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Free Alternatives to Textbooks: Open Educational Resources
CITAL Guest Blogger: Jon Bull, Assistant Professor of Library Services and Scholarly Communication Services Librarian The next academic year is already approaching with many of us submitting textbook orders and developing curricula we will need for the upcoming semester. However,...
Preventing Faculty Burnout
Have you been reading or hearing about burnout lately? It may be because of this BuzzFeed article on “How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation,” which went viral earlier this month: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work This piece touched a nerve with millennials, many of...
Faculty Development Opportunities for You this Fall
by Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development Faculty groups are now forming on campus that could help you achieve your teaching or writing goals in a collegial, supportive atmosphere. Which one is for you? That depends on your goals for...
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...