Sunday Newsletter

January 22, 2023

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, January 25, 10am Accessible Syllabus Training with Office of Accessibility Resources

Tuesday, January 31, 2pm Faculty Book Group: Small Teaching Online Register to receive a copy of the book!

See our Events page for more Faculty Center happenings!

Online Education Spring 2023 Catalog of professional development opportunities

Teaching Awards: Apply by February 24

The Office of Faculty Affairs and the Faculty Center are pleased to accept nominations for two awards:

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: This annual award program was established to recognize individuals who have achieved excellence in the scholarship of teaching and learning as demonstrated through research that focuses on evidence-based teaching practices that promote UNLV students’ learning.
Outstanding Teaching by Part-Time Faculty Award: This award recognizes significant contributions to student learning by part-time teaching faculty.

The 2023 call for nominations is open from January 22 - February 24. Self-nominations are welcome.

Award information and application guidelines are available online. Award or application questions, please contact us at facultycenter@unlv.edu.

Take care,

Melissa Bowles-Terry

Faculty Center Director

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Teaching resources you might find interesting:

Advancing Inclusion and Anti-Racism in the College Classroom: A rubric and resource guide from instructors at University of California Berkeley. This toolkit aims to support instructors in developing anti-racist approaches to course design and teaching practices in the undergraduate and graduate setting. It offers an accessible, and user-friendly entry-point for instructors interested in considering how their instructional choices impact student outcomes. The resource guide provides instructors a range of ideas and options to help instructors through a process of modifying their courses. The guide is meant for self- assessment, rather than for others to score courses or instructors, and is designed to facilitate progressive refinement toward anti-racist teaching over time.
Professors at Play: A PlayBook from Carnegie Mellon ETC Press. This is an anthology of almost 100 play techniques from over 65 professors across a variety of disciplines. The collection of techniques is organized around four key themes: the playful professor, connection-former or icebreaker activities, play to teach content, and playful whole course design.
Teaching and Classroom Resources on AI generated by Asao B. Inoue, Rhetoric and Composition Professor from Arizona State University. Concerned about Chat GPT? Check out some articles and resources here.

Melissa Bowles-Terry, Director, melissa.bowles-terry@unlv.edu

Doris Blackwell, Program Officer, doris.blackwell@unlv.edu

Olivia Shepard, Administrative Assistant, olivia.shepard@unlv.edu

For more information, please contact 702-895-5318,