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Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash The second CTL workshop I attended this semester was in more of an asynchronous, classroom format, where we had a week to go through the material on Canvas. This workshop was titled Using Feedback to Improve Teaching & Learning and was facilitated by Fred Baker, Tracy Rock, and [...]
Photo by Compare Fibre on Unsplash I attended the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) workshop titled Humanizing Your Online Course: Strategies to Promote Learner Interaction in Online Courses on April 19th, 2021. The description for this workshop is below: "In online courses, creating a human connection is important to deal with the emotional distraction [...]
Photo by Josh Calabrese on Unsplash I attended the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) workshop titled Cognitive Empathy in the Classroom on October 14th, 2020. The description for this workshop is below: "Adversity outside the classroom has always seeped into the classroom via multiple pathways. However, in today's environment, it is impossible to ignore [...]
Photo by Mark Rabe on Unsplash I attended the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) workshop titled Active Learning Webinar: How Virtual Whiteboards Level the Playing Field for All Learners on September 23rd, 2020. The description for this workshop is below: "This webinar is facilitated by Dr. Bobby Hobgood, Director of the Language Resource Center [...]
Photo by Elijah O'Donnell from Pexels Here, I will report on what I've learned about giving students alternative assignments during the plague apocalypse. This has definitely been a challenging time for everyone, as we all try to adjust to the changes and worries that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought. UNC Charlotte quickly adapted, with courses [...]
I attended the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) workshop titled Difference in the Classroom on October 28th, 2019. The description for this workshop is below: "This workshop is facilitated by Kim Turner, Director of The Multicultural Resource Center at UNC Charlotte. The real-life implications of implicit biases can create invisible barriers to opportunity and [...]
Aileen Benedict 