Posted in: 2015
The Times of Life
By CITAL Guest blogger: Dorothy Bass, Director, Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith As we head into the busiest season of the year, we asked guest blogger Dorothy Bass to reflect with us about the...
Incorporating Experiential Learning into the Classroom
By CITAL Guest blogger: Amanda Zelechoski, Assistant Professor, Psychology Guest blogger Amanda Zelechoski participated in a VU faculty panel discussion at CITAL’s recent Symposium on the Science of Learning. Here she shares some of the ways that she creates a...
Chair Massage
By CITAL Guest blogger: Kelly Helm, Associate Professor, Kinesiology As the semester begins to wind down and the holiday season begins to ramp up, stress can become an overwhelming obstacle which can prevent us from getting grading done or enjoying...
Do Good Course Evaluations Mean You Are a Good Teacher?
BY: Allison M. Hunt, Assistant Director of Instructional Technology Why is teacher effectiveness so important? I think the obvious answer is that the measure, in part, determines one’s future in academe (i.e. promotion and tenure). Accreditors are also scrutinizing the...
Community-Based Learning at Valparaiso University: Achievements and Opportunities
CITAL Guest Blogger: Elizabeth Lynn, Director of the Institute for Leadership and Service If you read university press releases, you may have noticed that Valparaiso University consistently earns a spot on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. In...
Free Alternatives to Textbooks: Open Educational Resources
CITAL Guest Blogger: Jon Bull, Assistant Professor of Library Services and Scholarly Communication Services Librarian This academic year has still just begun, but many of us have already turned to next semester and beyond to develop curricula and to secure...
Preventing Faculty Burnout
Preventing Faculty Burnout CITAL Guest Blogger: Stewart Cooper, Director of Counseling Services and Professor of Psychology The concept of burnout was developed in early 1980s. The term attempts to capture an array of symptoms that are a serious health and...
Mid-term Student Feedback
by Jen Gregory, Director of Instructional Design If you’re like most people, when you eat a meal at a restaurant you appreciate the waiter or waitress coming by and checking on your soon after you’ve received your meal and probably...
What All Faculty Need to Know about Disability Support
Spotlight: What All Faculty Need to Know about Disability Support CITAL Monthly Faculty Workshop By Jen Gregory, Director of Instruction Design and Zebadiah Hall, Disability Support Coordinator NOTE: Each month one CITAL blog will summarize the CITAL Faculty Workshop of...
…with a little help from your friends
Classroom Observations by Jen Gregory and Cynthia Rutz Teaching can be an isolating activity. It is hard to know whether things you are trying in the classroom are working well or not. Would you like some friendly feedback on your...