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  • How to Engage Students in an Asynchronous Class

    How to Engage Students in an Asynchronous Class

    By Terri J. Matiella, Ph.D.UTSA 2020-21 Next-Gen Faculty FellowCo-Director, Core Curriculum and Assessment for Environmental ScienceSenior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science and Ecology Drew Stephen, Associate Professor...

  • Creating Engaging Content

    Creating Engaging Content

    The Wow Factor Humans get bored. In a learning environment, boredom can be caused by a lack of understanding or it can be caused by...

  • Incorporate Higher Order Thinking via Bloom’s Taxonomy

    Incorporate Higher Order Thinking via Bloom’s Taxonomy

    By Terri J. Matiella, Ph.D.UTSA 2020-21 Next-Gen Faculty FellowCo-Director, Core Curriculum and Assessment for Environmental ScienceSenior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science and Ecology Higher order thinking (HOT)...

  • Photo Assignments

    By Terri J. Matiella, Ph.D. UTSA 2020-21 Next-Gen Faculty Fellow Co-Director, Core Curriculum and Assessment for Environmental Science Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science and Ecology We...

  • Experiential Learning: It’s Okay to Think Small

    Experiential Learning: It’s Okay to Think Small

    By Terri J. Matiella, Ph.D. UTSA 2020-21 Next-Gen Faculty Fellow Co-Director, Core Curriculum and Assessment for Environmental Science Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science and Ecology “Experiential...

  • Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity

    Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity

    Now that we’re settling into our online classroom routines, we should turn to one of our biggest challenges of online teaching and learning – assessing student learning....

  • Fall Virtual Reading Group

    Fall Virtual Reading Group

    August 20, 2020 By Tara Schmidt, Coordinator of Information Literacy & Assessment This summer, a group of UTSA faculty and staff took on some of...

  • Academic Integrity

    Every faculty member faces the daunting task of upholding academic integrity in a world that provides more and more opportunities for cheating. Thanks to modern...

  • Virtual Summer Book Club

    Virtual Summer Book Club

    May 22, 2020 By Tara Schmidt, Coordinator of Information Literacy & Assessment My best teaching comes from conversations with my library colleagues. Seeds of ideas,...

  • Give Yourself a Break: Perfection is Overrated

    Give Yourself a Break: Perfection is Overrated

    April 17, 2020 By Shelley Howell, Ed.D. This semester is different. This year is different. We are all anxious and under stress – students, faculty, staff, and...