Tag: Curriculum
January Teaching Tools Symposium
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL On Tuesday, January 14, 2026, CITAL held our annual Symposium on Teaching Tools. Faculty learned from their colleagues and CITAL staff about some of the best online teaching tools available to enhance...
Faculty Development Fellowship Opportunity
Do you have some pedagogical ideas that you would like to try out in your classroom? Would you like to work collegially with other faculty to learn more and to hone your ideas? Then consider applying for CITAL's Faculty Development...
Valpo’s Honor Code and AI
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL Faculty are increasingly encountering AI in the classroom, whether they want it there or not. Not surprising, then, that there is an increase in the number of Honor Council (HC) cases involving...
Exploratory Learning
Written by Raina Isaacs, Instructional Designer, CITAL Exploratory learning is an active and inclusive activity that is the reverse of traditional instruction. In traditional instruction, we teach students the underlying concepts and then ask them to solve problems. In exploratory...
Christ College’s First Year Program Transitions to Canvas
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL Sam Graber, Director of Christ College’s First-Year Program (FYP), oversaw the program’s move from Blackboard to Canvas this past fall. This article, based on an interview, describes that transition, and how Canvas...
January Teaching Tools Symposium
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, CITAL conducted a half-day Symposium on Teaching Tools. Faculty learned from their colleagues and CITAL staff about some of the best online teaching tools available to enhance...
The Power of Leadership in Learning
By Ed Finn, Executive Director, CITAL I was fortunate to attend the 26th Annual International Leadership Association (ILA) Global Conference in Chicago, November 7-10. The impact of leadership in higher education cannot be overstated. In this article, I will mention...
Two Responses to AI and An Innovative Approach to Teaching Ethics
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL In this blog I will share with you three more sessions from the recent Lilly Conference that could be helpful for your own teaching. The first two sessions have very different approaches...
Check-Ins to Foster Community and Building Your Students’ AI Toolbox
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL I recently attended the Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning in Traverse City, Michigan. In this blog I will share with you two sessions that could be helpful for your own...