experiences across six research universities in the United States and Canada, this concise resource describes a variety of ways that centers for teaching and learning (or CTLs) and academic departments can partner around long-run assessment initiatives. From the perspectives of both CTL and departmental leadership, we identify the unique goals, expertise, and roles that together … [Read more...]
Features of a Robust Departmental Teaching Culture
by Mary Taylor Huber and Pat Hutchings One of the Bay View Alliance’s main goals is to explore strategies that leaders can use to make evidence-based teaching practices the “new normal” in higher education. Yet, as we point out in two new reports (Huber and Hutchings, 2021a; Huber and Hutchings, 2021b), getting to this new norm involves two kinds of shift.1 One is to arrive at a point where faculty are teaching better. The other is to build a departmental culture that supports ongoing … [Read more...]
Michael Dennin Speaks at IU’s Learning Analytics Summit: Identifying Faculty Strengths and Addressing the Transfer Function at the Institutional Level
By: Annabella Melvin Indiana University’s Center for Learning Analytics and Student Success (CLASS) recently hosted “Data-Informed Stories, Transformational Journeys: Indiana University’s 3rd Annual Learning Analytics Summit” on May 12-14, via Whova. According to George Rehrey, Director of CLASS, the purpose of the annual summit is to bring together faculty, staff, and administrators who share an interest in fostering student success through the use of big data and analytical … [Read more...]