Introducing the Foundations in Teaching Excellence program: KPU’s new framework for faculty development
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Introducing the Foundations in Teaching Excellence program: KPU’s new framework for faculty development

ByRajiv Jhangiani

The Teaching and Learning Commons offers a broad range of supports to our faculty and instructional staff, including workshops and learning opportunities, a suite of learning technologies, funding opportunities, and pedagogical consultations. Over the past 18 months we have experienced record-levels of engagement with our university community, as hundreds of instructors took advantage of our…

Building Bridges: Highlights from the OLC Innovate 2020 Conference

ByLisa Gedak, Gordon Cobb and Rajiv Jhangiani

KPU recently became an institutional member of the Online Learning Consortium, so when the organization announced that their OLC Innovate 2020 conference would take place entirely online, we immediately signed up for an unlimited group package to enable our university community to engage in the many rich conversations across 160+ sessions over the two-week event….

A Statement of Values from the Teaching & Learning Commons Team

A Statement of Values from the Teaching & Learning Commons Team

ByRajiv Jhangiani

The past three months have been both extremely challenging and very rewarding for the Teaching & Learning Commons team. While we have been working overtime to help support the pedagogical and technological needs of our faculty, we are overjoyed that so many members of the university community are turning to us for assistance and placing their trust in our guidance.  Early on during the university’s pivot to remote instruction…

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Pivots, Pirouettes, and Piqués: Gracefully Managing the Anxieties of Remote Teaching and Learning

ByRajiv Jhangiani

As we should all know by now, pivoting rapidly to remote delivery of teaching and learning over the course of a few days to is not the same thing as designing an effective online course. However, as many of you will also now experience, designing an online course with a few weeks notice (perhaps also…