Instructional Development | CITS

Dear Faculty,  We have almost reached the mid-semester point and in just 17 days we spring forward into daylight savings! Soon our campus will be filled with fresh flowering trees and the quad filled with students enjoying the warmer temperatures and longer afternoons...

Dear Faculty,  Now that we are several weeks into the semester, let us revisit James Lang’s article from the prior newsletter and dive deeper into curiosity. Curiosity is "a strong desire to know or learn something.” This wonderful summary describes our role in...

“What I started to notice was that the coaches who paid attention to these little things, and focused on small fundamentals, tended to do a lot better than the teams that didn’t.”  -James M. Lang Dear Faculty,  Welcome back to the spring semester!   We hope this...

"Providing information in both audio and visual formats can just make it easier for students to process and retain information."-Tolu Noah Dear Faculty,  We have almost made it to the end of the fall 2024 term! We recognize that over the next few weeks, you will be...

"I would rather have one day of authentic student engagement than a career of handing out worksheets."—Sean Junkins Dear Faculty,  With the fall semester (and the holiday season) quickly approaching, we hope the semester is running smoothly for you and our students....

"How do we make higher education more accessible to learners by rethinking the structures of our programs?"—Robin DeRosa  Dear Faculty,  Designing creative assessments that inspire curiosity and critical thinking is a great way to reimagine teaching and learning and...