To conclude the recognition of the Center for Teaching’s 25th anniversary, OTLT reflects on collaborations within the unit and how the unit has provided integrated, comprehensive, expert support of teaching and learning. 

Summer is a great time to prepare to incorporate new technology to meet course learning goals or to review best practices for teaching with technology. Learn how Elements of Success, Top Hat, and Gradescope can help improve your courses. 

The OTLT Research and Analytics team partners with instructors to adopt effective teaching practices that are supported by data and impact student learning. Learn how the services they offer help instructors better understand their students, analyze learning outcomes, and create more equitable courses.

Phillips Hall Room 17 is the UI’s only computer-assisted language learning laboratory. The updated design of the learning space is a contemporary take on the classic language learning lab and balances the needs of language instruction and available classroom technologies.

Sara Nasrollahian, assistant director in the OTLT Center for Teaching, reflects on a recent teaching experience and how it reiterated the significance of transparency in helping students connect more effectively to course contexts and goals. She also shares concrete strategies for increasing transparency in your course. 

 

Thank You, Fellows

As the 2021–2022 academic year comes to an end, the OTLT Center for Teaching would like to thank our graduate teaching fellows for their invaluable work. 

Getting Grades from ICON to MAUI

With the end of the semester quickly approaching, it’s time to start thinking about final grades. Instructors have two options to get final grades from ICON to MAUI; they can use the ICON/MAUI integration to transfer grades, or they can download a CSV file from ICON and upload it to MAUI.