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CELTT staff are available to consult with individual faculty on a range of topics, including:
- Course planning and design
- Instructional strategies
- Development of learning goals
- Syllabus construction
- Classroom management and facilitation
- Teaching with technology
- Preparation of teaching philosophy statements
- Feedback on teaching, including guided self-reflection and teaching observation
Upon request, CELTT will offer feedback on a faculty member's teaching through a classroom visit or review of a classroom recording. Feedback sessions are formative and done solely for the faculty member's own benefit. Results will not be shared with the faculty member's department or program.
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Each January and August, CELTT organizes a campus-wide new faculty orientation designed to provide new faculty with an opportunity to build community with each other and the larger UBalt community. This event is crucial for new faculty to receive key information and resources to help have a productive first semester teaching at UBalt.
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The call for Communities of Practice for Spring 2021 closes on 12/15/20. Members may sign up through the end of January.
In an effort to respond to ongoing faculty professional development needs, CELTT is pleased to announce a “Communities of Practice” model of faculty development. Communities of Practice (CoPs) are groups of individuals, in this case faculty, who have a shared passion and interact regularly to practice and improve (Wenger, 2015). At UBalt, CoPs provide spaces for critical discussion, learner-centered thinking, and social innovation among small, disciplinary and cross-disciplinary groups of faculty. Communities of Practice are intended to be organic in nature; CELTT and its partners provide CoPs with strategic guidance, accountability, and logistical support, while UBalt faculty members provide the overall direction.
The goals of Communities of Practice are to:
- Support faculty learning and reflection on topics related to teaching and learning excellence.
- Build community through discussions of our shared work as educators.
- Provide a supportive framework for faculty who seek to implement specific changes to their teaching.
Participation in a CoP will allow faculty to build knowledge networks, tackle practical problems, and develop a shared repertoire of resources.
Logistics of Communities of Practice:
- Meet 4-5 times
- Faculty learn from one another through open discussion
- Faculty engage with evidence-based research related to the CoP topic
- Faculty who facilitate Communities of Practice will earn $750 for successful completion of all CoP elements (4-5 meetings over the course of a term and 1 small individual or team deliverable, to be set in advance).
- Faculty who participate in Communities of Practice will earn $250 for successful completion of all CoP elements.
Any UBalt faculty or staff member with an interest in teaching and learning can create a Community of Practice. Just email bjenner@ubalt.edu with a “one-pager” containing the following information: proposed name and brief description of the CoP, tentative meeting dates (fall, spring, or summer), any materials or resources that you need to be successful, and the names of at least two other faculty who are interested in joining the CoP.
Faculty interested in participating in a CoP should email the CoP director listed below (or bjenner@ubalt.edu if no facilitator is listed):
Fall 2020Open Educational Resources, with Brandy Jenner & Kristin ConlinWhat a Trip!: How to Use Escape Rooms, Virtual Travel and Murder Mysteries to Enhance Virtual Teaching, with Rachael ZelenyUsing VoiceThread, with Megan RheeSpring 2020Open Educational Resources, with Brandy Jenner & Kristin ConlinUsing VoiceThread, with Megan Rhee
Facilitating Education through Internships (TBD)Teaming with Microsoft Teams, with OTS & Brandy Jenner
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The call for Faculty Fellows for the 2020-2021 school year closes on 8/30/20.
As part of ongoing effort to support faculty of all ranks, types, and disciplines in their professional life, and to build upon research-based practices in faculty development, CELTT is home to a Faculty Fellows program. CELTT Faculty Fellows are a powerful way for individual faculty members to contribute to UBalt through connecting with Teaching and Learning and Online Learning.
The goals of Faculty Fellows are:
- Support professional development for all faculty (new, adjunct, tenure-track, and tenured).
- Serve as faculty lead on an area of need within CELTT or UBalt.
- Advocate for CELTT and professional development in academic units.
- Produce a deliverable of value to the institution.
Logistics of Being a CELTT Fellow:
- Fellowships may be awarded for 1 term, 1 year, or multiple years
- One-term Fellows will be awarded a $1000 honorarium upon completion of the agreed-upon deliverable.
- Year-long Fellows will be awarded a $2000 honorarium upon completion of the agreed-upon deliverable (some course release support is available in conjunction with the home department).
- Fellows must share the results of their fellowship experience with the UBalt community.
In the 2020-2021 school year, CELTT calls for the following types of fellowships activities:
- Develop and facilitate workshop series or comparable experience for UBalt faculty.
- Create, pilot, and assess a High Impact Practice learning opportunity to be implemented in a multi-section course.
- Commence a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research project of institutional value.
- Undertake a major curriculum or assessment effort that supports institutional accreditation.
Any UBalt faculty member can become a CELTT Fellow. Just email CELTT@ubalt.edu with a 1-2 page mini-proposal containing the following information: brief narrative description of the proposed fellowship project (including its value to the UBalt community), proposed timeline of the fellowship, project justification, proposed deliverable at the conclusion of the fellowship, any materials or resources that you need to be successful, and a letter of support from the dean of your school.
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Each May, the University System of Maryland Council for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning joins the Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation in planning faculty recognition activities as part of Thank a Teacher Week. One of the most important parts of Thank a Teacher Week is students sending kudos to faculty members who have made a real difference in their lives over the previous academic year.
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The purpose of the CELTT Excellence in Teaching Award is to recognize the superb teaching that goes on at UB. UB is a place where leaders grow, advance, thrive, and learn to apply their skills to both local and global challenges; and faculty are central to this mission. Recipients of the CELTT Excellence in Teaching Award will have demonstrated a notable record of success in educating undergraduate and/or graduate students in any field at UB. Our award winners for AY 2021 are: Prof. Jan Williams from the Merrick School of Business, Prof. Katharine Shaffer from Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, and Prof. Jennica Larrison from the College of Public Affairs. These faculty members are being recognized for their superb teaching and their commitment to inspiring and mentoring students, utilizing best practices in teaching and learning, pioneering new teaching methods, providing support to colleagues, and taking on a leadership role in creating or assessing curriculum, and developing outstanding curriculum, learning materials and teaching strategies.
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Interested in data about student learning gathered from Sakai, PeopleSoft and other sources? We are your go-to source. We:
- identify, collect and organize data
- collaborate with people with diverse skill sets
- determine next steps to use the collected data
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CELTT works closely with the Office of Technology Services, engaging in policy, sharing best practices, and developing critical thought on instructional technologies and e-learning in its many forms, including:
- online education
- mobile learning
- multimedia education
- Panopto
OTS manages and supports Panopto. Please direct Panopto related questions and requests to av@ubalt.edu. Visit the OTS support page for more information. Additional tutorials are linked below.
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CELTT is pleased to offer mini-grants to faculty for research and conference presentations. For AY 2020-2021 only: Consistent with the University's response to the to the COVID-19 public health emergency, we are only accepting applications for materials, conference registration, and other research expenses that do not include travel. Funding is also potentially available at the school/department level. See Internal Grant Opportunities or contact your associate dean for more information.
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To learn more about assessment resources at UBalt, visit Assessment of Student Learning.