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Learning in Action Fellowship Applications Due 9/29

Posted on August 23, 2017, updated on August 23, 2017 by admin

Through a competitive application process, Learning in Action supports faculty and staff interested in designing and implementing best-practices experiential learning opportunities (ELOs) to support undergraduates’ problem-solving skills. Selected participants design, implement and assess an ELO over the course of an academic year; meet with national experiential learning experts; participate in a professional learning community and […]

Post Fall 2017 Syllabi to OSM

Posted on August 17, 2017, updated on September 11, 2017 by admin

Syllabi for all Fall 2017 courses should be posted to the OIRA system. If you are a new faculty member or have not yet posted your syllabi, it is important that you do so immediately. You can access the Online Syllabus Management (OSM) application from the ‘OIRA Resources’ channel on your Faculty tab in myBama […]

Clicker & Mobile Response Software Updates

Posted on August 16, 2017, updated on August 17, 2017 by admin

The Turning Technologies Company required our clicker-mobile polling software be updated beginning Summer I, Summer II, and full Summer classes. The FRC updated the clicker software this summer, and the following changes were made: IT staff will download the new TurningPoint 8 software onto classroom computers. Instructors need to download the new TurningPoint 8 software […]

#2017Scholars at The University of Alabama

Posted on May 10, 2017, updated on May 11, 2017 by admin

Next week, some amazing people from across the three University of Alabama campuses will gather for the 2017 UA System Scholars Institute, to be held May 15-16 at Bryant Conference Center. Through a series of events, the Institute aims to foster discussion and collaboration between institutions on topics related to teaching and learning. Although you are asked […]

Call for Proposals: A&S Summer Teaching Grants

Posted on April 4, 2017, updated on April 4, 2017 by admin

The College of Arts and Sciences is currently accepting proposals for teaching grants. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis to tenured, tenure-track, and NTRC faculty for projects beginning Summer 2017. Grants are limited to $2,000, and the College typically awards three. The College recently released its Strategic Diversity Plan, confirming its commitment to […]

Applications Open for Faculty Fellows in Service Learning Program

Posted on March 23, 2017, updated on April 4, 2017 by admin

The Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility invites you to apply for the 2017-2018 Faculty Fellows in Service-Learning program, a one-year fellowship designed to accelerate the work of ten faculty members who are eager to develop exemplary curricular approaches to education. Sponsored by CESR, Faculty Fellows create courses that promote active and ethical citizenship, social […]

Learning in Action Fellow Applications Due 3/1

Posted on February 8, 2017, updated on February 17, 2017 by admin

The Learning in Action Fellows Program supports faculty and staff interested in designing and implementing experiential learning opportunities (ELOs) to support undergraduate problem-solving skills. Selected participants design, implement, and assess an ELO over the course of an academic year; meet with national experiential learning experts, participate in a professional learning community and the UA Learning in Action […]

Crossroads Offers Diversity and Inclusion Workshops

Posted on January 17, 2017, updated on January 17, 2017 by admin

Faculty, instructors and graduate teaching assistants are invited to attend Spring 2017 teaching workshops on promoting diversity and inclusion in the classroom. At 37,000 students and counting, The University of Alabama may not be the biggest place students will ever live, but chances are it will be the most diverse. UA is home to students […]

2017 CIT Faculty Technology Showcase

Posted on October 20, 2016, updated on October 21, 2016 by admin

This year’s CIT Faculty Technology Showcase will be held on Friday, February 24, 2017 in A232 Gordon Palmer Hall. The call for nominations is now open. The goal of the CIT Faculty Technology Showcase is to provide an opportunity for our community to share with one another how technology is being used across campus. As […]

ADHC Visiting Speaker Bryan Carter Presents Digital Humanities Techniques For The Classroom

Posted on October 14, 2016, updated on January 10, 2017 by admin

by Emma Wilson, Digital Scholarship Librarian and Assistant Professor of English It is my pleasure to invite you to join us for the Alabama Digital Humanities Center’s visiting speaker events next week on Thursday, October 20 and Friday, October 21 in the University Libraries, when Bryan Carter, Associate Professor of Africana Studies at the University […]