Funding Opportunities from CTL
With the intercession period coming up, please take some time to browse this announcement to see what funding opportunities are available to support your professional development or provide additional resources for your classes. We also list the recent DL&I-CTL “Creativity and Spirit” awards that will recognize members of the BU community for their “above and beyond” […]
Graduate Student Teaching Fund
The Center for Teaching & Learning is delighted to announce the Graduate Student Teaching Fund to assist graduate student instructors with expenses associated with teaching their own course in Spring 2021. Please check here for more information about application details and the approved list of resources.
Adobe Catalyst Program: Teaching with Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud software provides a unified platform to edit professional video and audio, process digital images, create single and multi-page printed layouts, render 3D objects, and much more. The Center for Teaching & Learning’s Adobe Catalyst Program brings faculty together to help them become more comfortable using this powerful software tool in the classroom.
Game-based Learning & Gamification
Faculty Contributor: Amber Navarre (Senior Lecturer in Chinese, World Languages & Literatures) (2 minute read) Between playing a game with friends and attending a lecture in Zoom, what would your student choose? What if the lecture itself is a game they can play with friends? Researchers have found that playing games and creating a game-like environment […]
Building Faculty and Student Resilience
(2 minute read) Laughter; tears; virtual hugs; expressions of gratitude; sharing of great ideas – these were the “teaching therapy” moments shared by the people who attended the Building Faculty and Student Resilience Hub & Pub gathering facilitated by CTL-Hub Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellows (HTEFFs) on October 21. (The HTEFFS are: Kaytlin Eldred, SAR-Health Sciences; […]
Avoiding “Radio-Silence” in Remote Discussions
(4 minute read) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many instructors are now teaching their courses in a remote or hybrid modality. Many instructors are also reporting that they have found maintaining the same level of interaction as in physical classrooms and keeping students engaged in these new modalities presents its challenges. In general, it […]
Wikipedia in the Classroom: Getting Started
Thursday, October 29 from 2:00-3:30pm Presented by faculty and staff from BU Libraries, BU CAS Writing Program, College of Communication, School of Public Health, and Wiki Education. Wikipedia editing has proven to be useful in academic courses. It can serve as a form of service learning and can lead to new informal communities of interest on […]