Welcome back to a new and promising semester! We hope you had some time for rest and family over the break. Below are some of resources to help to support you in your teaching this spring.  



Spring CELT Programs 

Weeks of February 27 &
March 6, 2017
Apply by clicking here.

The Art of Changing the
 Brain: Enriching the Practice  of Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning,  by James E. Zull
(book and lunch included)

March 10,  12 - 1:30pm 
108 Bromfield Road, Medford
RSVP:  celt@tufts.edu
To find out more about the book, click here.

March 20 - 23, 2017
Find out more and apply by clicking here.
Timely Tips


At the end of the semester, students and faculty endure a lot of stress getting it all done. By some of the last finals blocks, enduring, rather than learning, seems to be the goal. There are creative ways (other than a final exam or paper) to tie it all together and end the semester on a high note! Read the blog on Teaching@Tufts.


As we begin a new semester, we often bump up against the same challenge. How do we get our students to read the syllabus? In this blog post, there are a few ideas you might find helpful.
Tufts Faculty Spotlight 


Eager to provide upper level undergraduate and graduate engineering students with a more practical course, Ron Lasser and Ming Chow launched their Mobile Medical Devices and Apps class in the Spring of 2014. Student feedback that it would enhance the course to have real world applications, Lasser approached Peggy Morris, who teaches in Occupational Therapy, to have their students collaborate. The results are exciting, and demonstrate the value of interdisciplinary collaboration. Read on to find out what happened!

Peggy Morris teaches in the Department of Occupational Therapy in A&S, Ron Lasser in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Ming Chow in Computer Science. 



Stay Tuned

Fostering Active & Collaborative Learning Environments: From Design to Assessment
Boston Campus 
May 22 & 23, 2017 

April 7, 2017
8:30 - 1:00
Contact  Alicia Russell
Opportunities and Resources

Faculty Focus is a free newsletter that comes via email each week, and is full of great ideas for teaching. 

Tomorrow's Professor is another free teaching and professional development resource for faculty, published by Stanford University.
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