LIFE NEWSLETTER WINTER 2022
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In this winter edition of the LIFE newsletter, we'd like to share some helpful resources and opportunities to ring in the new year. Inside, we share access to the recorded sessions from the online faculty showcase, a guide to online teaching, and more!
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Our guide, Preparing to Teach a Spring 2022 Course, includes tips and suggestions for what you can expect for the first two weeks of the semester, how to facilitate live virtual class sessions in Zoom, how to provide course materials to students, and how to support students during these remote teaching weeks.
Download guide
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In November, faculty from across the University of Miami and other local institutions engaged in discussions aimed to enrich student experiences through innovative pedagogies and learning technologies. All of the sessions are available on-demand.
View the recordings
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You’re invited to participate in the Platform for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (PETAL). Throughout six meetings, faculty peer groups will focus on a teaching topic, co-facilitated by an exemplar faculty and an instructional designer. Teaching topics include:
- Navigating Difficult Classroom Discussions
- Experiential Learning
- Social Identities
- Online Teaching and Learning
- And more!
Faculty who are interested in the Course Mentors program should apply by January 28, 2022.
Discover more and apply
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The One Book, One U program is designed to engage the entire university and promote discussions regarding diversity, race, ethnicity, equity, and inclusion. Mark your calendars for this year’s author event with Matthew Desmond. He will be discussing his book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City on February 15 at 7 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Applications are now open for the Faculty Learning Community (FLC) on Learning through Dialogue and Discussion in support of the University of Miami’s Quality Enhancement Plan. FLC Fellows attend seven meetings during the Fall 2022 semester to learn about educational uses of dialogue and discussion, redesign their courses to use these techniques, and practice facilitating and observing dialogue and discussion activities.
Apply today
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In every edition of our newsletter, we like to share a bit about we've been reading or listening to. Here's what inspired us last semester:
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Readings, B. (1999). The university in ruins. Harvard Univ. Press.
Tracing the roots of the modern American University in German philosophy and the work of British thinkers such as Newman and Arnold, Readings discusses the modern university and the longstanding debate over the role of education in the 20th century.
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Pittman, C. (2021, August 30). Mistakes universities make when trying to retain black faculty. In Teaching in color.
In this series of the podcast, Teaching in Color, Pittman discusses the common mistakes universities make when they are trying to retain Black faculty. And why it matters, especially now, and what universities can do to change it.
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Nilson, L. B., & Stanny, C. J. (2015). Specifications grading: restoring rigor, motivating students, and saving faculty time. Stylus Publishing.
In her latest book, Linda Nilson puts forward an innovative but practical and tested approach to grading that can demonstrably raise academic standards, motivate students, tie their achievement of learning outcomes to their course grades, save faculty time and stress, and more.
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This email was sent by Learning Innovation and Faculty Engagement, Academic Technologies. Contact the LIFE team at life@miami.edu, for one-on-one, small group consultations, and workshops on impactful pedagogies and educational technologies. View our programs and services here.
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