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Michael McCurdyWith a Master’s degree in Education Media Design & Technology, 20 years of teaching experience and extensive instructional design/instructional technology experience he comes to share his passion of how to support student success in various learning environments and modalities by using existing and emerging technologies paired with rich pedagogy. | | Dr. Larissa Pires With a PhD in History of Science and Technology, experience teaching undergraduate and graduate students, and having worked towards community growth in an interdepartmental setting, Dr. Pires looks forward to enhancing our strengths in faculty development. |
Michael McCurdy
With a Master’s degree in Education Media Design & Technology, 20 years of teaching experience and extensive instructional design/instructional technology experience he comes to share his passion of how to support student success in various learning environments and modalities by using existing and emerging technologies paired with rich pedagogy.
Dr. Larissa Pires
SoTL Commons Conference: February 23-25, 2022
SoTL Faculty Learning Community
Interested in exploring the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)? Join a SoTL Faculty Learning Community!
Indicate your interest by February 1, 2022. Those that submit an interest form will receive a doodle poll to find a common time.
2022 Regents' Scholarship of Teaching Learning (SoTL) Award
Dr DiGregorio was also the 2021 CTE SoTL Scholar and currently serves as a Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Governor's Teaching Fellowship
The Governor's Teaching Fellows Program was established by Zell Miller, Governor of Georgia, 1991-1999, to provide Georgia's higher education faculty with expanded opportunities for developing important teaching skills. The program is offered through the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia. Governor's Teaching Fellows may participate in either an academic-year symposia or an intensive summer symposium.
Deadline for Academic Year 2022-2023 is February 9, 2022 by 5 PM.
For more information and to submit an application, visit our Governor's Teaching Fellows page.
Online Teaching
The university Distance Education Policy requires that faculty be trained and certified before teaching online courses. To meet the certification requirement, the Faculty Center has developed 2 training programs. Information about the programs and registration information can be found at the links below.
Teaching Online Courses (TOC) Program: Earn CTE certification for the design and delivery of online courses at Georgia Southern with our facilitated online workshop and design practicum. Topics include instructional design theory, engaging online students, Quality Matters course design standards, meeting Web accessibility guidelines, and more!
Improving Your Online Course (IYOC): Official Quality Matters online workshop. Participants use the QM Rubric of 42 course design standards to improve the quality of their online course.
Get Your Gradebook Up to Speed
CTE Guide to Teaching: Gradebook & Grading
- Gradebook Wizard
- Creating Categories/Grade Items Using Weight
- Creating Categories/Grade Items Using Points
- Disassociating and Deleting a Grade Item
- Creating Bonus Points
- Release Final Grades Automatically or Manually
- Associating a Grade Item with an Activity
Friday, January 21 @ 1:30 PM
Navigating Folio for Your Students
Americans & the Holocaust
Henderson Library will host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. The touring library exhibition — based on the special exhibition of the same name at the Museum — will be on display from February 1 to March 11, 2022. Virtual and docent-led tours will be available to classes and groups throughout the exhibition period.
If you have questions about the exhibition or ways to incorporate the programs into your course, please feel free to contact the project lead, Autumn Johnson, at autumnjohnson@georgiasouthern.edu
Affordable Learning Georgia Grant & Open Education Resources (OER) Heroes
- Shainaz Landge
- Hongjie Wang
- Christine Witlock
- Tanesha Osborne
- Beulah Narendrapurapu
- Jason Slone
- Addie Martindale
- Debanjana Ghosh
- Priya Goeser
The next Request for Proposals: Affordable Materials Grants Round 21 is due by Monday, February 14th, 2022. Contact: Nikki Cannon-Rech for questions and assistance (dcannonrech@georgiasouthern.edu).
Evidence-Based Teaching
Build and Maintain Student-Instructor Rapport in Face-to-Face Classes
Build and Maintain Student-Instructor Rapport in Online Classes
Friday, January 28 @ 2 PM
Teaching with Technology Workshops
Get Rubric Ready!
Tuesday, January 18 @ 1 PM
Tuesday, February 8 @ 2 PM
Teaching Effectively with Discussions
Thursday, January 20 @ 11 AM
Build a Learning Module
Friday, January 21 @ 12:15 PM
Tuesday, February 22 @ 2 PM
Gradebook
Friday, January 21 @ 1:30 PM
Monday, February 7 @ 1 PM
Customize a Learning Path
Tuesday, January 25 @ 10 AM
YuJa - My Media
Thursday, January 27 @ 3 PM
Tuesday, February 15 @ 12:15 PM
Engage with Nearpod
Friday, January 28 @ 11 AM
Perusall 101: An Intro to Perusall
Thursday, February 10 @ 10
Quality Quizzes in Folio
Wednesday, February 16 @ 12 PM
Folio Template Workshop
Thursday, February 17 @ 3 PM
MyHelp Ticket System
Our goal is to meet the professional development needs of faculty in a timely manner. To assist us with this goal, we have adopted the MyHelp ticket system!
NEW: Faculty Center Library of Resources
The Faculty Center has always maintained well-stocked book resources in each campus office. Thanks to the online catalogue service LibraryThing, we are able to let you browse our books on a massive variety of topics before requesting a book.
To reserve a book, please submit a helpdesk ticket for the Center for Teaching Excellence after exploring our catalog. All guidelines and book request information can be found on our website.
FEATURING: Opportunities with the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity
Georgia Southern University has an institutional membership for the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD). Our membership is designed to operate as a year-long virtual mentorship program. You can register for any webinar and participate live at the scheduled time, or all webinars are available on demand. Resources are available with monthly themes:
CTE Facebook
Get the most up-to-date information on CTE events and announcements. Help us celebrate teaching successes with your colleagues, and post your favorite CTE moments.
Website
academics.georgiasouthern.edu/cte
Get FC Help
(select Center for Teaching Excellence Request)
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