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Presentations & Events, The MILL

Imagine a harmonious blend between the simplified scene of connected soundmaking and artistic creativity within a makerspace

MILL Makerspace March Challenge

Explore sound as a method in expressing educational journeys, research, personal growth, and discoveries. Whether it’s through the creation of new instruments, the innovation of sound into visual art, or the composition of songs and soundscapes, we encourage you to…

Pedagogy, Teaching Tips

Caption: A Possible Framework for Slow Teaching with Technological Enhancements from Shaw, P. A., & Russell, J. L. (2013). 19 Determining Our Own Tempos. To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/tia.17063888.0032.023

Slow Pedagogy

Slowing down the teaching and learning process can be a challenging endeavor amongst the business of modern academic life. Slow pedagogy is a teaching movement that offers a lens and practices for reducing the pace and pressure of education. Slow pedagogy suggests that taking one’s time can offer opportunities for deeper learning and connections.

Presentations & Events, The MILL

Watercolor Wednesdays

Discover the art of watercolor with Shayla Sackinger on Feb. 21, Mar. 6, Apr. 3, and May 1, 2024, join us from noon to 2 pm for one of our four watercolor classes

Best practices, Inclusive Practice, Teaching Tips

Envision a futuristic library space designed as a whirlwind of information, where the top of the whirlwind opens into a breathtaking galaxy. This library combines the essence of science fiction with vibrant energy, with a dynamic, spiraling structure where streams of digital data and holographic images swirl around, ascending into a galaxy above. The base of the whirlwind is bustling with people of diverse appearances engaging with the information vortex, using tablets, interacting with holographic projections, and reading books floating in the energy stream. The scene is charged with colorful energy pulses, and the architecture supports this fluid motion with transparent materials and curved lines that enhance the sensation of movement and the flow of knowledge into the cosmos. This setting represents a bridge between the knowledge of humanity and the infinite possibilities of the universe, where learning is an immersive, visually striking experience.

Faculty Perspectives: Open Educational Resources

Open Education Resources (OER) are freely accessible teaching and learning materials that are openly licensed, allowing faculty to legally and freely share, use, and modify educational content for their courses. At UAF, courses tagged as No or Low Cost (NoLo)…

Presentations & Events

WCET AI+Education Virtual Summit

February 22, 2024 • 8 am – 12 pm AKST The UAF Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is offering a limited number of registrations on a first-come basis. Participate the Summit virtually or at 145 Bunnell Building at CTL.…

Presentations & Events, The MILL

MILL Makerspace February Challenge

Map Your Teaching & Learning JourneyFebruary Challenge – MILL Makerspace This challenge is open to all students, faculty and staff, encouraging you to explore and express your educational experiences, growth and discoveries through the creative medium of mapping. We encourage…

Best practices, Teaching Tips

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Public Domain, Copyright, and Fair Use Practices for Effective Teaching

Anyone can use works that are in the public domain, and you as an educator can also use copyrighted works under the principles of fair use for educational purposes. This teaching tip provides details on copyright law and resources to help you apply fair use in your teaching.

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Build Interactive Content with H5P

Join us for an introduction to building interactive content for your course! This event took place on February 15, 2024 — 9:30 am. Please find H5P resources below. Schedule an instructional design consult if you would like assistance using H5P…

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Concept Mapping Workshop

Join us Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 1-4pm Instructional designer Dan LaSota for a workshop exploring conceptual maps to assess student comprehension and illustrate course content effectively. Learn teaching and assessment methods through hands-on activities. Available online and in-person; participation requires laptops and…

News and Information

iTeachU is Now the CTL Website

The iTeachU website is now part of the website for the UAF Center for Teaching and Learning. If you’re reading this article, you’ve found the new site. Since 2011, iTeachU has been a UAF brand for faculty support for teaching…

Presentations & Events

A robot teaching in front of a floating, glowing screen that is situated in the center of a clearing in the woods surrounded by a boreal forest.

AI and Your Teaching Practice

Join us, from 10:00am until noon, 11 January, 2024, for a semester-start discussion on generative artificial intelligence. This session will offer an overview of current efforts at UAF to integrate AI with teaching and learning, as well as share resources…

Best practices, Inclusive Practice, Teaching Tips

Student Advice for Designing Your Best Course Yet

After four semesters of engaging UAF students and faculty in the LEAP program, several insightful bits of advice on course design are presented from the student point of view.