During the pandemic, many instructors offered students flexibility and kindness that in the past may have been viewed as lenient or even indulgent: instructors relaxed late penalties, revised syllabi to be less punitive and more positive, and worked to recognize … Read more
Gradescope is UNC’s new tool to administer and grade online or digitized paper-based homework, quizzes, and exams with open-ended or multiple-choice questions. This session explores how faculty use Gradescope to effectively administer exams, grade, and deliver feedback to students in … Read more
There are numerous ways to quickly incorporate in-class writing activities to engage students, help move their ideas forward, improve writing and editing capacities, and develop critical thinking skills. Dr. Abels will demonstrate several in-class writing activities that you can quickly … Read more
Gradescope is UNC’s new tool to administer and grade online or digitized paper-based homework, quizzes, and exams with open-ended or multiple-choice questions. This session explores how faculty use Gradescope to effectively administer exams, grade, and deliver feedback to students in … Read more
The Center for Faculty Excellence and the Program for Public Discourse are excited to present a new workshop series aimed at engaging with “Wicked Issues” in the classroom. Wicked issues, or wicked problems, are characterized by their complexity, their lack … Read more
The Equity in Teaching Institute (EqTI) takes place virtually or in person over two days. During the two days of our institute, we will reflect on who our students are, how our courses can equitably meet our students’ needs, and … Read more
The Equity in Teaching Institute (EqTI) takes place virtually or in person over two days. During the two days of our institute, we will reflect on who our students are, how our courses can equitably meet our students’ needs, and … Read more
Join us on November 3 for session 2 of the 3-part workshop series "From Wicked People to Wicked Issues," a collaboration between the CFE and the Program for Public Discourse. We will model one facilitation technique for grappling with wicked … Read more
This workshop introduces participants to a recent publication from Life Sciences Education and offers practical strategies for shifting away from a content-coverage model of course design in favor of devoting more class time to active learning. Participants will be able … Read more
Registration is open for CFE’s Course Design Institute to be held via Zoom on December 12 and 14 at 12:30-4:30 PM, and December 16 at 9:00AM - 12:00PM Join other colleagues to learn about backward design and to develop your course … Read more
