University of Oregon Teaching Effectiveness Program

09/03/2014

An interesting article. What is your take?
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/08/the-future-of-college/375071/

A brash tech entrepreneur thinks he can reinvent higher education by stripping it down to its essence, eliminating lectures and tenure along with football games, ivy-covered buildings, and research libraries. What if he's right?

08/26/2014

TEP would like to welcome all of the new University of Oregon graduate Teaching Fellows and Faculty! Have you heard about our Teacher Trainings? TEP's beginnings workshops are a great way to develop basic teaching skills, hone a syllabus, or learn new strategies to engage a large lecture class.
http://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/events/year14-15/teach_train14.html

The University of Oregon's Teaching Effectiveness Program (TEP) works with educators to assess and improve teaching. TEP provides assitance with setting up midterm analysis of teaching, videotaping assessments, consultations, library search services, using technology, and teaching portfolio assistan…

07/15/2013

http://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/events/year13-14/teach_train13.html

Every year the Teaching Effectiveness Program offers teacher training to all instructors. While trainings focus on those who are teaching for the first time, we welcome any University of Oregon instructor who would benefit by attending. Sessions fill quickly so early sign up is recommended. To register, be sure to email [email protected] with your name, title and UO department, email address and the workshop you wish to attend.

06/27/2013

http://tepblog.uoregon.edu/blog/index.php/online-teaching-resources-for-instructors/
If you have ever wondered if there is an easy way to stay informed about the latest research on teaching and learning – without having to find and wade through actual books or articles, check out the TEP TeachBlog to find online teaching materials.

06/25/2013

http://tepblog.uoregon.edu/blog/index.php/uo-faculty-define-the-best-of-gen-ed/
What's your take on General Education?

06/13/2013

TEP won't host campus-wide events during the summer, but we're here for individual consultations: perhaps you'd like to talk about course design or brainstorm new assignment ideas? email [email protected].

06/05/2013

Can the worlds of face-to-face and online teaching be brought together in one course? Join TEP for a workshop "Hybrid Courses: Blending Online with Face-to-Face Instruction" this Friday, June 7, from 1:00-2:30pm in 51 PLC. To register email [email protected]
http://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/events/year12-13/spring/hybridcourses.html

The University of Oregon's Teaching Effectiveness Program (TEP) works with educators to assess and improve teaching. TEP provides assitance with setting up midterm analysis of teaching, videotaping assessments, consultations, library search services, using technology, and teaching portfolio assistan...

05/30/2013

TEP has lots of insightful new blog posts on the TeachBlog. Topics include UO FIGs, Twitter as an educational tool, and teaching to international students. Stay up to date and learn more about higher education instruction! http://tepblog.uoregon.edu/blog/

Teaching Effectiveness Program - Be Free to Teach

05/22/2013

Learn more about academic integrity on campus! TEP hosts "Integrity 2.0" this Friday, May 24 from 10:00-11:30am in the Knight Library Browsing Room. Carl Yeh, UO’s Director of Student Conduct and Community Standards, and small panel of faculty and administrators will discuss trends in UO cases of academic misconduct and how to approach this issue with your students. To register email [email protected]
http://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/events/year12-13/spring/integrity.html

The University of Oregon's Teaching Effectiveness Program (TEP) works with educators to assess and improve teaching. TEP provides assitance with setting up midterm analysis of teaching, videotaping assessments, consultations, library search services, using technology, and teaching portfolio assistan...

05/15/2013

Join TEP this Friday, May 17 10:00-11:30am in Knight Library, Studio A for "The Best of UO General Education: Planting the Seeds of Achievement." We will consider UO “teaching moments” that senior students say were key to their intellectual development. Then, a small panel of faculty members will discuss how they've redesigned courses to expand the range of ways students are asked to engage as thinkers, researchers, writers, and newly initiated members of a discipline.
http://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/events/year12-13/spring/general_ed.html

The University of Oregon's Teaching Effectiveness Program (TEP) works with educators to assess and improve teaching. TEP provides assitance with setting up midterm analysis of teaching, videotaping assessments, consultations, library search services, using technology, and teaching portfolio assistan...

05/08/2013

Check out our latest post on the TEP TeachBlog! "A Shape in the Stone, an Art to the Science" discusses Dr. Marli Miller's unique use of photography to inspire students and help teach the geological sciences. How can you use photography to enhance your classroom? http://tepblog.uoregon.edu/blog/index.php/a-shape-in-the-stone-an-art-to-the-science/

Through the long lenses of digital SLR cameras, Dr. Marli Miller’s students train their eyes on the lines and colors of the natural world. Her “Geophotography” seminar, first taught in conjunction ...

04/24/2013

Learn about the uses and benefits of i>clickers from technology specialists! Join us today for our workshop "i>clicker2: Fostering Participation in Large Classes" from 2:00-3:30pm Knight Lib 144 (Edmiston Computer Classroom) http://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/events/year12-13/spring/clickers.html

The University of Oregon's Teaching Effectiveness Program (TEP) works with educators to assess and improve teaching. TEP provides assitance with setting up midterm analysis of teaching, videotaping assessments, consultations, library search services, using technology, and teaching portfolio assistan...