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Faculty, Academic Leaders Focus on Quality of Online Courses

August 25, 2020

The Center for Teaching Excellence and Learning Design & Technology in the College of Arts & Sciences have invested considerable time and resources this summer to ensure the highest-quality learning experiences possible under the circumstances.

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Learning Technology

UVA Learning Tech Website Now Live

August 20, 2020

Learning Tech is officially live. This site is your connection to learning technologies available across UVA that support your teaching and students’ learning.

Learning Technology

UVA to Launch Learning Technology Hub

August 10, 2020

UVA is launching a new website dedicated to showcasing learning technologies that support your teaching and students’ learning. Learning Tech connects pedagogy with technology, presenting a dynamic catalog of available tools with a special focus on their potential value for teaching and learning.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

SoTL Scholar Ann Reimers Receives Best Paper Award for SoTL Research

July 13, 2020

Reimers received the Best Paper Award from the American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Mechanics Division. Her paper, titled, “Modification of a Physics Rotational Kinematics Concept Inventory for use with Engineering Dynamics Students,” was the result of research she conducted as a participant in the SoTL Scholars program.

Pedagogical Frameworks

Black Lives Matter

June 9, 2020

The Center for Teaching Excellence faculty and staff mourn the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and too many others, and support the protests against police brutality and racism that have occurred in Charlottesville and nationwide. 

There’s Something That Makes These Graduate Instructors Special

May 21, 2020

At the Center for Teaching Excellence, psychology graduate student Victoria Mauer taught other graduate instructors “inclusive and contemplative pedagogical practices” to help engage their undergraduates in discussions on challenging topics.

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