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Helping students develop a sense of belonging is crucial for their success. Even small acts—micro-affirmations—can make a big difference in fostering students’ sense of belonging and affirming their acceptance. Micro-affirmations are actions, remarks or environmental “kindness cues” that affirm acceptance and social inclusion—the sense that you matter. Research and theory...
by Andrea Follmer, CTE Director and professor of psychology In his keynote at this year’s Teaching Summit, Peter Felton emphasized the importance of learning students’ names. Not only does learning names build positive student-instructor relationships, Felton said, but it helps create an inclusive and engaging class climate.Indeed, research...
CTE Upcoming Events
CTE Podcasts
Crucial Conversations Podcast
We have many podcasts available on such areas as the fundamentals of teaching, assignment design, inclusive teaching, and hybrid and online teaching.
- Using In-Class Time Effectively (Meagan Patterson, Mark Mort, Doug Ward)
- Taking an Inclusive Approach to Teaching (Meagan Patterson, Doug Ward)
- Using Backward Design in Teaching (Meagan Patterson, Doug Ward)
- Establishing Credibility in the Classroom (Prajna Dhar, Doug Ward)
- Using Scaffolding for Course and Assignment Design (Meagan Patterson, Doug Ward)
- Using Out-of-Class Time Effectively (Meagan Patterson, Kaila Colyott, Doug Ward)
- Group Work In Person and Online (Carl Luchies, Susan Marshall, Emma Scioli)
- Assessing Understanding (Meagan Patterson, Kaila Colyott, Doug Ward)
Other topics
- Navigating the New Student Dashboard (Joshua Potter, Caroline Bennett, Corinne Bannon and Doug Ward)
- Teaching in STEM (Prajna Dhar and Doug Ward)
- Multiple Challenges, Multiple Formats: Ways for Instructors of In-person and Hybrid Courses to Engage Students All Semester (Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, Amy Leyerzapf and Doug Ward)
- Learning Online (Carmen Orth-Alfie and Doug Ward)
- Hands-on Teaching Online (Shannon Criss, Jennifer Delgado, Laura Kirk, Mark Mort)
- Creative Engagement for Flexible and Online Teaching (Lauri Herrman-Ginsberg, Megan Greene, Sean Seyer)
- Creating and Using Authentic Assignments (Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, Carol Holstead, Meagan Patterson)
- Group Work: In person and Online (Carl Luchies, Susan Marshall, Emma Scioli)
- Understanding and Appreciating Difference (Jody Brook, Ward Lyles, Hannah Oliha-Donaldson)
- Taking an Inclusive Approach to Teaching (Meagan Patterson, Doug Ward)
CTE Annual Report
KU Center for Teaching Excellence annual reports.
