The January COURSE DESIGN INSTITUTE is now accepting applications!
Attention New Teaching Assistants!
Is this your first year as a teaching assistant UMaine? Excited but nervous about your role as a TA? Eager to learn more about life as a teaching assistant and meet other TAs on campus? We are now accepting applications for our Teaching Tips & Techniques (TTT) for Graduate Teaching Assistants for the 2024 spring semester!
Read moreFall 2023 Reading Group: Improving learning and mental health in the college classroom.
Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom demonstrates how small improvements in teaching can have great impacts in the lives of students with mental health challenges, while simultaneously boosting learning for all students. Learn more and register here.
Read moreApplications for Fall 2023 Graduate Teaching Academy Open July 1st
Interested in developing your teaching strategies with a supportive community of peers? Apply to the Fall 2023 Graduate Teaching Academy (link opens in a new tab)! Applications open on July 1st. The application review process will begin on August 1st, but the application will remain open until spots are filled.
Read moreCITL and New Media Discuss Generative AI in Education
Conversations around generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) are occurring across higher education and across our campuses. CITL, New Media, and others have worked to bring together a series of discussions on the impact and opportunities of AI. The Â鶹´«Ã½ has launched Learning With AI, an initiative to help faculty and students adapt to an […]
Read moreCITL Supports GIS
CITL Instructional Designers can now work with faculty interested in utilizing geospatial information in their courses via ARC GIS Online. With support from IT and the Maine Geospatial Institute (opens in a new window), faculty and students can use this centrally funded, browser-based, collaborative GIS service, integrated with their UMaine single-sign on account. Students and faculty will […]
Read moreGraduates! The Graduate Teaching Academy is now accepting applications for the waitlist.
Applications are still being accepted, but there is presently a waitlist for the spring 22 cohort. We still encourage you to apply if you are interested. This program is open to ALL graduate students interested in preparing for careers that involve teaching, inside and outside of academia. The GTA is a place for learning more […]
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Guest Speaker Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler on Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities in Higher Education
CITL and Student Accessibility Services welcome Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler of the University of Washington to speak about inclusive learning. Learn from Dr. Burgstahler how learning activities and support services can be designed in such a way that they are accessible to and inclusive of students with disabilities along with other marginalized groups. Dr. Burgstahler will […]
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Upcoming event – Helping students understand the feedback process
Providing effective feedback to students has been shown to improve learning and motivate students more than grades. It is also a more inclusive and equitable strategy for learning. Yet often students fail to engage in the feedback process. We will discuss some basic characteristics of good feedback, and ways to deliver feedback, ending with a […]
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Upcoming event – Grackle add-ons and accessible course materials
GrackleDocs is a set of add-on tools available in Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets as part of the University’s Google Suite. It makes the creation and curation of digitally accessible documents easy to learn and adopt. This orientation will introduce you to this tool and demonstrate how you can use it to build your inclusive […]
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