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September 4, 2024

Last spring attendance in classes often slipped well below what it used to be, even for excellent teachers  Take advantage of this window early in the semester while most...

August 5, 2024

How will you engage your students What practices can you use to create a classroom culture that welcomes, engages, interests, and supports your students and their learning Join us...

May 24, 2024

Save the date: Engineering Teaching Day August 14th, 2024 Join colleagues this August for a day of conversations and workshops about teaching at the third annual engineering...

April 30, 2024

Final exams not only directly test students’ content knowledge and skills, they also motivate students to spend time and thought studying the course material and synthesizing...

April 25, 2024

We have just over one week left of classes this semester! This is a great time to take stock of what you want to accomplish in the course before it ends Consider these ideas to...

April 19, 2024

Grades serve many purposes in undergraduate courses For example, they motivate student participation and engagement, indicate to students their progress on understanding course...

March 20, 2024

In April the Faculty Senate will take up consideration of a proposal to create Teaching Professor titles Please join us for an MTEI lunch about this proposal on Thursday, March...

March 7, 2024

Join us on March 15th for a casual luncheon discussion where instructors come together to explore the ways we’ve integrated and used generative artificial intelligence in our...

February 28, 2024

Could playing a game improve learning in engineering There’s good reason to think it could We know that many new engineering graduates initially struggle to apply their...

February 22, 2024

CRISTEL course redesign grants have supported substantial overhauls of core courses throughout the college for a number of years Join us for lunch on February 29th, 12pm-1pm in...

February 22, 2024

Mid-semester course feedback gives students an opportunity to provide you with anonymous feedback As always, the goal is to get you actionable information, without taking your...

February 14, 2024

Reflection plays a vital role in student learning because it helps facilitate the connection between new and existing knowledge Research underscores the significance of developing...