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Podcasts
Avg. Episode Length: 10-15 minutes, released monthly
Host: Dr. Rose Muravchick, The Center for Teaching & Assessment of Learning
Content: Features special guests that discuss highlights from monthly Friday Roundtable
Avg. Episode Length: 30-60 minutes
Host: New Books Network
Content: Features hosts and authors discussing recently released books in education.
Avg. Episode Length: usually 30-40 minutes
Host: Teaching in Higher Ed
Content: Features a wide range of topics including digital pedagogy, students, work\life, and teaching. Each episode page features quotes from the episode and links to mentioned resources.
Commons News
Winter 2021 Course Launch Planner
If you're looking for a quick tool to help organize your planning for your Winter 2021 course, try this one! This planner organizes the steps you'll want to take, month by month, and will help you clearly identify which type of tasks still lay before you. Need more...
Looking forward: WIL 2021
Last year, almost 60 faculty from across UD spent a full day working in teams to draft or refine the educational goals for their programs. This year, the program returns (virtually) to offer the same structured, yet collaborative, design experience. The 2021 Winter...
Need a Break? The Pets of CTAL
The CTAL team includes a whole host of furry family members. Some of the pets below belong to CTAL's. newest team members: Jessica Fry, Jay Lunden, and Kaylyn Klingmeyer. And some belong to our director, Matthew Trevett-Smith. Can you guess whose family these pets...
Looking forward: Pivoting to online made easy
If you are planning for an in-person or hybrid course for Spring 2021, you will still want to consider how to easily move some or all of your course online should the situation arise. Here are a few quick tips that can help make that shift smoother: Use your Canvas...
Testing Center and Proctoring Updates
If your course uses proctored examinations at the end of this semester, or you are preparing for proctoring in the Winter session, here are two important updates: UD Online Testing Center Reopening in November. The UD Online Testing Center is preparing to reopen at...
Celebrate your students
It often happens: our students amaze us with the quality of their work. Did you have a student project that really blew your mind this semester? Consider nominating them for a special award. Here are a few that you might consider: If your students did a podcast: NPR...
ON Cultivating Student Engagement in Higher Ed
Check out the podcast series developed by Dr. Kathryn S. Berkow titled "ON Cultivating Student Engagement in Higher Ed" featuring University of Delaware faculty, staff, and students. Listeners can find the podcast at on.buzzsprout.com and listen on the web or in...
Faculty Commons Newsletter | October Edition
Below is the text-only version of the October 2020 Faculty Commons Newsletter. 10 MINUTE TUNE UP Things you can do in 10 minutes or less to improve your course. Try a community-building exercise to help students connect before midterms hit. Check out these great, easy...
